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An Afterlife for the Khan by Jonathan Z. Brack

An Afterlife for the Khan: Muslims, Buddhists, and Sacred Kingship in Mongol Iran and Eurasia

by Jonathan Z. Brack (Author)
May 2023
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Ancient Greek Epigrams by Gordon L. Fain

Ancient Greek Epigrams: Major Poets in Verse Translation

by Gordon L. Fain (Author)
August 2010
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Animation, Plasticity, and Music in Italy, 1770-1830

by Ellen Lockhart (Author)
September 2017
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Archaeologies of Colonialism by Michael Dietler

Archaeologies of Colonialism: Consumption, Entanglement, and Violence in Ancient Mediterranean France

by Michael Dietler (Author)
September 2015
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The Argonautika

by Apollonios Rhodios (Author)
January 2008
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Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans by John R. Clarke

Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans: Visual Representation and Non-Elite Viewers in Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 315

by John R. Clarke (Author)
April 2006
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Avicenna's Theory of Science by Riccardo Strobino

Avicenna's Theory of Science: Logic, Metaphysics, Epistemology

by Riccardo Strobino (Author)
November 2021
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The Berkeley Plato: From Neglected Relic to Ancient Treasure, An Archaeological Detective Story

by Stephen G. Miller (Author)
December 1969
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Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia by Jeffrey Wickes

Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia: Ephrem’s Hymns on Faith

by Jeffrey Wickes (Author)
September 2019
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Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity

by Jennifer Barry (Author)
April 2019
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The Body and Desire by Raphael A. Cadenhead

The Body and Desire: Gregory of Nyssa’s Ascetical Theology

by Raphael A. Cadenhead (Author)
November 2018
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Caesar in the USA

by Maria Wyke (Author)
November 2012
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Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History

by Denis Feeney (Author)
December 2008
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Caligula: A Biography

by Aloys Winterling (Author)
September 2015
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The Care of the Brain in Early Christianity

by Jessica L. Wright (Author)
December 2022
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Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity

by David Dawson (Author)
December 2001
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Citizen Bacchae: Women’s Ritual Practice in Ancient Greece

by Barbara Goff (Author)
June 2004
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City and Empire in the Age of the Successors by Ryan Boehm

City and Empire in the Age of the Successors: Urbanization and Social Response in the Making of the Hellenistic Kingdoms

by Ryan Boehm (Author)
November 2021
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City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria

by Edward J. Watts (Author)
September 2008
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City of Demons: Violence, Ritual, and Christian Power in Late Antiquity

by Dayna S. Kalleres (Author)
October 2015
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Classicism and Christianity in Late Antique Latin Poetry

by Philip Hardie (Author)
August 2019
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Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy by Cleomedes

Cleomedes' Lectures on Astronomy: A Translation of The Heavens

by Cleomedes (Author)
January 2004
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Cleopatra: A Sphinx Revisited

by Margaret M. Miles (Editor)
September 2011
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The Complete Poems of Tibullus by Albius Tibullus, Lygdamus, Sulpicia

The Complete Poems of Tibullus: An En Face Bilingual Edition

by Albius Tibullus (Author), Lygdamus (Author), Sulpicia (Author)
May 2012
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Constantinople by Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos

Constantinople: Ritual, Violence, and Memory in the Making of a Christian Imperial Capital

by Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos (Author)
June 2020
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Contested Triumphs by Miriam R. Pelikan Pittenger

Contested Triumphs: Politics, Pageantry, and Performance in Livy’s Republican Rome

by Miriam R. Pelikan Pittenger (Author)
February 2009
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Controlling Contested Places by Christine Shepardson

Controlling Contested Places: Late Antique Antioch and the Spatial Politics of Religious Controversy

by Christine Shepardson (Author)
April 2019
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Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age by Nimrod Hurvitz, Christian C. Sahner, Uriel Simonsohn, Luke Yarbrough

Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age: A Sourcebook

by Nimrod Hurvitz (Editor), Christian C. Sahner (Editor), Uriel Simonsohn (Editor), Luke Yarbrough (Editor)
December 2020
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