Kategoria BISAC: History >> Ancient - Rome

• An extensive account of the Roman army, from its beginnings to its transformation in the later Roman Empire
• Examines the army as a military machine - its recruitment, training, organization, tactics and weaponry
• Explores the relationship of the army to Roman politics, economics and society more broadly
• Considers the geography and climate of the lands in which the Romans...

Die Werke des Tacitus pragen bis heute das Bild, das die Nachwelt uber die fruhe romische Kaiserzeit besitzt. Dieses Bild muss jedoch kritisch auf seinen Wahrheitsgehalt gepruft werden. Denn dem eigenen Grundsatz der unparteilichen Berichterstattung bleibt Tacitus bei genauerer Analyse seiner Darstellung haufig nicht treu. Oft unterschwellig vermittelt er bei scheinbarer Objektivitat dem Leser seine rein subjektive Deutung der beschriebenen Vorgange. Anhand der Tiberiusbucher der Annalen stellt das Buch exemplarisch die Techniken dieser Leserlenkung vor. Besonderes Augenmerk wird...

The Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period is a comprehensive biographical dictionary for the Eastern Mediterranean, including Byzantine Italy, in the Early Middle Ages. Itis published in two sectionsand documents over 21,000 people. The first section covers the period from 641 to 867, the second extends to 1025. Apart from the main volumes, each section contains an additional introductory volume, Prolegomena, containing principally information about the most important sources for the period - both Byzantine and non-Byzantine - together with a concluding volume with...

Der Christ Julius Africanus hat in der ersten Halfte des dritten Jahrhunderts unter dem Titel "Kestoi" (Stickereien) ein Werk der Universalgelehrsamkeit verfasst, in dem er scheinbar disparate Wissensgebiete behandelt: von der Magie zur Militartechnik, von der Veterinarmedizin zur Dichtkunst, von der Landwirtschaft bis zur Lehre von Maen und Gewichten. Dieses Werk wurde von den Gelehrten lange mit spitzen Fingern angefasst: es passt nicht gut in die Kategorien moderner Literatur und erst recht nicht in die Vorstellungen vom antiken Christentum. Tatsachlich ist in den erhaltenen Teilen der...

This volume presents a collection of essays on different aspects of Roman sarcophagi. These varied approaches will produce fresh insights into a subject which is receiving increased interest in English-language scholarship, with a new awareness of the important contribution that sarcophagi can make to the study of the social use and production of Roman art. The book will therefore be a timely addition to existing literature. Metropolitan sarcophagi are the main focus of the volume, which will cover a wide time range from the first century AD to post classical periods (including early...

This volume compares two of the most famous cases of civilizational collapse, that of the Roman Empire and the Classic Maya world. First examining the concept of collapse, and how it has been utilized in the historical, archaeological and anthropological study of past complex societies, Storey and Storey draw on extensive archaeological evidence to consider the ultimate failure of the institutions, infrastructure and material culture of both of these complex cultures.

Detailing the relevant economic, political, social and environmental factors behind these notable falls,...

A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean presents a comprehensive collection of essays contributed by Classical Studies scholars that explore questions relating to ethnicity in the ancient Mediterranean world.

• Covers topics of ethnicity in civilizations ranging from ancient Egypt and Israel, to Greece and Rome, and into Late Antiquity
• Features cutting-edge research on ethnicity relating to Philistine, Etruscan, and Phoenician identities
• Reveals the explicit relationships between ancient and modern ethnicities
• Introduces an...

• Features contributions from top Livian scholars from around the world
• Presents for the first time a new interpretation of Livy's historical philosophy, which represents a key to an overall interpretation of Livy's body of work
• Includes studies of Livy's work from an Indo-European comparative aspect
• Provides the most modern studies on literary archetypes for Livy's narrative of the history of...