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Del 228 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Death on the Nile
Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt
AvWalter Scheidel
Inbunden, Engelska, 2001
2 498 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 census data and funerary commemorations to modern medical accounts, statistics and demographic models, the author explores the nature of premodern disease patterns, challenges existing assumptions about ancient age structure, and develops a new methodology for the assessment of Egyptian poplation size.Contextualising the study of Roman Egypt within the broader framework of premodern demography, ecology and medical history, this is the first attempt to interpret and explain demographic conditions in antiquity in terms of the underlying causes of disease and death.
Del 231 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Thinking Like a Lawyer
Essays on Legal History and General History for John Crook on his Eightieth Birthday
AvPaul McKechnie
Inbunden, Engelska, 2002
2 498 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 as conventionally conceived, with chapters on the peculium, on municipal law at Irni in Roman Spain, on advisers of Roman provincial governors, and on violent crime.Roman perceptions of the physical and human worlds are the focus of a second section, and comparisons between Greek, Roman and modern ways of thinking about law and government come into the third section. In the final section, contributors argue the history of law and life from refractions of real and imagined Rome.
Del 233 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
After the Past
Essays in Ancient History in Honour of H.W. Pleket
AvWillem Jongman,Marc Kleijwegt
Inbunden, Engelska, 2002
2 498 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 ancient Greeks and Romans could never have thought of them. They never questioned the right of the rich to be rich. They could not improve their understanding of Homeric gift-giving with the experience of ritualized friendship among the Trobriand islanders. Such questions and such answers can only come from those who live after the ancient past.This volume honours the well-known Dutch epigraphist and ancient historian H.W. Pleket. Ten substantial essays reflect his wide range, from early Greece to the Roman Empire, and his taste for comparative economic and social history.
Del 266 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Not Wholly Free
The Concept of Manumission and the Status of Manumitted Slaves in the Ancient Greek World
AvRachel Zelnick-Abramovitz
Inbunden, Engelska, 2005
3 023 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 modes of manumission, its terminology, the group composition of manumittors and freed slaves, motivation, procedures and conditions of manumission, legal actions and laws concerning manumitted slaves, and the latter’s legal status and position in society. A very important work for all those interested in social history of ancient Greece , slavery, and manumission, as well as ancient historians and classical philologists.
Del 271 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Fragile Hierarchies
The Urban Elites of Third-Century Roman Egypt
AvLaurens Tacoma
Inbunden, Engelska, 2005
2 498 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 ancient history. The first part of the book analyses patterns of urbanisation, property relations and their consequences for elite formation. The second part discusses demographic aspects, patterns of inheritance and their consequences for continuity and discontinuity. The central argument of the book is that a strong social and economic hierarchy occurred side by side with a dynamic pattern of elite renewal.
Del 275 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Governor and his Subjects in the Later Roman Empire
AvDaniëlle Slootjes
Inbunden, Engelska, 2006
2 393 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 communicated their needs to governors, how they expressed both their favorable and critical opinions of governors’ behavior, and how they rewarded ‘good’ governors. Provincial expectations, a continuous dialogue, interdependence, reciprocity, and ceremonial routine play key roles in this study that not only leads to a better understanding of Late Roman provincial administration, but also of the successful functioning of an empire as large as that of Rome.
Del 277 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Roman Collegia
The Modern Evolution of an Ancient Concept
AvJonathan S. Perry
Inbunden, Engelska, 2006
2 393 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 Inscriptionum Latinarum through the political and social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries in Western Europe. The bulk of the book focuses particularly on the intersection of scholarship and economic theory in Fascist Italy, as the collegia were analysed by the Istituto di Studi Romani, incorporated into the Mostra Augustea della Romanità, and ultimately championed by the Minister of National Education, Giuseppe Bottai, in 1939.
Del 308 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Marcus Aurelius’ Rain Miracle and the Marcomannic Wars
AvPeter Kovács
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
2 838 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 water shortage, by means of a lightning and rain miracle. Thunderbolts struck the enemy while the rain soothed the Romans’ suffering. Several pagan and Christian versions of the miracle existed already in Antiquity. Péter Kovács examines these events and their sources in detail. The most important source is the Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome. The scenes of the column depict the miracles as well and therefore it was studied separately. The author also sketches the history of the Marcomannic wars. He publishes all the sources of the miracles and examines the development of the legend from Antiquity to the 14th century.
Del 302 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Augustan and Julio-Claudian Athens
A New Epigraphy and Prosopography
AvGeoffrey Schmalz
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
3 480 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 published before the discovery of the Athenian Agora and its epigraphical wealth. This study aims to help provide a basis for new research on early Roman Athens, in the form of an epigraphical and historical reference work, in two parts. The Epigraphical Catalogue (Part I) represents both a companion and supplement to the Attic corpus of the Inscriptiones Graecae (Minor Editio) as it pertains to the Augustan and Julio-Claudian period. The Prosopographical Catalogue (Part II) offers an updated prosopography of the period as it relates to the material of the Epigraphical Catalogue. An appendix provides a chronological list of the period's major office-holders, liturgists, and priesthoods.
Del 300 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World
AvPaul McKechnie,Philippe Guillaume
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
3 942 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 court the Library of Alexandria grew to be a matchless monument to Greek intellectual life. In Egypt the Ptolemaic régime consolidated its power by encouraging immigration and developing settlement in the Fayum. This book examines Philadelphus' reign in a comprehensive and refreshing way. Scholars from the fields of Classics, Archaeology, Papyrology, Egyptology and Biblical Studies consider issues in Egypt and across Ptolemaic territory in the Mediterranean, the Holy Land and Africa.
Del 304 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Diplomats and Diplomacy in the Roman World
AvClaude Eilers
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
2 726 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 a diplomatic habit with its own rhythms and protocols that coalesced into a self-sustaining system of communication.This volume of papers offers ten perspectives on the way in which ambassadors, embassies, and the institutional apparatuses supporting them contributed to Roman rule. Understanding Roman diplomatic practices illuminates not only questions about Rome’s evolution as a Mediterranean power, but can also shed light on a wide variety of historical and cultural trends.Contributors are: Sheila L. Ager, Alexander Yakobson, Filippo Battistoni, James B. Rives, Jean-Louis Ferrary, Martin Jehne, T. Corey Brennan, Werner Eck, and Rudolf Haensch.
Del 303 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
People, Land, and Politics
Demographic Developments and the Transformation of Roman Italy, 300 BC-AD 14
AvLuuk de Ligt,Simon Northwood
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
4 612 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 systematically. This volume offers a series of in-depth discussions not only of the republican manpower and census figures but also of the abundant archaeological data. It also explores the growth of cities, especially Rome, and the changing distribution of the population over the Italian landscape. On the rural side it addresses the interplay between demographic, economic, and legal developments and the background to the Gracchan land reforms. Finally it examines the political implications of demographic growth and large-scale migration to the provinces. The volume as a whole demonstrates that demography is the key to many aspects of Italy's economic, social, military, and political history.
Del 312 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Governmental Intervention in Foreign Trade in Archaic and Classical Greece
AvErrietta Bissa
Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
2 419 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. Through the re-evaluation of known evidence and the presentation of new avenues of research, the book shows that Greek and non-Greek governments in the archaic and classical periods intervened and involved themselves greatly in foreign trade. The book offers the student of the Greek economy a fresh perspective on state intervention in trade and the ways in which intervention worked in the Greek world.
Del 318 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE
A Philosopher in Politics
AvLara O'Sullivan
Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
2 550 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 training and political praxis in antiquity. This book, through a close re-examination of the fragmentary and diffuse testimonia for Demetrius’ decade, argues that such a view misunderstands his legislative, constitutional and financial reforms, which should rather be seen within the context of Macedonian suzerainty, Athenian self-interest, and contemporary social changes. Such a context also affords a better understanding of the dynamic relations between the Macedonian generals and the preeminent Greek city at the dawn of the Hellenistic era.
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Syrian Wars
AvJohn D. Grainger
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
3 299 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 wholly central to the development of both kingdoms and of the period as a whole. Other than relatively brief summaries no serious account has ever been produced. This extended consideration will bring to the centre of research on the Hellinistic period this long sequence of wars. Arguably they were the basic causes of the failure of both kingdoms in the face of Roman aggression and interference.
Del 365 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Civic Patronage in the Roman Empire
AvJohn Nicols
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
2 747 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 the emperors encouraged the adoption of the Latin language and urban amenities, and were generous in the award of citizenship. This process, and ‘Romanization’ is a reasonable label, was facilitated by civic patronage. The literary evidence provides a basis for understanding this transformation from subject to citizen and for constructing a higher allegiance to the idea of Rome. We gain a more complete understanding of the process by considering the legal and monumental/epigraphical evidence that guided and encouraged such benefaction and exchange. This book uses all three forms of evidence to provide a deeper understanding of how patrocinium publicum served as a formal vehicle for securing the goodwill of the citizens and subjects of Rome.
Del 351 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Ancient Sailing Season
AvJames Beresford
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
3 102 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 discoveries. Taking a fresh look at the various ways in which seasonality affected maritime transport across the sea-lanes of the ancient world, this book offers new perspectives on the nature of seaborne trade, naval warfare and piratical operations. The result is a volume that questions many long-held scholarly assumptions concerning the strength and seaworthiness of ancient vessels, as well as the abilities of Greek and Roman mariners, to regularly undertake voyages across hazardous stretches of sea.
Del 347 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus
From the Cypriot Basileis to the Hellenistic Strategos
AvGiorgos Papantoniou
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
3 851 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 and structures of symbolism through the study of sacred landscapes, specific iconographic elements, and archaeological contexts and architecture, as well as through textual and epigraphic evidence. A fresh approach to the transition is put forward, connecting the island more emphatically with its longue durée. Moving beyond the field of Cypriot studies, this work also serves as a paradigm for the study of religion in relation to social power in other fields of classics and, in particular, for the enrolment of other areas of the Mediterranean into the political and cultural Hellenistic oikoumene.
Del 348 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Xenophon: Ethical Principles and Historical Enquiry
AvChristopher Tuplin,Fiona Hobden
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
5 478 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 a special role in defining our sense of the post-Athenian-Empire Greek world. Recent Xenophontic scholarship has established the general truth of these claims. The current volume will not only reinforce them but also contribute to greater understanding of a voice that is neither simply ironic nor simply ingenuous and of a view of the world that is informed by an engagement with history.
Del 342 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Processes of Integration and Identity Formation in the Roman Republic
AvSaskia T. Roselaar
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
3 070 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 developments. The book discusses settlement patterns (e.g. Roman colonies), the Roman army, and the administration of Italy, as well as the long-term consequences of contact, such as growing social and economic networks, linguistic, religious, and cultural changes, transformations of identity in Rome and Italy, and demands for Roman citizenship by Italians. It combines new archaeological evidence with literary and epigraphic evidence, and thus gives an overview of current research on integration and identity in the Roman Republic.
Del 349 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Julio-Claudian Succession
Reality and Perception of the "Augustan Model"
AvAlisdair Gibson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
2 130 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, and how the succession and subsequent rule manifested itself, even though there was no formal mechanism for such a transfer. These essays fully utilize the extant literary, epigraphic, numismatic and visual record to evaluate Augustus’ “political legacy”. The representation, and retention, of power was a critical issue for the princeps and his subjects, and the contributors provide fresh political and literary analysis of aspects of the principates of Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius and Nero.
Del 358 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Individuals and Society in Mycenaean Pylos
AvDimitri Nakassis
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
2 862 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 titles and terms, can be improved through the study of named individuals. A new, methodologically innovative prosopography demonstrates that many named individuals were not only important managers of palatial affairs but also high-ranking members of the community. This work significantly broadens the elite class and suggests that the palace was less of an agent in its own right than an institutional framework for interactions amongst individuals and social groups.
Del 355 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Water and Roman Urbanism
Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain
AvAdam Rogers
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
2 706 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 these places. Rather than a descriptive approach to the urban fabric it emphasises social context and cultural meaning through interpretative frameworks of analysis. Central are the cultural and experiential implications of water forming part of towns, rather than economic and practical arguments, and the way in which these places were used and altered over time. The book emphasises a social approach and has considerable implications for our understanding of life in the Roman period as a whole.
Del 356 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Disabilities in Roman Antiquity
Disparate Bodies A Capite ad Calcem
AvChristian Laes,Chris Goodeym. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
3 005 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, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteology and visual representations of disparate bodies. The authors fully engage with literary, papyrological, and epigraphical sources, while iconography and osteo-archaeology are taken into account. Also the late ancient evidence is taken into account. Refraining from a radical constructionist standpoint, the contributors acknowledge the possibility of discovering significant differences in the way impairment was culturally viewed or assessed.
Del 361 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions
AvRachel Zelnick-Abramovitz
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
2 025 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 a federal impost, and places them in a wider historical and economic context. Based on a close examination of the epigraphic and literary evidence, Taxing Freedom offers important insights into the nature and extent of slavery and manumission in Hellenistic and Roman Thessaly, the Thessalian fiscal machinery, and the ways by which Thessalian poleis intervened in the economic life of their citizens to secure revenues.
Del 360 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Women and the Roman City in the Latin West
AvEmily Hemelrijk,Greg Woolf
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
3 044 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 urban economies, and a few were prominent public figures, celebrated for their generosity and for their priestly eminence, and commemorated with public statues and grand inscriptions. Drawing on archaeology and epigraphy, on law and art as well as on ancient texts, this multidisciplinary study offers a new and more nuanced view of the gendering of civic life. It asks how far the experience of women of the smaller Italian and provincial cities resembled that of women in the capital, how women were represented in sculptural art as well as in inscriptions, and what kinds of power or influence they exercised in the societies of the Latin West.
Del 362 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Topography and History of Ancient Epicnemidian Locris
AvJosé Pascual,Maria-Foteini Papakonstantinou
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
4 323 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 been studied and published in the past. Its relevance in historical times was due to its natural environment and mainly on the pass at Thermopylae, which marked the physical boundary between central/northern Greece and the south, being the scene of repeated conflicts. The book offers a a complete picture of what Epicnemidian Locris was like in the past: its geography, topography, frontiers and the ancient settlements of the region.
Del 368 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Herodotus in Nubia
AvLászló Török
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
2 461 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 and the Herodotus interpretation of traditional Quellenkritik, the author traces back the Aithiopian information that was available to Herodotus to a discourse on Kushite kingship created under the Nubian pharaohs of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty and preserved in the Ptah sanctuary at Memphis. Insufficient for a self-contained Aithiopian logos, the information acquired by Herodotus complements and supports accounts of the land, origins, customs and history of other peoples and bears a relation to the intention of the actual narrative contexts into which the author of The Histories inserted it.
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Urban Dreams and Realities in Antiquity
Remains and Representations of the Ancient City
AvAdam Kemezis
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
4 025 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 people lived in their cities as physical structures and how they thought with them as ideas and symbols.Essays in this volume deal with texts and sites from Spain to South India, but there is a particular focus on the archaeology and epigraphy of Roman-era Italy, civic identity in the Roman provinces, the Hebrew Bible and Early Christian literature, Vergil and other imperial Latin authors.
Del 379 - Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity
Policy of Darius and Xerxes towards Thrace and Macedonia
AvMiroslav Ivanov Vasilev
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
2 712 kr
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In The Policy of Darius and Xerxes towards Thrace and Macedonia Miroslav Vasilev analyses in detail the policy of the Persian kings towards their European possessions in the years 514–465 BC. The book examines the status of Macedonian rulers under the Persian kings, as well as the status of the Thracian territories conquered as a result of the campaigns of Darius and Megabazus. In addition, the author localizes many tribes, rivers, lakes, mountains, and other geographical features of primary importance in defining the territorial span of the European lands conquered by the Persians. Vasilev examines literary sources, epigraphic evidence, coins, and archaeological finds relevant to the topic.

Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity – serie

Death on the Nile

Thinking Like a Lawyer

After the Past

Not Wholly Free

Fragile Hierarchies

Governor and his Subjects in the Later Roman Empire

Roman Collegia

Marcus Aurelius’ Rain Miracle and the Marcomannic Wars

Augustan and Julio-Claudian Athens

Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World

Diplomats and Diplomacy in the Roman World

People, Land, and Politics

Governmental Intervention in Foreign Trade in Archaic and Classical Greece

Regime of Demetrius of Phalerum in Athens, 317-307 BCE

Syrian Wars

Civic Patronage in the Roman Empire

Ancient Sailing Season

Religion and Social Transformations in Cyprus

Xenophon: Ethical Principles and Historical Enquiry

Processes of Integration and Identity Formation in the Roman Republic

Julio-Claudian Succession

Individuals and Society in Mycenaean Pylos

Water and Roman Urbanism

Disabilities in Roman Antiquity

Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions

Women and the Roman City in the Latin West

Topography and History of Ancient Epicnemidian Locris

Herodotus in Nubia

Urban Dreams and Realities in Antiquity

Policy of Darius and Xerxes towards Thrace and Macedonia