James S. Romm

James Romm is an author, a reviewer, and the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College. His reviews and essays appear regularly in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Review of Books.

Ebooks

Since You're Mortal . . .: Life Lessons from the Lost Greek Plays

Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece

The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration, and Fiction

Demetrius: Sacker of Cities

Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire

Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

Seneca und der Tyrann: Die Kunst des Mordens an Neros Hof

Le Bataillon sacré

Der Geist auf dem Thron: Der Tod Alexanders des Großen und der mörderische Kampf um sein Erbe