The Abinnaeus Archive
Author : Flavius Abinnaeus
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Rome
ISBN :
Empire of the Romans
Author : John Matthews
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1444334581
Book Description
Offers a broad range of texts spanning six centuries of imperial Roman history—Volume II of Empire of the Romans, from Julius Caesar to Justinian Empire of the Romans: From Julius Caesar to Justinian: Six Hundred Years of Peace and War, Volume II: Select Anthology is a compendium of texts that trace the main historical changes of the empire over six hundred years, from the death of Julius Caesar to the late Middle Ages. The second volume of Empire of the Romans, from Julius Caesar to Justinian, this anthology balances literary texts with other documentary, legal, and epigraphic sources. Acclaimed author John Matthews presents texts that reflect individual, first-person experiences rather than those from historians outside of the time periods of which they write. Each selection includes an introduction, annotations on points of interest, author commentary, and suggestions for further reading. Excerpts are organized thematically to help readers understand their meaning without requiring an extensive knowledge of context. Six sections—running in parallel to the structure and content to Volume I—explore the topics such as the building of the empire, Pax Romana, the new empire of Diocletian and Constantine, and barbarian invasions and the fall of the Western Empire. Selected texts span a wide array of subjects ranging from political discourse and Roman law, to firsthand accounts of battle and military service, to the civic life and entertainment of ordinary citizens. This volume: Covers a vast chronological and topical range Includes introductory essays to each selected text to explain key points, present problems of interpretation, and guides readers to further literature Balances the different categories and languages of original texts Enables easy cross-reference to Volume I Minimizes the use of technical language in favor of plain-English forms Whether used as a freestanding work or as a complement to Volume I, the Select Anthology is an ideal resource for students in Roman history survey courses as well as interested general readers seeking a wide-ranging collection of readings on the subject.
Daily Life in Late Antiquity
Author : Kristina Sessa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,80 MB
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1108580637
Book Description
Daily Life in Late Antiquity is the first comprehensive study of lived experience in the Late Roman Empire, from c.250–600 CE. Each of the six topical chapters highlight historical 'everyday' people, spaces, and objects, whose lives operate as windows into the late ancient economy, social relations, military service, religious systems, cultural habits, and the material environment. However, it is nevertheless grounded in late ancient primary sources - many of which are available in accessible English translations - and the most recent, cutting-edge scholarship by specialists in fields such as archaeology, social history, religious studies, and environmental history. From Manichean rituals to military service, gladiatorial combat to garbage collection, patrician households to peasant families, Daily Life in Late Antiquity introduces readers to the world of late antiquity from the bottom up.
An Archaeology of Identity
Author : Andrew Gardner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 18,25 MB
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 131543508X
Book Description
What happened to Roman soldiers in Britain during the decline of the empire in the 4th and 5th centuries? Did they withdraw, defect, or go native? More than a question of military history, this is the starting point for Andrew Gardner’s incisive exploration of social identity in Roman Britain, in the Roman Empire, and in ancient society. Drawing on the sociological theories of Anthony Giddens and others, Gardner shapes an approach that focuses on the central role of practice in the creation and maintenance of identities—nationalist, gendered, class, and ethnic. This theory is then tested against the material remains of Roman soldiers in Britain to show how patterning of stratigraphy, architecture, and artifacts supports his theoretical construct. The result is a retelling of the story of late Roman Britain sharply at odds with the traditional text-driven histories and a theory of human action that offers much to current debates across the social sciences.
Latin and Coptic: Languages, Literatures, Cultures in Contact
Author : Maria Chiara Scappaticcio
Publisher : FedOA - Federico II University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 2022-03-04
Category :
ISBN : 886887122X
Book Description
[Italiano]:Questo volume è la prima opera dedicata ai contatti tra latino e copto nell’Egitto tardoantico e bizantino. Esso si pone nel solco di un rinnovato interesse per quest’area multilingue e multiculturale, ma affronta un tema inesplorato con l’obiettivo di dimostrare che questo può essere indagato con profitto. I contributi esaminano fonti di diverso tipo sulla base di un approccio pluridisciplinare. Alcuni di essi affrontano temi di ampio respiro, come la presenza del latino in contesti monastici o scolastici accanto a varietà locali, mentre altri trattano questioni circoscritte, come l’uso del latino in determinati ambienti o in specifici documenti. Tutti i contributi mostrano che il contatto tra lingue, scritture e culture ha assunto forme diverse a seconda di vari fattori./[English]: This volume is the first work devoted to the contacts between Latin and Coptic in late antique and Byzantine Egypt. It follows in the footsteps of a renewed interest in this multilingual and multicultural area, but it approaches an untapped theme aiming to show that it can profitably be explored. The papers examine different type of evidence on the basis of a multi-perspective approach. Some of them deal with wide-ranging issues, such as the presence of Latin in monastic or scholastic contexts alongside local varieties, some others deal with specific subjects, such as the use of Latin in a certain milieux or in specific documents. All papers show that the contact between languages, scripts and cultures took many forms depending on various factors.
Soldiers, Cities, and Civilians in Roman Syria
Author : Nigel Pollard
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 17,57 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472111558
Book Description
A study of interaction between the Roman army and the civilian population in Syria and Mesopotamia in the first five centuries A.D.
Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World
Author : John Muir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 13,43 MB
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1134166001
Book Description
From the first ‘deadly signs’ scratched on a wooden tablet instructing the recipient to kill the one who delivered it, to the letters of St Paul to the early Church, this book examines the range of letter writing in the Ancient Greek world. Containing extensive translated examples from both life and fiction, it provides a glimpse into the lives of both ordinary people and political life. This comprehensive study looks at personal and private letters, letters used in administration and government, letters used as vehicles for the dissemination of philosophy and religion, and letters which played a part in the development of several literary genres. The way in which letters were written and with what materials, how they were delivered, and how it is that, for certain limited periods and locations, so many of them have survived and how they were re-discovered. By placing these letters in their social, political and intellectual contexts, Life and Letters in the Ancient Greek World draws attention to both familiar topics, such as young soldiers writing home from basic training and the choice of flowers for a wedding, and more alien events, such as getting rid of baby girls and offhand attitudes to bereavement. This first guide in English to provide commentary on such a broad range of letters, will be essential reading for anyone interested in the Ancient Greek World.
Egypt in Late Antiquity
Author : Roger S. Bagnall
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1400821169
Book Description
This book brings together a vast amount of information pertaining to the society, economy, and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later Roman Empire. Focusing on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century, Roger Bagnall draws his evidence mainly from documentary and archaeological sources, including the papyri that have been published over the last thirty years.
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Egypt
ISBN :
Book Description
The Towns of Roman Britain
Author : J. S. Wacher
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 32,61 MB
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520026698
Book Description
This edition, now in paperback for the first time, has been substantially rewritten and re-illustrated to take account of the extensive new excavations and interpretations since it was first published twenty years ago. "The Towns of Roman Britain" covers the origin, development, public and private buildings, fortifications, character and demise of the province, including the provincial capital of London, the coloniae of Colchester, Lincoln, Gloucester and York, and the first civitas capitals of Canterbury, Verulamium and Chelmsford.
