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Herodian
Herodian (active c. 250 CE) was the author of an eight-book Greek history of the Empire from the reign of Commodus (180-192) to the civil wars of the year 238. It has always been a vital historical document, but recent scholarship also recognizes its importance for the development of Greek historiography. As part of this new interest, this collection of articles by leading and emerging scholars addresses important new questions about Herodian’s work and cultural context. These include literary studies of his generic identity, his relationship to earlier and later authors and his techniques of creating time and space; applications of communication and memory theory to his narrative; explora...
Old Age, Gender, Social Security in Africa and Europe
In the 'Decade of Healthy Ageing' (UN/WHO), this collection of essays contains interdisciplinary contributions by authors from African and European cultures who address questions about the situation of old people in the past and present, comparing the situation of men and women and focussing on their protection and care within society. While at first glance it appears that the phenomena in the 'young' African countries are completely different from those in European countries, there is a certain convergence between the continents. The challenges of migration, globalisation and the climate crisis are triggering social transformation processes that are weakening older traditions. The focus is on the dissolution of the extended family and the associated loss of the stabilising function within the framework of the so-called intergenerational contract. This development triggers crises. However, new models for organising old age are also developing. Old people are finding new ways to organise their lives.
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...
Das spätantike Rom und die stadtrömische Senatsaristokratie (395–455 n. Chr.)
Die spätantike Senatsaristokratie steht seit Längerem im Fokus der Forschung. Es sind eben nicht allein die Kaiser und Heermeister, die die Geschichte der Spätantike prägten. Die hier vorliegende Studie stellt die Frage nach der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Bedeutung der stadtrömischen Senatsaristokratie und des Senats, und zwar für den so wichtigen Zeitraum von 395 bis 455 n. Chr. Die politische Ereignisgeschichte und die Interaktion, Kommunikation und Kooperation mit den politischen Hauptakteuren wird dabei ebenso untersucht wie die zentralen Aspekte der senatorischen Lebensführung, Repräsentation und Distinktion, einschließlich der Christianisierung. Entstanden ist eine Stu...
Early Christian Mission: Paul & the early church
In a two-volume work, Eckhard J. Schnabel offers a comprehensive and defiinitive examination of the first century of missionary expansion--from Jesus to the last of the apostles.--From publisher's description.
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Das Herrscherbild der Tetrarchie und die Idee der Similitudo der Kaiser
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Archäologie, Note: 1,3, Universität Trier, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Ziel dieser Arbeit besteht darin, den Tetrarchentypus zu charakterisieren. Hierzu werden mehrere Bildmaterialien untersucht und ausgewertet. Das Hauptaugenmerk liegt auf der These, dass sich Diokletians Maßnahmen zur Stabilisierung des römischen Reiches, die Machtaufteilung auf mehrere Regenten und die neuen Reformen, auch in der bildhaften Darstellung der Tetrarchen wieder finden lässt. Hier ist ein Wandel vom Soldatentypus hin zu etwas Neuem zu beobachten, obwohl man festhalten muss, dass sich gewisse Einflüsse des Soldatentypus finden lassen. Individuelle Züge treten dennoch in Darstellungen zurück und weichen einer Motivik der Gleichheit und Angepasstheit. Die Idee der Similitudo der Kaiser in der bildhaften Wiedergabe der Tetrarchen soll als Symbol verstanden werden für Macht, Stärke, Standhaftigkeit und Zusammenhalt des neuen Herrschaftssystems.
Ethnicity and Culture in Late Antiquity
In this collection of 20 papers by international scholars, the contributors explore how group identities were established against the shifting background of the breakdown of the Roman Empire.
Paul the Missionary
Eckhard J. Schnabel, author of the monumental scholarly study Early Christian Mission (2 volumes), gives us an overview of Paul's missionary practices, strategies and methods, and then weighs contemporary evangelical missiology and practice in light of Paul.
