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BADDELEY, C., Roman Mancetter. The Atherstone Archaeological and Historical Society (1907-2006). Edited by N. Melton, M. Hughes, Ph. Taylor and J. Vero. Atherstone Civic society, n.p., 2013. 106p. Ills.(B&W as well as full colour photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. Colin Baddeley tells the story of the invasion of AD 43 from the perspective of the half-legionary fortress at Mancetter and the Legio XIV Gemina who inhabited it. He describes the Romans' struggle to colonise Britain against native resistance, which culminated in Queen Boudica's ill-fated attempt to put an end to Roman domination. This battle, which claimed many thousand British lives, is generally thought to have been fought at Mancetter. Roman Mancetter is a vade mecum for the interested amateur, covering Roman military techniques, currency and pottery (especially the mortaria industry of Mancetter). It demystifies terms such as 'Dragendorf' and 'Graufesenque', and explains why the treacherous 'punic' ditch was so named. (Publisher's information). € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

TREGGIARI, S., Roman Marriage. Iusti Coniuges from the Time of Cicero to the Time of Ulpian. Clarendon Press, 1993. XV,578p. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. 'Susan Treggiari's long-awaited Roman Marriage is a big book in every sense, a detailed monograph on every aspect of the subject. (...) [She] has made an exhaustive collection of evidence from a wide variety of sources, legal, epigraphic, historical, philosophical and literary, which she analyses thoroughly, with due regard for their nature, and cites in copious detail. This makes the book long and expensive, but invaluable as a treasure-house for reference. She is careful to distinguish between Roman cultural presupposition and the realities which can be discerned. All stages are surveyed; after an initial examination of the concept and legal technicalities of matrimonium, she moves, via the arranging of a match, to conjugal love and sexuality, both in practice and as a philosophical ideal; from there to the management of property in marriage, and the formation and care of a family; thence to the end of a marriage, divorce, death and mourning.' (JANE F. GARDNER in The Classical Review (New Series), 1992, pp.386-387). € 175.00 (Antiquarian)

ROXAN, Margaret M., Roman Military Diplomas 1954-1977. Institute of Archaeology, London, 1978. 118p. Sewn. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. Light remains of pencil strikes in margins. Series: University of London, Institute of Archaeology, Occasional Publication No. 2. This volume publishes records 82 diplomas or fragments which provide vital evidence for the Roman military and legal world. It is the first volume of a set of four created by Roxan, the worlds expert on this subject. (Publisher's information). € 65.00 (Antiquarian)

SUMNER, G., Roman Military Dress. History Press, Stroud, 2009. 1st ed. 224,(XVI)p. Richly ills.(B&W as well as full colour photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. Else fine. The Roman military was one of the most powerful forces of the ancient world. But what did its soldiers wear? This book presents an accurate and illuminating study of a popular yet understudied subject. Spanning 1000 years from the Late Republic to the Byzantine Empire, including every item from helmet linings to leg wrappings, Graham Sumner presents an original and detailed interpretation of wide-ranging evidence, drawing on recent textile finds, ancient artwork and original literary sources from across the Roman Empire. With the help of informative illustrations, we understand how the garments were worn and by which soldiers, both on and off the battlefield. Materials used, methods of manufacture and dying, and the second-hand trade are also discussed. Including stunning colour images and reconstructions, this book will be of great value to students and re-enactors of the Romans, as well as costume and fashion students. (Publisher's information). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

WOOLLISCROFT, D.I., Roman Military Signalling. Tempus, Stroud, 2001. 191p. Richly ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Initials stamp, date and personal library mark on free endpaper. Dr Woolliscroft's study is in two parts: first he describes the signalling techniques pioneered by the Greeks and developed by the Romans; then he looks at the application of these principles to Hadrian's Wall and to the German Limes, as revealed by archaeological research. In each case he finds that, despite difficult terrain, the layout allows nearly all the small observation posts to see, and thus signal to, one of the main garrison forts. Since on occasion this caused marked tactical weaknesses in the line, it is clear that signalling was given high priority by the frontier designers. Similar results are now being found elsewhere in the Roman world, suggesting that all Rome's very different looking frontier systems may have an underlying uniformity. (Publisher's information). € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

ROMAN POETRY AND PROSE. Selections from Caesar, Virgil, Livy and Ovid. Edited with introductions, notes and a vocabulary by E.C. Kennedy. University Press, Cambridge, 1963. VIII,231p. Cloth. Upper corners a bit bumped. € 8.50 (Antiquarian)

SIKES, E.E., Roman Poetry. Methuen, London, 1923. Cloth. Some rust on the edges. € 29.00 (Antiquarian)

RICHARDSON, J., Roman Provincial Administration 227 BC to AD 117. MacMillan Education, n.p., n.d.(1976). 88p. ills. Paperback. Series: Inside the Ancient World. € 15.50 (Antiquarian)

STEVENSON, G.H., Roman Provincial Administration till the Age of the Antonines. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1949. 2nd impr. 182p. Folding map. Original green gilt titled cloth with dust wrps. Dust wrps a little bit wrinkled to upper edge and a bit worn to head and tail spine. Initials stamp, date and small personal library mark on free endpaper. ‘Let it be said at once that Mr. Stevenson has written a first-rate book, and one that will undoubtedly replace Arnold’s ‘Roman Provincial Administration’ as the standard authority on the subject. Mr. Stevenson carries his learning lightly, and his book can be read with pleasure and profit not only by the specialist but also by the ordinary classicist who has a fair background of Roman history. (…). On the whole his book is less detailed but broader in scope (than Arnold in his book - ND). He begins with a ‘brief historical summary of the growth of the Roman Empire’. (…) S. adopts what is now the orthodox view that ‘it is impossible to attribute to the government of the Republic a systematic policy of expansion’, and he concluded that her empire came to her ‘almost unsought’. (…) A whole chapter is devoted to the ‘client princes’ of Rome, provincial administration under the Republic and the early Principate respectively: the author, unlike Arnold, wisely makes no attempt to del with complex problems presented by the later Empire. He concludes with chapters on provincial taxation and the municipal system.’ (J.M. COBBAN, The Journal of Roman Studies, 1940, p.103). € 32.50 (Antiquarian)

GREENIDGE, A.H.J., Roman Public Life. Macmillan, London, 1911. XX,483p. Cloth. Gilt stamped. Gilt titled. Gilt upper edge. Spine bit discoloured. Front hinges slightly cracked, showing part of underlying tissue. Small stamp on title page. Series: Handbooks of Archeology and Antiquity. € 37.50 (Antiquarian)