James Romm
Biographic Data
| ID | 965372 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Romm |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Romm |
| SIGNATURE | ROMM J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 43 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Demosthenes
The tragic story of ancient Greece’s last democratic leader and his doomed fight to save Athens from Macedonian domination In the spring of 340 BCE, news arrived that Philip of Macedon had seized a town in central Greece, a base from which he could march on Athens. In the fierce debates about how to respond to the rising threat in the north, Demosthenes, the greatest orator of his day, convinced the Athenian Assembly to confront Philip on the fie…
Demetrius
Latin texts
How to Die
Herodotus
Herodotus, widely known as the father of history, was also described by Aristotle as a mythologos , or "tale-teller." In this stylish and insightful book, intended for both general readers and students, James Romm argues that the author of the Histories was both a historian in the original sense of "one who inquires" and a master storyteller. Although most ancient historians wrote only about events they themselves had lived through, Herodotus exp…
The Sea in the Greek Imagination by Marie-Claire Beaulieu
Reviewed by: The Sea in the Greek Imagination by Marie-Claire Beaulieu James Romm Marie-Claire Beaulieu. The Sea in the Greek Imagination. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Pp. x, 267. $79.95. ISBN 978-0-8122-4765-7. My questions about the methodology of this book commenced when I first encountered its title. What Greek word or concept corresponds to English “sea”? One thinks of thalassa, pontos, and Okeanos, for starters; the…
Alexander’s Veterans and the Early Wars of the Successors by Joseph Roisman (review)
Justin
Reviewed by: Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. by J. C. Yardley, Pat Wheatley, and Waldemar Heckel. James Romm J. C. Yardley, Pat Wheatley, and Waldemar Heckel. Justin: Epitome of thePhilippic History of Pompeius Trogus. Volume II: Books 13–15: The Successors to Alexander the Great. Clarendon Ancient History Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. xxx, 343. $135.00 (hb.). ISBN 978-0-19-927759-9; $99.00 (pb.).…
Exploration
Led by the Ionians dwelling in Asia Minor, the Greeks, beginning in the seventh century BCE , undertook a systematic investigation of the lands and peoples around them. Their researches and theories gradually filled out a picture of the oikoumene , the “inhabited earth” made up of Africa, Asia and Europe, that was handed down to the Romans and through them to the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
New World and "novos orbes"
New World and "novos orbes": Seneca in the Renaissance Debate over Ancient Knowledge of the Americas was published in Volume 1/Part1 European Images of the Americas and the Classical Tradition on page 77
Aiaia
Pygmies
Odysseus' Wanderings
Lotophagi
Thrinakia
Malea
Exôkeanismos
Aethiopians
Scheria
Cimmerians
Ogygia
The Deaths of Seneca (review)
Reviewed by: The Deaths of Seneca James Romm James Ker. The Deaths of Seneca. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. xv, 411. $74.00. ISBN 978-0-19-538703-2. How does one begin to talk about Seneca the Younger? He had a voluminous literary output spanning numerous generic boundaries; a long and prominent career in Roman imperial politics; and a complex afterlife as a literary persona that began only a few years after his death, with the trage…
Through the Pillars of Herakles
Reviewed by: Through the Pillars of Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic James Romm Duane W. Roller . Through the Pillars of Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. Pp. xxi, 163. $110.00. ISBN 978-0-415-37287-9. This fascinating and informative book helps redress the fact that, as noted in its introduction, "there has been no comprehensive study of exploration in over half a century" (…
Josephus Geographicus
Reviewed by: Josephus Geographicus: The Classical Context of Geography in Josephus James Romm Yuval Shahar . Josephus Geographicus: The Classical Context of Geography in Josephus. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 98. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004. Pp. ix, 305. €84.00. ISBN 3-16-148256-5. Though this book appears in a Jewish history monograph series, it concerns itself with Graeco-Roman writers for more than two-thirds of its length, in an eff…
Strabo's Cultural Geography
Reviewed by: Strabo's Cultural Geography: The Making of a Kolossourgia James Romm Daniela Dueck, Hugh Lindsay, and Sarah Pothecary (eds.). Strabo's Cultural Geography: The Making of a Kolossourgia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xvi, 286. $85.00. ISBN 978-0-521-85306-4. This volume is the first-ever anthology of articles on Strabo published in English and thus marks yet another landmark in the revival of interest in the long-obs…
The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought
The Blinded Eye
Thucydides, the patron saint of Realpolitik, continues to be read in many fields outside of classics. Why did his History succeed in setting the pattern for future scholars where Hereodotus's earlier Histories failed? In this fascinating study of the construction of intellectual authority, Gregory Crane argues that Thucydides was successful for two reasons. First, he refined the language of administration: Who was in charge? How much money was sp…
India and the Hellenistic World
Discourses on the First Book of Herodotus
As scholars have observed and analyzed Herodotus's sophistication, the father of history has been recognized as a complex and profound moral historian. How would Herodotus's contemporaries have responded to his recounting of the past? And what enduring lessons does Herodotus have for us? James A. Arieti attempts to discover, as far as possible, Herodotus's purpose in writing, and reveals how in the History of the Persian Wars Herodotus shapes his…
Culture and Society in Lucian
The Creation of Mythology
Unruly Eloquence
Examines the works of the classical Greek playwright, discusses the background of his writing, and looks at his use of humor
More's Strategy of Naming in the Utopia
Collected Ancient Greek Novels
The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought
The Form of Greek Romance
The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought
Discourses on the First Book of Herodotus
As scholars have observed and analyzed Herodotus's sophistication, the father of history has been recognized as a complex and profound moral historian. How would Herodotus's contemporaries have responded to his recounting of the past? And what enduring lessons does Herodotus have for us? James A. Arieti attempts to discover, as far as possible, Herodotus's purpose in writing, and reveals how in the History of the Persian Wars Herodotus shapes his…
The Blinded Eye
Thucydides, the patron saint of Realpolitik, continues to be read in many fields outside of classics. Why did his History succeed in setting the pattern for future scholars where Hereodotus's earlier Histories failed? In this fascinating study of the construction of intellectual authority, Gregory Crane argues that Thucydides was successful for two reasons. First, he refined the language of administration: Who was in charge? How much money was sp…
Anthology of Ancient Greek Popular Literature
Introduction Part One: Popular Fiction 1. Romantic Novel Xenophon of Ephesus, an Ephesian Tale Translated by Moses Hadas 2. Christian Novella Anonymous, the Acts of Paul and Thecla Translated by R. Mcl. Wilson 3. Wisdom Literature Anonymous, Secundus the Silent Philosopher Translated by Ben E. Perry 4. Comic Novel Pseudo-lucian, Lucius or the Ass Translated by Paul Turner 5. Comic Biography Anonymous, the Aesop Romance Translated by Lloyd W. Daly…
"Lucian's Science Fiction Novel "True Histories
India and the Hellenistic World
Herodotus and the natural world
Strepsiades: But you haven’t taught me anything about thunder.Socrates: What? Haven’t you heard my theory – that the Clouds, Dense when filled with water, make thunder when they clash together?Strepsiades: Can you really believe that?(Aristophanes, Clouds 382–5)
The Cambridge Companion to Herodotus
Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover, research has shown that Herodotus is a sophisticated and at times even ironic narrator, and a pioneer and serious practitioner of historical research at a time when the Greeks' tradi…
Strabons Geographika (review)
Reviewed by: Strabons Geographika, 1. Prolegomena, Buch I-IV: Text und Übersetzung, and: Strabons Geographika, 2. Buch V-VIII: Text und Übersetzung James Romm Stefan Radt (ed.). Strabons Geographika, 1. Prolegomena, Buch I-IV: Text und Übersetzung. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2002. Pp. xxvi, 563. €141.00. ISBN 3-525-259506. Stefan Radt (ed.). Strabons Geographika, 2. Buch V-VIII: Text und Übersetzung. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht,…
Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions (review)
Reviewed by: Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions James Romm Frank L. Holt . Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions. Hellenistic Culture and Society, 44. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2003. Pp. xv, 198. $24.95. ISBN 0-520-23881-8. As American foreign policy becomes more complex and contested, ancient historians have increasingly been pressed into service to draw lessons…
"Strabons "Geographika
Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions
List of Maps and Illustrations Prefaced 1. Man of Mystery 2. A Treasure 3. Picking a Fight 4. Whose Pachyderm, Whole or Halved? 5. Another Treasure 6. A Closer Look 7. A Dark and Stormy Night Appendix A. The Published Elephant Medallions Appendix B. Some Possible Forgeries of the Large Medallion Appendix C. The 1973 Iraq Hoard Select Bibliography Index
Josephus Geographicus
Reviewed by: Josephus Geographicus: The Classical Context of Geography in Josephus James Romm Yuval Shahar . Josephus Geographicus: The Classical Context of Geography in Josephus. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 98. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004. Pp. ix, 305. €84.00. ISBN 3-16-148256-5. Though this book appears in a Jewish history monograph series, it concerns itself with Graeco-Roman writers for more than two-thirds of its length, in an eff…
Strabo's Cultural Geography
Reviewed by: Strabo's Cultural Geography: The Making of a Kolossourgia James Romm Daniela Dueck, Hugh Lindsay, and Sarah Pothecary (eds.). Strabo's Cultural Geography: The Making of a Kolossourgia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xvi, 286. $85.00. ISBN 978-0-521-85306-4. This volume is the first-ever anthology of articles on Strabo published in English and thus marks yet another landmark in the revival of interest in the long-obs…
From Babylon to Baghdad
In light of America's post-9/11 involvement in the Middle East, teachers of ancient history can give new relevance to the Alexander era, another period in which a Western superpower projected military force into Mesopotamia and Central Asia. While the parallels between the two ventures are far from exact, the questions raised in connection with Alexander's campaigns, both by the ancient historians who recorded it and by modern scholars, will inev…
Through the Pillars of Herakles
Reviewed by: Through the Pillars of Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic James Romm Duane W. Roller . Through the Pillars of Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. Pp. xxi, 163. $110.00. ISBN 978-0-415-37287-9. This fascinating and informative book helps redress the fact that, as noted in its introduction, "there has been no comprehensive study of exploration in over half a century" (…
Aiaia
Pygmies
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