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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 2022-12-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9004527680
Brill’s Companion to Bodyguards in the Ancient Mediterranean is the first scholarly volume dedicated to examining the political, religious, social and cultural role bodyguards played in civilizations across the ancient Mediterranean world.
Author : Caillan Davenport
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 35,92 MB
Release : 2023-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0192688812
The Roman Imperial Court in the Principate and Late Antiquity examines the Roman imperial court as a social and political institution in both the Principate and Late Antiquity. By analysing these two periods, which are usually treated separately in studies of the Roman court, it considers continuities, changes, and connections in the six hundred years between the reigns of Augustus and Justinian. Thirteen case studies are presented. Some take a thematic approach, analysing specific aspects such as the appointment of jurists, the role of guard units, or stories told about the court, over several centuries. Others concentrate on specific periods, individuals, or office holders, like the role of women and generals in the fifth century AD, while paying attention to their wider historical significance. The volume concludes with a chapter placing the evolution of the Roman imperial court in comparative perspective using insights from scholarship on other Eurasian monarchical courts. It shows that the long-term transformation of the Roman imperial court did not follow a straightforward and linear course, but came about as the result of negotiation, experimentation, and adaptation.
Author : Julia Hillner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 2022-11-20
Category : Christian women saints
ISBN : 0190875291
"Helena, the mother of the first Christian emperor Constantine, is best known for the last two years of her life, when she traveled around the Eastern Mediterranean, and for something that, in all likelihood, she did not do: the discovery of the True Cross relic. Using a vast range of sources, from textual and epigraphical to visual, and an array of archaeological insights from the places Helena lived at or visited, this book instead investigates Helena in the round, taking seriously the ruptures in her life course and her changing positions within the imperial and female networks of her time. The book follows Helena's life, the majority of which was spent in the third century and during the period of the tetrarchy, and explores the different ways in which she was commemorated after her death, up to the late sixth century. It wrestles Helena's historical significance back from medieval legends, to demonstrate the development and purpose of her role within Constantinian politics and to chart her meandering impact on the image and behavior of the Christian empress in the late Roman world"--
Author : Kamil Cyprian Choda
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,60 MB
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9004411798
The volume Gaining and Losing Imperial Favour in Late Antiquity studies fundamental dynamics of the political culture of the Later Roman Empire (4th and 5th centuries A.D.) by examining how people rose in and fell from the emperor’s favour.
Author : Jessica H. Clark
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 30,41 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9004355774
In Brill's Companion to Military Defeat in Ancient Mediterranean Society, Jessica H. Clark and Brian Turner lead a re-examination of how Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman societies addressed – or failed to address – their military defeats and casualties of war. Original case studies illuminate not only how political and military leaders managed the political and strategic consequences of military defeats, but also the challenges facing defeated soldiers, citizens, and other classes, who were left to negotiate the meaning of defeat for themselves and their societies. By focusing on the connections between war and society, history and memory, the chapters collected in this volume contribute to our understanding of the ubiquity and significance of war losses in the ancient world.
Author : Jeremy Armstrong
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 900441374X
This volume offers an overview of current directions in the study of siege warfare from around the ancient Mediterranean world.
Author : Robin J. Lane Fox
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 2011-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9004209239
Drawing on the latest archaeology, epigraphy and historical interpretation, this major volume presents a survey of ancient Macedon, important parts of which are published by their excavators for the first time, including the palace of King Philip II. Archaeologists and historians of the ancient Greek worlds will welcome this milestone in the study of this rapidly changing filed, packed with new information, interpretations and essential bibliography.
Author : Gina Konstantopoulos
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1646021533
This volume addresses the nexus of religion and geography in the ancient Near East through case studies of various time periods and regions. Using Sumerian, Akkadian, and Aramaic text corpora, iconography, and archaeological evidence, the contributors illuminate the diverse phenomena that occur when religion is viewed through the lenses of space and place. Gina Konstantopoulos draws upon Sumerian literature to understand mythicized and semimythicized locations. Seth Richardson and Elizabeth Knott focus on the Old Babylonian period, with Richardson addressing the interplay between law, location, and the gods, while Knott turns from text to image, relocating the reader to Syria and realizing the potential of royal iconography when situated in the “right” space. Shana Zaia moves forward to the first millennium, following the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as it shifted from city to city, with divine implications. Finally, Arnulf Hausleiter and Sebastiano Lora focus on northwest Arabia, unearthing a local pantheon and situating it among the various influences in the region from the second millennium onward. Covering a broad geographical and temporal scope while maintaining a cohesive focus on the theme, this book will appeal especially to Assyriologists, scholars of the ancient Near East, and specialists in historical geography.
Author : Jeremy Armstrong
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 10,7 MB
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9004284850
Circum Mare: Themes in Ancient Warfare presents a thematic approach to current directions in ancient military studies with case studies on topics including the economics of warfare, military cohesion, military authority, irregular warfare, and sieges. Bringing together research on cultures from across the Mediterranean world, ranging from Pharaonic Egypt to Late Antique Europe and from Punic Spain to Persian Anatolia, the collection demonstrates both the breadth of the current field and a surprising number of synergies.
Author : Mark Hebblewhite
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,74 MB
Release : 2006
Category : English wit and humor
ISBN : 9781840245349
Superbly witty, original, and intelligent, Hebblewhite brings together a hilarious collection of letters written to various unwitting organizations, associations, and companies From a man with far too much time on his hands comes this collection of hilarious correspondence, guaranteed to put a smile on the face of even the most dedicated customer services assistant. Whether he's appealing to the British Lubrication Federation for advice on resolving his cat flap predicament or making an enthusiastic request to Tiffany & Co. for Tiffany's autograph, Mark Hebblewhite knows how to make a nuisance of himself. If you have ever wanted to ask Mc Vitie's whether a custard creme is really just an albino bourbon, this book has the answer--as well as the answers to some other questions you might never have thought to inquire about.