Aspects of antiquity
Author : M. I. Finley
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 24,78 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Antiquities
ISBN :
Author : M. I. Finley
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 24,78 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Antiquities
ISBN :
Author : Moses I. Finley
Publisher : Studio
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,84 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Narendra Nath Law
Publisher :
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Administrative law
ISBN :
Author : Gregory S. Aldrete
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 48,69 MB
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1350100528
A vivid exploration of the many ways the classical world remains relevant today, this is a passionate justification of why we continue to read about and study the lives and works of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Challenging the way the phrase 'That's just ancient history' is used to dismiss something as being irrelevant, Greg and Alicia Aldrete demonstrate just how much ancient Greece and Rome have influenced and shaped our world today in ways both large and small. From the more commonly known influences on politics, law, literature and timekeeping through to the everyday rituals and routines we take for granted when we exercise, dine, marry and dress, we are rooted in the ancient world. Even the political upheaval, celebrity obsession and blurring of public and private boundaries that we see in current news betray ancient characteristics - now brought to the fore here in a new final chapter. If you have ever wondered how far exactly we still walk in the footsteps of the ancients or wanted to understand how study of the classical world can inform and explain our lives today, this is the book for you.
Author : Neville Morley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 50,68 MB
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1139461311
Historians have long argued about the place of trade in classical antiquity: was it the life-blood of a complex, Mediterranean-wide economic system, or a thin veneer on the surface of an underdeveloped agrarian society? Trade underpinned the growth of Athenian and Roman power, helping to supply armies and cities. It furnished the goods that ancient elites needed to maintain their dominance - and yet, those same elites generally regarded trade and traders as a threat to social order. Trade, like the patterns of consumption that determined its development, was implicated in wider debates about politics, morality and the state of society, just as the expansion of trade in the modern world is presented both as the answer to global poverty and as an instrument of exploitation and cultural imperialism. This 2007 book explores the nature and importance of ancient trade, considering its ecological and cultural significance as well as its economic aspects.
Author : David O'Connor
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,73 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780500390306
"O'Connor presents the rich fruits of his long labors in this volume certain to appeal to scholars and Egyptophiles alike."--KMT
Author : P. E. Easterling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 33,69 MB
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521651400
This collection of twenty essays examines the art, profession and idea of the actor in Greek and Roman antiquity, and has been commissioned and arranged to cast as much interdisciplinary and transhistorical light as possible on these elusive but fascinating ancient professionals. It covers a chronological span from the sixth century BC to Byzantium (and even beyond to the way that ancient actors have influenced the arts from the Renaissance to the twentieth century) and stresses the huge geographical spread of ancient actors. Some essays focus on particular themes, such as the evidence for women actors or the impact of acting on the presentation of suicide in literature; others offer completely new evidence, such as graffiti relating to actors in Asia Minor; others ask new questions, such as what subjective experience can be reconstructed for the ancient actor. There are numerous illustrations and all Greek and Latin passages are translated.
Author : Ada Cohen
Publisher : ASCSA
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 13,21 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0876615418
This volume contains 20 papers that explore ancient notions and experiences of childhood around the Mediterranean, from prehistory to late antiquity.
Author : Helen King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,75 MB
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1134599730
This book looks at issues surrounding health in a variety of ancient Mediterranean societies.
Author : Lesley A. Beaumont
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 839 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1134870752
This collection employs a multi-disciplinary approach treating ancient childhood in a holistic manner according to diachronic, regional and thematic perspectives. This multi-disciplinary approach encompasses classical studies, Egyptology, ancient history and the broad spectrum of archaeology, including iconography and bioarchaeology. With a chronological range of the Bronze Age to Byzantium and regional coverage of Egypt, Greece, and Italy this is the largest survey of childhood yet undertaken for the ancient world. Within this chronological and regional framework both the social construction of childhood and the child’s life experience are explored through the key topics of the definition of childhood, daily life, religion and ritual, death, and the information provided by bioarchaeology. No other volume to date provides such a comprehensive, systematic and cross-cultural study of childhood in the ancient Mediterranean world. In particular, its focus on the identification of society-specific definitions of childhood and the incorporation of the bioarchaeological perspective makes this work a unique and innovative study. Children in Antiquity provides an invaluable and unrivalled resource for anyone working on all aspects of the lives and deaths of children in the ancient Mediterranean world.