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A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, 2 Volume Set
A one-of-a-kind exploration of archaeological evidence from the Roman Empire between 44 BCE and 337 CE In A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, distinguished scholar and archaeologist Professor Barbara Burrell delivers an illuminating and wide-ranging discussion of peoples, institutions, and their material remains across the Roman Empire. Divided into two parts, the book begins by focusing on the “unifying factors,” institutions and processes that affected the entire empire. This ends with a chapter by Professor Greg Woolf, Ronald J. Mellor Professor of Ancient History at UCLA, which summarizes and enlarges upon the themes and contributions of the volume. Meanwhile, the sec...
The Eastern Roman Empire under the Severans
The year of the four emperors in AD 193 shows the cosmopolitan interconnectedness of the Roman Empire, yet scholarship has long framed the Severan dynasty in a narrative of descent stressing their North African and in particular their Syrian origins. The contributions of this volume question this conventional approach and instead examine more closely actual Severan policy in the Near East to detect potential local connections that determined this policy as well as how local communities and elites reacted to it. The volume thus explores new beginnings and old connections in the Roman Near East.
The First Urban Churches 8
This eighth volume of First Urban Churches explores the literary, archaeological, documentary, numismatic, and iconographic evidence from ancient Galatia and Lycaonia. Essays focus on the northern cities of Ancyra and Pessinous and the southern cities of Pisidian Antioch and Iconium. An introduction to the province of Galatia and contributions focused on various aspects of ancient benefaction, locals mistaking Paul and Barnabas for Zeus and Hermes, Paul’s maternal metaphor for his ministry, and more shed light on the rise of early Christianity in this region. D. Clint Burnett, Alan H. Cadwallader, Susan M. (Elli) Elliott, James R. Harrison, Peter Oakes, Wesley Redgen, Michael P. Theophilos, David Wyman, and Arjan Zuiderhoek present cutting-edge research that opens new interpretive possibilities for the Letter to the Galatians.
In the Land of a Thousand Gods
This monumental book provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to the Roman imperial period. In this English-language edition of the critically acclaimed German book, Christian Marek masterfully employs ancient sources to illuminate civic institutions, urban and rural society, agriculture, trade and money, the influential Greek writers of the Second Sophistic, the notoriously bloody exhibitions of the gladiatorial arena, and more.
Sculptures from Roman Syria II
For the first time, this publication comprehensively documents and analyzes the Greek and Roman statuary discovered to date in the greater area of Syria. The text portion describes nearly all monuments in detail and classifies them in the context of the history of ancient sculpture. The associated volume of plates documents every item in detail, typically with four photographic views.
La sculpture gréco-romaine en Asie mineure
Ce volume est issu d?un colloque organisé à l?Université de Franche-Comté en octobre 2014. Il réunit seize contributions sur la sculpture gréco-romaine d?Asie Mineure. La première partie présente des articles de synthèse permettant d?avoir une vue d?ensemble d?un type de production ou de la fonction d?un type statuaire. La sculpture dans son territoire est le thème de la deuxième partie, tandis qu?une dernière est consacrée aux études techniques et stylistiques. Se croisent dans cet ouvrage des sculptures anciennement connues dont l?étude est reprise et des pièces méconnues ou inédites dont l?étude originale constitue un apport aux recherches sur la sculpture d?Asie Mineure.
Hadrianopolis IV
Hadrianopolis is located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartin and the Black Sea, 3 km west of modern Eskipazar, near Karabèuk, in Roman southwestern Paphlagonia. Though small, it dominated a rich agricultural and vinicultural enclave on the borders between Paphlagonia, Bithynia and Galatia. Between 2005 and 2008, four survey, excavation and restoration campaigns were conducted on the site by Dokuz Eylèul University. The 2005 surveys identified the remains of at least 24 buildings, many of which were paved with extensive mosaic floors. Following the publication of the inscriptions (Hadrianopolis I), glass (Hadrianopolis II), and pottery finds (Hadrianopolis III), the present volume is devoted to these early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from this site, dated mainly to the 6th and 7th centuries AD. The most remarkable of these is the floor mosaic of the nave of the Basilica B, which displays personifications of the four rivers of paradise: Euphrates, Tigris, Phison and Geon.
L'Asie mineure dans l'antiquité
Asie Mineure et Anatolie sont deux termes qui prêtent volontiers à la rêverie. Ils sont d'ailleurs traditionnellement associés à la fascination de l'Orient dans l'imaginaire occidental, d'autant mieux quand ces termes se rapportent à l'Antiquité. Et de fait, en invoquant ces noms, nous avons déjà mis un pied sur le continent asiatique. On comprend alors que l'Asie Mineure peut être considérée comme un espace transitoire entre un monde égéen classique et un orient plus lointain. Et c'est ainsi que la péninsule anatolienne fut longtemps regardée dans les études anciennes. Pourtant, l'Asie Mineure est aussi un monde en soi, complexe, varié et digne d'intérêt pour elle-même....
