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Small Temple
A Roman Imperial Cult Building in Petra, Jordan
Av Sara Reid
Inbunden, 2013
1330 kr
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Excavation of the Small Temple of Petra, Jordan has revealed a Roman building likely dedicated to the imperial cult. Constructed in the wake of Roman annexation of Nabataea in 106 CE, the temple would have helped to solidify Roman control. Reid systematically examines the evidence used to support …
Who is afraid of the rhētōr?
An analysis and exegesis of Socrates and Gorgias' conversation in Plato's Gorgias
Inbunden, 2014
1827 kr
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This book concentrates on the conversation between Socrates and Gorgias which takes place in the first part of Plato's Gorgias. Scholars have tended to concentrate on the following two conversations held by Socrates with Polus and, especially, with Callicles. This first, relatively short, …
Xenophon's Memorabilia and The Apology of Socrates translated by Sarah Fielding
Inbunden, 2016
919 kr
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Sarah Fielding (1710-1768), the younger sister of Henry Fielding, and the close friend of his literary rival Samuel Richardson, was one of the very few English women to master ancient languages like Latin and Greek. With the help of Shaftesbury's nephew, James Harris, a distinguished writer, …
Proclus on the transition from metaphysical being to natural becoming
A new reading of the Platonic theory of Forms
Av Christos Terezis, Elias Tempelis
Inbunden, 2017
1364 kr
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This volume examines the historical end of the Platonic tradition in relation to creation theories of the natural world through Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus (412-485) elaboration of an investigation of Plato’s theory of metaphysical archetypal Forms.
Socio-economic History and Material Culture of the Roman and Byzantine Near East
Essays in Honor of S. Thomas Parker
Av Walter D. Ward, Walter Ward
Inbunden, 2017
2607 kr
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A collection of essays written in honour of S. Thomas Parker by his former students and colleagues. The essays focus on surveys, material and written culture, the economy, and the Roman military in the Near East.
Towns and water supply in post-Roman Spain (AD 400-1000)
Inbunden, 2020
1809 kr
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Our current knowledge of Roman aqueducts across the Empire is patchy and uneven. Even if the development of “aqueduct studies” (where engineering, archaeology, architecture, hydraulics, and other disciplines converge) in recent years has improved this situation, one of the aspects which has been …
Historiography and Hierotopy
Palestinian Hagiography in the Sixth Century A.D.
Av Rod Stearn
Inbunden, 2020
1756 kr
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Judean hagiographies are unusual. Some are unexpectedly structured: a saint’s life in the form of a history text. Others offer surprising content. Expected hagiographic stylizations, for example, often depict moments in which the saint is offered money for a miracle. In such cases the saint …
From Caucasian Albania to Arran (300 BC – AD 1300)
People, Country and History
Av Robert Hoyland, Robert G Hoyland
Inbunden, 2020
1809 kr
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The first ever study in English dedicated to Albania in Late Antiquity to the Medieval period.
Justinian's Indecision
How Social Networks Shaped Imperial Policy
Inbunden, 2021
1677 kr
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Since the time of Eduard Schwartz, scholars have tended to treat ecclesiastical policy under the influence of Justinian as inconsistent and even capricious. This book argues that such an image of Justinian, although seeming to provide a coherent narrative concerning the emperor’s character, falls …
Petra Pool-Complex: A Hellenistic Paradeisos in the Nabataean Capital
Results from the Petra "Lower Market" Survey and Excavation, 1998
Inbunden, 2013
1330 kr
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Excavations in the Lower Market in Petra (Jordan), capital of the ancient kingdom of Nabsataea, uncovered the remnants of a monumental pool-complex at the heart of the ancient city. It played an important role in the socio-political life of Petra during the Nabataean and Roman periods. The mere …
Hearsay, History, and Heresy
Collected Essays on the Roman Republic by Richard E. Mitchell
Av Randall Howarth, Richard E. Mitchell m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2082 kr
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A collection of articles by Richard E. Mitchell presenting all the major historiographical problems scholars encounter in reconstructing the early Republic. Mitchell was one of the first scholars to question the practice of taking the broad outlines of the accounts handed down by Roman historians …
Hannibal's Odyssey
The Environmental Background to the Alpine Invasion of Italia
Inbunden, 2013
972 kr
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Hannibal's invasion of Italia in 218 BC is depicted from the standpoint of environmental evidence elicited from ancient texts, and analyzed against present-day Earth Science databases. The conclusion is that the Punic Army followed the southern route over the Alps; a proposal first made by Sir …
Archaeologies of Water in the Roman Near East
63 BC – AD 636
Av Zena Kamash
Inbunden, 2013
1012 kr
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Water is one of the most benign, and destructive, powers in the lives of all people, in particular in arid areas such as the Near East. This book provides an alternative way of thinking about the Roman Near East by exploring how its inhabitants managed and lived with their water supplies, …
Sentences of the Syriac Menander
Introduction, Text and Translation, and Commentary
Av David Monaco
Inbunden, 2013
955 kr
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The Sentences of the Syriac Menander appears in two Syriac manuscripts in the British Library, a full version in one codex, and a far shorter version, only a small fraction thereof, in another. This book presents a commentary on the text in its complete version focusing on parallels from both …
