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In seinem Werk Agricola widmet sich Tacitus dem Leben und Wirken seines Schwiegervaters, der unter den flavischen Kaisern als Statthalter in der Provinz Britannien auerst erfolgreich agierte, kommt daruber aber auch auf geographische Begebenheiten sowie Sitten und Brauche Britanniens zu sprechen. Somit dient der Agricola als elementare Quelle fur samtliche Studien zum Aufbau und zur inneren Struktur jener nordlichsten aller romischen Provinzen.

The ceremonial centers of the Syro-Hittite city-states (1200-700 BC) were lavishly decorated with large-scale, open-air figurative reliefs - an original and greatly influential artistic tradition that has captivated the imagination of its contemporaries as well as that of modern scholars. This volume explores how Syro-Hittite monumental art was used as a powerful backdrop to important ritual events, and it opens up a new perspective by situating the monumental heritage in the context of large public performances and civic spectacles of great emotional impact. The first part of the volume...

The first volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae covers the inscriptions of Jerusalem from the time of Alexander to the Arab conquest in all the languages used for inscriptions during those times: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, Syrian, and Armenian. The 1,120 texts have been arranged in categories based on three epochs: up to the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70, to the beginning of the 4^th century, and to the end of Byzantine rule in the 7^th century.

In diesem Band, der aus einer Tagung anlasslich der Berliner Ausstellung Babylon - Wahrheit und Mythos hervorgeht, diskutieren international renommierte Wissenschaftler aus den Altertumswissenschaften erstmals unter dem Fokus -Wissenskultur-. Als erstes gemeinsames Pilotprojekt von Topoi und dem Verlag De Gruyter fur die zeitgleiche Publikation in Print und Open Access ist dieser Band uber die Verlagswebsite auch als eBook -open access- verfugbar.

In the 5th century AD Hermias of Alexandria, a pupil of the Athenian Academy, wrote a commentary on Plato's dialogue Phaidros. The commentary concentrates on the explanation of metaphysical contexts, and so illuminates the ideas and theories of the Neoplatonist school. This volume replaces the only previous critical edition (P. Couvreur, 1901), and includes comprehensive indices.