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Review of Laura Gibbs, Aesop's Fables in Latin: Ancient Wit and Wisdom from the Animal Kingdom. Mundelein, Ill.: 2009. Pp. xxxi, 366. $34.00 (pb). ISBN 9780865166950.

Review of Caesar Questa, Titus Maccius Plautus. Bacchides. Editio Plautina Sarsinatis; 4. Sarsina/Urbino: 2008. Pp. 108. €16.00 (pb). ISBN 9788839208477.

Review of Giovanni Di Stefano, Cartagine romana e tardoantica. Studia erudita 10. Pisa/Roma: 2009. Pp. 92. €28.00 (pb). ISBN 9788862271585.

Review of Michael Pitassi, The Navies of Rome. Woodbridge, UK/Rochester, NY: 2009. Pp. 348; 8 p. of plates. $90.00. ISBN 9781843834090.

Review of Ursula Rössler-Köhler, Tarek Tawfik, Die ihr vorbeigehen werdet ... Wenn Gräber, Tempel und Statuen sprechen: Gedenkschrift für Prof. Dr. Sayed Tawfik Ahmed. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Kairo Sonderschrift 16. Berlin/New York: 2009. Pp. xi, 206; 27 p. of plates. $123.00. ISBN 9783110203936.

Review of Jacques Jouanna, Hippocrate: Pour une archéologie de l'École de Cnide. 2e édition augmentée d'un article (2004) et d'une Postface (2009). Collection d'éudes anciennes 141. Paris: 2009. Pp. 718. €65.00 (pb). ISBN 9782251326696.

Review of Timothy Howe, Jeanne Reames, Macedonian Legacies: Studies in Ancient Macedonian History and Culture in Honor of Eugene N. Borza. Claremont, CA: 2009. Pp. xvi, 310. $24.95 (pb). ISBN 9781930053564.

Review of Kevin M. McGeough, The Romans: An Introduction. Oxford/New York: 2009. Pp. ix, 380. $34.95 (pb). ISBN 9780195379860.

Review of Werner Eck, Matthäus Heil, Johannes Heinrichs, Prosopographia Imperii Romani Saec. I. II. III. Pars viii, Fasciculus 1. Berlin/New York: 2009. Pp. 140. $81.00. ISBN 9783110202953.

Review of Anthony Kaldellis, The Christian Parthenon: Classicism and Pilgrimage in Byzantine Athens. Cambridge/New York: 2009. Pp. xiv, 252; ills. 26 b/w, 2 maps. $99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-88228-6.

Venice lagoon formed part of a network of inland waterways used for navigation in the northern Adriatic, an almost continuous system of lakes, river-mouths and canals, at least partly pre-Roman in origin. The fossae which cross the present lagoon are the continuation of a complex system of natural watercourses and artificial canals between Ravenna and Aquileia. Two Roman buildings discovered on the present San Felice canal could be interpreted as providing navigational assistance at points linking the sea and inland routes. © 2009 The Authors

During surveys in the Rhodian Straits in 2005[ndash]06, the staff of the RPM Nautical Foundation discovered three deepwater wrecks which reflect elements of the transition from late medieval to early modern seafaring. The assemblages, and their plotting on site-plans generated from photographic evidence, point to the finding of a small oared warship equipped with wrought-iron carriage- and swivel-guns, a small coasting vessel armed with wrought-iron swivel-guns, and a larger merchantman equipped with cast-iron carriage-guns. While the features of the smaller vessels do not identify their country of origin, those of the larger merchantman have good parallels with known English wrecks. © 2009 The Authors

Review of Stefan Freund, Laktanz, Divinae institutiones, Buch 7: De vita beata: Einleitung, Text, Übersetzung und Kommentar. Texte und Kommentare, Bd. 31. Berlin/New York: 2009. Pp. x, 707. $165.00. ISBN 9783110193459.