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Constantin Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi

Friedrich T. Bach

Three major essays discuss twentieth-century sculptor Constantin Brancusi's sources of inspiration, formal approach, the works' original presentation, as well as the artist's place in the artistic climate of Paris in the 1910s and 1920s, ...
Curious Boym: Design Works

Curious Boym: Design Works

Constantin Boym

This whimsical book presents the whimsical designs of Constantin Boym and his partner Laurene Leon Boym in all their good humor and raw fun.
Continental Drift: Colliding Continents, Converging Cultures

Continental Drift: Colliding Continents, Converging Cultures

Constantin Roman

This is where he studied under Sir Edward Bullard when plate tectonics was in its infancy, when the concepts of continental drift and sea floor spreading were galvanizing geology.
Report of the Forest Insect Survey, Forest Insect Investigations

Report of the Forest Insect Survey, Forest Insect Investigations

Canada. Division of Entomology

C Blanchette, O Bricault, F. A Buchan, E Clark, S. D Collins, W. L Constantin, C Constantin, Mrs. L. Damour, C Den leu, G Dingie, G Duguay, G. E Eno. J Evanush, E Fleming, J. G Fortin. A. J Fraser, E Goodwin, J Groulx, J Hall, K Hamell, ...
Romanian Policy Towards Germany, 1936-40

Romanian Policy Towards Germany, 1936-40

R. Haynes

63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 Arh. St., IÃnsemnaÆri Zilnice, Constantin Argetoianu, Dosar nr 74, volume unnumbered but dated 10 March±25 May 1939, 23 March 1939, p. 364. Arh. St., IÃnsemnaÆri Zilnice, Constantin ...
General Instruction of the Roman Missal

General Instruction of the Roman Missal

Roman Church

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (G.I.R.M.), from the Roman Missal, promotes active, conscious participation of the faithful in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
The Roman Revolution

The Roman Revolution

Ronald Syme

The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus.
The Roman Revolution

The Roman Revolution

Ronald Syme

The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus.
Isis and Sarapis in the Roman world

Isis and Sarapis in the Roman world

Sarolta A. Takács

Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World deals with the integration of the cult of Isis among Roman cults, the subsequent transformation of Isis and Sarapis into gods of the Roman state, and the epigraphic employment of the names of these two ...
Discovering the Roman family: studies in Roman social history

Discovering the Roman family: studies in Roman social history

K. R. Bradley

These essays on various aspects of family life in ancient Rome offer an especially timely and provocative new characterization of how this most elementary component of Roman society was structured.
The Roman Army and the Expansion of the Gospel: The Role of ...

The Roman Army and the Expansion of the Gospel: The Role of ...

Alexander Kyrychenko

What is the literary function of centurions in the story of Luke-Acts? To answer this question, the book considers these NT texts alongside the Greco-Roman and Jewish sources that offer insights into the Roman military.
Reading Rivers in Roman Literature and Culture

Reading Rivers in Roman Literature and Culture

Prudence J. Jones

Sarolta A. Takács, Editor With the introduction of this series, Roman Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches, we hope to enhance understanding of the ancient Roman world. This empire was multicultural and lasted, from a mythological ...
Roman Art

Roman Art

Donald Emrys Strong

First published in 1976, this standard work on the subject traces the development of Roman art from its beginings to the end of the fourth century AD, embracing the monuments of the Republic and then of the later Roman empire, demonstrating ...
The Legacy of Rome: Scotland's Roman Remains

The Legacy of Rome: Scotland's Roman Remains

L. J. F. Keppie

In this revised edition, Lawrence Keppie sets out various stages of Roman occupation in historical context and shows how literary and archaelogical evidence can be used to build up a picture of the Roman period.
Roman Readings: Roman Response to Greek Literature from ...

Roman Readings: Roman Response to Greek Literature from ...

Elaine Fantham

This volume presents closely connected articles by Elaine Fantham which deal with Roman responses to Greek literature on three major subjects: the history and criticism of Latin poetry and rhetoric, women in Roman life and dramatic poetry ...
Roman Power: A Thousand Years of Empire

Roman Power: A Thousand Years of Empire

W. V. Harris

This book explains the growth, durability and eventual shrinkage of Roman imperial power alongside the Roman state's internal power structures.
The later Roman empire today: papers given in honour of ...

The later Roman empire today: papers given in honour of ...

D. F. Clark

A collection of original research articles relating to Roman historical and epigraphic studies presented in honor of Professor John Mann. Supported by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies.
Roman Theatre

Roman Theatre

Timothy J. Moore

Tragedy in the Roman Republic Roman audiences of Plautus and Terence's day enjoyed tragic as well as comic drama. Several playwrights adapted Athenian tragedies, including those of the great fifth—century playwrights Aeschylus, ...
Religion in Roman Britain

Religion in Roman Britain

Mr Martin Henig

Apart from Christianity and the Oriental Cults, religion in Roman Britain is often discussed as though it remained basically Celtic in belief and practice, under a thin veneer of Roman influence.
Roman Law: An Historical Introduction

Roman Law: An Historical Introduction

Hans Julius Wolff

In this book an international authority on Roman legal history sets forth in clear, understandable English the institutions of Roman law and traces their development through the Byzantine Empire into medieval and modern Europe.
Ceramics Before Farming: The Dispersal of Pottery Among ...

Ceramics Before Farming: The Dispersal of Pottery Among ...

Peter Jordan

Palestine in the Bronze and Iron Ages Paula J. Turner, Roman Coins from India Margaret M. Roxan, Roman Military Diplomas 1985 to 1993 Margaret M. Roxan, Roman Military Diplomas 1978 to 1984 Margaret M. Roxan, Roman Military ...

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