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Ancient Economy
enslavement, cultures of (Sara Forsdyke), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
food processing and preservation (Erica Rowan), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Ledroi/Ledra (Despina Pilides), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
negotiatores (David B. Hollander), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
slave revolts and resistance (Sara Forsdyke), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
timber (Benjamin Graham), revised, forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
travel (Lindsey A. Mazurek), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Ancient Geography
Tarquinii (Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni), revised, forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
travel (Lindsey A. Mazurek), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Christianity
Colosseum, reception of (Elizabeth R. Macaulay), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Messianism (John J. Collins), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Gender Studies
love (Thea Selliaas Thorsen), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Greek History and Historiography
Ammonius (1) (Francesca Schironi), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Cambyses II, king of Persia, 530–522 bce (Matt Waters), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Cyrus (1), 'the Great', Persian king, d. 530 bce (Matt Waters), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Egypt, Roman (Caitlín Eilís Barrett), revised, forthcoming Jan–Mar 2025
Ledroi/Ledra (Despina Pilides), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Palmyra (Ted Kaizer), revised, forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
Ptolemy VI, Philometor ('Mother-loving'), king of Egypt and Ptolemaic territories, b. c. 186 bce (Christelle Fischer-Bovet), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Ptolemy VIII, Euergetes ('Benefactor') II, king of Egypt, Cyrenaica, and Cyprus, b. c. 182 bce (Christelle Fischer-Bovet), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
slave revolts and resistance (Sara Forsdyke), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Greek Law
slave revolts and resistance (Sara Forsdyke), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Greek Literature
Ammonius (1) (Francesca Schironi), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
cosmopolitanism (Daniel Richter), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
Gilgamesh/Gilgamesh Epic (Enrique Jiménez), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Heracles (Katherine Lu Hsu), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Libanius (Lieve Van Hoof), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
love (Thea Selliaas Thorsen), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Memnon, colossus of (Patricia A. Rosenmeyer), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Simonides, Greek poet (P. J. Parsons, David Sider), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
sublime (James I. Porter), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Greek Material Culture: Bronze Age
food processing and preservation (Erica Rowan), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Greek Material Culture: Classical/Hellenistic
food processing and preservation (Erica Rowan), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Heracles (Katherine Lu Hsu), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Ledroi/Ledra (Despina Pilides), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Greek Myth and Religion
Heracles (Katherine Lu Hsu), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Memnon, colossus of (Patricia A. Rosenmeyer), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Jewish Studies
apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Jewish (John J. Collins), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
Jewish Diaspora Revolt (116–117 CE ) (Miriam Ben Zeev Hofman), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Messianism (John J. Collins), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
synagogue (Steven Fine), revised, forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
Late Antiquity
acclamations (Charlotte Roueché), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Helena Augusta (Jan Willem Drijvers), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Libanius (Lieve Van Hoof), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Latin Literature
Antistius Labeo, Marcus (Matthijs Wibier), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
epigraphy, Latin (Alison E. Cooley), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
love (Thea Selliaas Thorsen), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Plautus, comic playwright (Emilia A. Barbiero), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
sublime (James I. Porter), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Terence (Sharon L. James), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Linguistics
Anatolian languages (Anna Morpurgo Davies, Elisabeth Rieken), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Near East
Anatolian languages (Anna Morpurgo Davies, Elisabeth Rieken), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Assyria (J. Caleb Howard), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Babylon (Heather D. Baker), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Cambyses II, king of Persia, 530–522 bce (Matt Waters), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Cyrus (1), 'the Great', Persian king, d. 530 bce (Matt Waters), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Gilgamesh/Gilgamesh Epic (Enrique Jiménez), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Memnon, colossus of (Patricia A. Rosenmeyer), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Palmyra (Ted Kaizer), revised, forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
Philosophy
Rationalists (David Leith), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
sublime (James I. Porter), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Reception
Colosseum, reception of (Elizabeth R. Macaulay), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Libanius (Lieve Van Hoof), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Memnon, colossus of (Patricia A. Rosenmeyer), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Pompeiian houses, reception of (Marden Fitzpatrick Nichols), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Roman baths, reception of (Maryl B. Gensheimer), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
sublime (James I. Porter), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Roman History and Historiography
acclamations (Charlotte Roueché), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Aelius Marcianus (Domenico Dursi), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Colosseum, reception of (Elizabeth R. Macaulay), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Egypt, Roman (Caitlín Eilís Barrett), revised, forthcoming Jan–Mar 2025
Roman Law
Aelius Marcianus (Domenico Dursi), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Antistius Labeo, Marcus (Matthijs Wibier), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Decemvirates, First and Second (Carlos Amunátegui Perelló), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Flavius, Gnaeus (Graeme Cunningham), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Roman Material Culture
Aelius Marcianus (Domenico Dursi), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Colosseum, reception of (Elizabeth R. Macaulay), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
epigraphy, Latin (Alison E. Cooley), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
food processing and preservation (Erica Rowan), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Roman baths, reception of (Maryl B. Gensheimer), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Tarquinii (Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni), revised, forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
Roman Myth and Religion
Commissioning in progress
Science, Technology, and Medicine
food processing and preservation (Erica Rowan), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Galen (P. N. Singer), revised, forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
Rationalists (David Leith), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2025
