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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