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'Williams demonstrates convincingly that the epigraphical and literary texts construct substantially different pictures of how friendship was negotiated and conceived in ancient Rome, not least in respect to gender and class relations. It is not too much to say that Williams' careful attention to inscriptions, along with his sensitive interpretations of literary and philosophical texts, will transform in fundamental ways the prevailing conception of Roman amicitia … It is scholarship at its best, and anyone interested in ancient Roman friendship will want to read it.' Sehepunkte 'Williams is an exceedingly capable scholar, and he has produced a cogent study of Roman friendship that will enrich and challenge the way that we read, and have read, the past. One that will in turn, no doubt, also make us question our present.' Arctos

'Williams demonstrates convincingly that the epigraphical and literary texts construct substantially different pictures of how friendship was negotiated and conceived in ancient Rome, not least in respect to gender and class relations. It is not too much to say that Williams' careful attention to inscriptions, along with his sensitive interpretations of literary and philosophical texts, will transform in fundamental ways the prevailing conception of Roman amicitia ... It is scholarship at its best, and anyone interested in ancient Roman friendship will want to read it.' Sehepunkte 'Williams is an exceedingly capable scholar, and he has produced a cogent study of Roman friendship that will enrich and challenge the way that we read, and have read, the past. One that will in turn, no doubt, also make us question our present.' Arctos

'Williams demonstrates convincingly that the epigraphical and literary texts construct substantially different pictures of how friendship was negotiated and conceived in ancient Rome, not least in respect to gender and class relations. It is not too much to say that Williams' careful attention to inscriptions, along with his sensitive interpretations of literary and philosophical texts, will transform in fundamental ways the prevailing conception of Roman amicitia ... It is scholarship at its best, and anyone interested in ancient Roman friendship will want to read it.' Sehepunkte 'Williams is an exceedingly capable scholar, and he has produced a cogent study of Roman friendship that will enrich and challenge the way that we read, and have read, the past. One that will in turn, no doubt, also make us question our present.' Arctos Williams demonstrates convincingly that the epigraphical and literary texts construct substantially different pictures of how friendship was negotiated and conceived in ancient Rome, not least in respect to gender and class relations. It is not too much to say that Williams' careful attention to inscriptions, along with his sensitive interpretations of literary and philosophical texts, will transform in fundamental ways the prevailing conception of Roman amicitia...It is scholarship at its best, and anyone interested in ancient Roman friendship will want to read it. Sehepunkte, Ausgabe 13 (2013), Nr. 7/8 Williams is an exceedingly capable scholar, and he has produced a cogent study of Roman friendship that will enrich and challenge the way that we read, and have read, the past. One that will in turn, no doubt, also make us question our present. Arctos

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Craig A. Williams is Professor of Classics at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and in 2006 he was awarded Brooklyn College's Leonard and Claire Tow Endowed Professorship. He is the author of the acclaimed Roman Homosexuality, 2nd edition (2010), an introduction and commentary in Martial: Epigrams, Book Two (2004) and numerous articles and reviews on Latin literature and Roman culture.

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