Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity – serie
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Baalbek-Heliopolis, the Bekaa, and Berytus from 100 BCE to 400 CE
A Landscape Transformed
Inbunden, 2019
3062 kr
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The aim of this monograph is to understand the extent to which the landscape of Roman Berytus and the Bekaa valley is a product of colonial transformation following the foundation of Colonia Iulia Augusta Felix Berytus in 15 BCE. The book explores the changes observed in the cities of Berytus and …
Death on the Nile
Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt
Inbunden, 2001
2498 kr
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A pioneering comparative and multidisciplinary study of the interaction between local disease environments and demographic structure, this book breaks new ground in reconstructing the population history of Egypt during the Roman period and beyond.Drawing on a wide range of sources from ancient …
Thinking Like a Lawyer
Essays on Legal History and General History for John Crook on his Eightieth Birthday
Inbunden, 2002
2553 kr
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This is a book about the law and life of Rome—in which contributors respond to John Crook's injunction to 'think like lawyers' by ranging as far as ancient Greece, ancient Persia and modern Denmark to expound their themes and draw comparisons. An opening section focuses on Civil Law, more or less …
After the Past
Essays in Ancient History in Honour of H.W. Pleket
Av Willem Jongman, Marc Kleijwegt
Inbunden, 2002
2553 kr
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What was funny about ancient jokes, and why? Why did the Roman state legislate to curb the behaviour of its obscenely rich and powerful elite, if it never really expected such laws to be obeyed? Why did it oppress the poor, and lavish public child support on them?These are important questions, but …
Not Wholly Free
The Concept of Manumission and the Status of Manumitted Slaves in the Ancient Greek World
Inbunden, 2005
3023 kr
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Not Wholly Free is a comprehensive study of manumission in the Greek world, based on a thorough appraisal of the extant evidence and on a careful examination of manumission terminology. R. Zelnick-Abramovitz investigates the phenomenon of manumission in all its aspects and features, by analyzing …
Fragile Hierarchies
The Urban Elites of Third-Century Roman Egypt
Inbunden, 2005
2553 kr
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Fragile Hierarchies deals with the world of the urban elites of third century Roman Egypt. It discusses economic, social and demographic aspects of the position of the elites of the small towns that dotted the Nile. The work combines analysis of Greek papyri with modelling techniques used in …
Governor and his Subjects in the Later Roman Empire
Inbunden, 2006
2393 kr
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This book presents new insights into the dynamics of the relationship between governors and provincial subjects in the Later Roman Empire, with a focus on the provincial perspective. Based on literary, legal, epigraphic and artistic materials the author deals with questions such as how provincials …
Roman Collegia
The Modern Evolution of an Ancient Concept
Inbunden, 2006
2445 kr
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This volume maintains that contemporary events, ideologies, and institutions have shaped scholarly work on the ancient Roman collegia, a group of institutions known principally from epigraphic and legal sources. It traces the origins of thinking on the subject from the creation of the Corpus …
Marcus Aurelius’ Rain Miracle and the Marcomannic Wars
Av Peter Kovács
Inbunden, 2008
2838 kr
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The longest war of the Roman imperial period is the war Marcus Aurelius waged with the northern German and Sarmatian tribes. The best-known events of these wars were the lightning and rain miracles. Divine intervention saved the Roman troops who were surrounded by the Germans and suffering from a …
Augustan and Julio-Claudian Athens
A New Epigraphy and Prosopography
Inbunden, 2008
3557 kr
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While there is now renewed interest in the history of Athens under the Roman empire, the Augustan and Julio-Claudian periods remain relatively neglected in terms of extended study. Thus the only comprehensive historical works on the period and its epigraphy remain those of Paul Graindor, which were …
Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World
Av Paul McKechnie, Philippe Guillaume
Inbunden, 2008
3942 kr
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Heir of Ptolemy son of Lagus, Alexander the Great's general (who took Egypt over in 323BC), Ptolemy II Philadelphus reigned in Alexandria from 282 to 246. The greatest of the Hellenistic kings of his time, Philadelphus exercised power far beyond the confines of Egypt, while at his glittering royal …
Diplomats and Diplomacy in the Roman World
Inbunden, 2008
2786 kr
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The Roman world was fundamentally a face-to-face culture, where it was expected that communication and negotiations would be done in person. This can be seen in Rome’s contacts with other cities, states, and kingdoms — whether dependent, independent, friendly or hostile — and in the development of …
People, Land, and Politics
Demographic Developments and the Transformation of Roman Italy, 300 BC-AD 14
Av Luuk de Ligt, Simon Northwood
Inbunden, 2008
4714 kr
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Recent research has called into question the orthodox view that the last two centuries of the Roman Republic witnessed a decline of the free rural population. Yet the implications of the alternative reconstructions of Italy's demographic history that have been proposed have never been explored …
Governmental Intervention in Foreign Trade in Archaic and Classical Greece
Inbunden, 2009
2419 kr
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Trade was a necessity in the ancient Greek world, yet the prevalent scholarly view is that Greek states intervened in foreign trade only rarely and sporadically. This book studies four necessary commodities, gold, silver, ship-building timber and grain, from production through export to import. …
Regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE
A Philosopher in Politics
Inbunden, 2009
2606 kr
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Erudite and urbane, a scion of the Peripatos, Demetrius of Phalerum dominated Athenian political life for a decade (317-307 B.C.E.) with Macedonian support. Viewed by some as the embodiment of the longed-for 'philosopher-king', Demetrius has been seen a test case for the interplay of philosophical …
Syrian Wars
Inbunden, 2010
3371 kr
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This book examines the causes and courses of the series of wars in the Hellenistic period fought between the kingdom of the Seleukids and the Ptolemies over possession of Syria. This is a subject always mentioned by historians of the period in a glancing or abbreviated way, but which is actually …
Civic Patronage in the Roman Empire
Av John Nicols
Inbunden, 2013
2747 kr
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The Roman Empire may be properly described as a consortium of cities (and not as set of proto national states). From the late Republic and into the Principate, the Roman elite managed the empire through insititutional and personal ties to the communities of the Empire. Especially in the Latin West …
Ancient Sailing Season
Inbunden, 2012
3170 kr
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Providing a comprehensive examination of the capacity of ancient ships and seafarers to cope with seasonally changing sea conditions, this book draws on a wide range of ancient literary sources while also taking account of modern weather records, hydrological data, and recent archaeological …
Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus
From the Cypriot Basileis to the Hellenistic Strategos
Inbunden, 2012
3935 kr
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This monograph focuses on religion to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent. It approaches politico-religious ideological responses …
Xenophon: Ethical Principles and Historical Enquiry
Av Christopher Tuplin, Fiona Hobden
Inbunden, 2012
5478 kr
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Xenophon’s personal history was exceptional for its combination of Socratic education and the exercise of military leadership in a time of crisis. His writings provide an intellectually and morally consistent response to his times and to the issue of ethical but effective leadership, and they play …
Processes of Integration and Identity Formation in the Roman Republic
Inbunden, 2012
3170 kr
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This volume is the result of a conference, held at Manchester in July 2010, on processes of integration and identity formation in the Roman Republic. This book focuses especially on day-to-day contexts in which Romans and Italians interacted, which are essential for understanding long-term …
Julio-Claudian Succession
Reality and Perception of the "Augustan Model"
Inbunden, 2012
2130 kr
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This collection of essays considers the challenging questions around the formation, establishment and continuation of the Julio-Claudian principate from the coming to power of Augustus. Augustus laid down the ground rules for a princeps, and the essays explore the subsequent transition of power, …
Individuals and Society in Mycenaean Pylos
Inbunden, 2013
2955 kr
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This book revises our understanding of Mycenaean society through a detailed analysis of individuals attested in the administrative texts from the Palace of Nestor at Pylos in southwestern Greece, ca. 1200 BC. It argues that conventional models of Mycenaean society, which focus on administrative …
Water and Roman Urbanism
Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain
Av Adam Rogers
Inbunden, 2013
2794 kr
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Water and Roman Urbanism: Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain offers a new perspective for investigating Roman settlement and how urban spaces were created and experienced by focusing on the relationship between settlement and water and the meanings attributed to …
Disabilities in Roman Antiquity
Disparate Bodies A Capite ad Calcem
Av Christian Laes, Chris Goodey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
3103 kr
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This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic a capite ad calcem, from head to toe. Chapters deal with mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorders, hermaphroditism, …
Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions
Inbunden, 2013
2025 kr
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In Taxing Freedom Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz examines manumission inscriptions from Hellenistic and Roman Thessaly, which record payments made to the poleis by manumitted slaves. In this original study the author explores the purpose of and the motivation behind these payments, apparently exacted as …
Women and the Roman City in the Latin West
Av Emily Hemelrijk, Greg Woolf
Inbunden, 2013
3143 kr
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Roman Cities, as conventionally studied, seem to be dominated by men. Yet as the contributions to this volume—which deals with the Roman cities of Italy and the western provinces in the late Republic and early Empire—show, women occupied a wide range of civic roles. Women had key roles to play in …
Topography and History of Ancient Epicnemidian Locris
Av José Pascual, Maria-Foteini Papakonstantinou
Inbunden, 2013
4419 kr
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This book presents the results of a major project carried out by a team from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the 14th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities at Lamia. The book gives a full picture of a extensive area of Greece known as Epicnemidian Locris, on which very little has …
Herodotus in Nubia
Av László Török
Inbunden, 2014
2515 kr
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Twentieth century commentaries on Herodotus' passages on Nubia, the historical kingdom of Kush and the Aithiopia of the Greek tradition, rely mostly on an outdated and biased interpretation of the textual and archaeological evidence. Disputing both the Nubia image of twentieth century Egyptology …
Urban Dreams and Realities in Antiquity
Remains and Representations of the Ancient City
Av Adam Kemezis
Inbunden, 2014
4114 kr
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A unique variety of approaches to all aspects of urban culture in the ancient world can be found in Urban Dreams and Realities in Antiquity, a collection of 19 essays addressing ancient cities from an interdisciplinary perspective. As the title indicates, the volume considers both how ancient …
