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Ancient Economy
economy, Greek (Emily Mackil), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
enslavement, cultures of (Sara Forsdyke), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
food processing and preservation (Erica Rowan), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
metics (Rebecca Futo Kennedy), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
slave revolts and resistance (Sara Forsdyke), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
timber (Benjamin Graham), revised, forthcoming Apr-Jun 2025
Ancient Geography
Tarquinii (Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni), revised, forthcoming Apr-Jun 2025
Christianity
Messianism (John J. Collins), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Gender Studies
love (Thea Selliaas Thorsen), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
metics (Rebecca Futo Kennedy), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Greek History and Historiography
Ammonius (1) (Francesca Schironi), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Andocides, c. 440–c. 390 bce (Judson Herrman), 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
economy, Greek (Emily Mackil), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Egypt, Roman (Caitlín Eilís Barrett), revised, forthcoming Apr-Jun 2025
metics (Rebecca Futo Kennedy), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 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
Andocides, c. 440–c. 390 bce (Judson Herrman), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
metics (Rebecca Futo Kennedy), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
slave revolts and resistance (Sara Forsdyke), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Greek Literature
Ammonius (1) (Francesca Schironi), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Andocides, c. 440–c. 390 bce (Judson Herrman), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
cosmopolitanism (Daniel Richter), forthcoming Apr-Jun 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
economy, Greek (Emily Mackil), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
food processing and preservation (Erica Rowan), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Heracles (Katherine Lu Hsu), revised, 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 Apr-Jun 2025
Jewish Diaspora Revolt (116–117 CE ) (Miriam Ben Zeev Hofman), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Messianism (John J. Collins), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Late Antiquity
acclamations (Charlotte Roueché), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Ammianus Marcellinus, c. 330–395 ce (Alan J. Ross), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Helena Augusta (Jan Willem Drijvers), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Libanius (Lieve Van Hoof), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
rhetoric, Latin (Bart Huelsenbeck), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Latin Literature
love (Thea Selliaas Thorsen), forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
Plautus, comic playwright (Emilia A. Barbiero), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
rhetoric, Latin (Bart Huelsenbeck), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 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
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
Philosophy
Rationalists (David Leith), forthcoming Apr-Jun 2025
sublime (James I. Porter), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Reception
Libanius (Lieve Van Hoof), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Memnon, colossus of (Patricia A. Rosenmeyer), revised, forthcoming Apr–Jun 2025
rhetoric, Latin (Bart Huelsenbeck), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
sublime (James I. Porter), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Roman History and Historiography
acclamations (Charlotte Roueché), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Ammianus Marcellinus, c. 330–395 ce (Alan J. Ross), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Domitius Ulpianus, 'Ulpian' (Zachary Herz), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Egypt, Roman (Caitlín Eilís Barrett), revised, forthcoming Apr-Jun 2025
rhetoric, Latin (Bart Huelsenbeck), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Roman Law
Domitius Ulpianus, 'Ulpian' (Zachary Herz), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Iulius Paulus, jurist, c. 160–235 ce (Elsemieke Daalder), revised, forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Roman Material Culture
food processing and preservation (Erica Rowan), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Tarquinii (Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni), revised, forthcoming Apr-Jun 2025
Roman Myth and Religion
Science, Technology, and Medicine
food processing and preservation (Erica Rowan), forthcoming Jul–Sep 2025
Galen (P. N. Singer), revised, forthcoming Apr-Jun 2025
Rationalists (David Leith), forthcoming Apr-Jun 2025
