Pre-Roman and Roman Winchester.
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Outside the north gate of Venta Belgarum, Roman Winchester, a great cemetary stretched for 500 yards along the road to Cirencester. Excavations at Lankhills from 1967 to 1972 uncovered 451 graves, many elaborately furnished, at the northern limits of this cemetery, and dating from the fourth century A.D. This book describes the excavations of these burials and analyses, in detail, both the graves and their contents. There are detailed studies and important re-assessments of many categories of object, but it is the information about late Roman burial, religion, and society which is of special interest.
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Previously issued in print: Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1979. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781803270098 (PDF ebook) :
The Roman collegia : the modern evolution of an ancient concept /
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This volume maintains that contemporary events, ideologies, and institutions have shaped scholarly work on the ancient Roman collegia , a group of institutions known principally from epigraphic and legal sources. It traces the origins of thinking on the subject from the creation of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum through the political and social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries in Western Europe. The bulk of the book focuses particularly on the intersection of scholarship and economic theory in Fascist Italy, as the collegia were analysed by the Istituto di Studi Romani, incorporated into the Mostra Augustea della Romanità , and ultimately championed by the Minister of National Education, Giuseppe Bottai, in 1939.
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1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-242) and indexes. :
9789047409373 :
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Roman gods : a conceptual approach /
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The book is concerned with the question of how the concept of \'god\' in urban Rome can be analyzed along the lines of six constituent concepts, id est space, time, personnel, function, iconography and ritual. While older publications tended to focus on the conceptual nature of Roman gods only in those (comparatively rare) instances in which different concepts patently overlapped (as in the case of the deified emperor or hero-worship), this book develops general criteria for an analysis of pagan, Jewish and Christian concepts of gods in ancient Rome (and by extension elsewhere). While the argument of the book is exclusively based on the evidence from the capital up to the age of Constantine, in the concluding section the results are compared to other religious belief systems, thus demonstrating the general applicability of this conceptual approach.
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1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and index. :
9789047428480 :
0927-7633 ; :
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Roman Satire /
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How do you insert yourself into an artistic canon? How do you establish yourself as a worthy successor to your predecessors while making your own mark on a genre? How do you police a genre's boundaries to keep out the unwanted? With particular attention to authorial and national identity, artistic self-definition, and literary reception, this volume shows how four ancient Latin poets-Lucilius, Horace, Persius, and Juvenal-asked and answered these questions between the second century BCE and the second century CE as they invented and reinvented the genre of Roman verse Satire.
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This volume, from an innovative scholar of Latin Literature and Greek Old Comedy, distills the modern corpus of scholarship on Roman Satire, presenting the genre in particular through the themes of literary ambition, self-fashioning, and poetic afterlife. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004453470
9789004453463
Roman epic : an interpretative introduction /
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The author's approach to Roman epic is interpretative; the reader is invited to study a choice of typical texts, from the beginnings to the end of Antiquity. Famous poets are given the attention they deserve, but also some minor authors are discovered as precious 'missing links' between the ages. Special heed is paid to intertextual relationships between different epochs, cultures, literary genres, linguistic and literary patterns. The book is meant for students and teachers of classical and modern literatures, but also for all those interested in the history of literary genres and cultural ideas.
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Index: pages [365]-371. :
1 online resource (x, 371 pages) :
Bibliographie: pages 341-359. :
9789004351417 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Roman turdetania
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Roman Turdetania makes use of the literary and archeological sources to provide an updated state of knowledge from a postcolonial approach about the socio-cultural interaction processes and the subsequent romanisation of the populations in the southern Iberian Peninsula from the 4th to the 1st centuries BCE. The resulting communities shaped a new identity, hybrid and converging, resulting from the previous Phoenician-Punic substrate vigorously coexisting with the new Hellenistic-Roman imprint.
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1 online resource. :
9789004382978
Gallo-Roman Bronzes and the Process of Romanization: The Cobannus Hoard /
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This book constitutes the first comprehensive publication of a cache of eight bronzes from east-central Gaul. The types of objects and accompanying inscriptions suggest that these bronzes originally came from a sanctuary of a god named Cobannus. The first part of the book describes, analyzes, and interprets the individual objects, which are divided between the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Shelby White - Leon Levy Collection. The latter part of this work places the cache within a chronological, cultic, and cultural context. The Cobannus hoard is valuable not only from an artistic point of view but also for the information it provides on many different aspects of the religious, social, and political life of Roman Gaul. The book is lavishly illustrated, with 2 maps and 117 illustrations.
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1 online resource. :
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9789004493667
9789004124370
Judaism in the Roman world : collected essays /
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Judaism in the Roman World deals with the religious lives of Jews in the Roman world from late Second Temple times to the Later Roman Empire. *** The studies collected here analyse a series of issues important in the development of Judaism in this period: the role of the Temple and pilgrimage in the first century CE; the attitude of Jews to the physical texts of the Torah and to the scribes who produced them; the extent of variety and change within Judaism before and after 70 CE and the nature of the evidence for particular types of Judaism; the role of synagogues and images in Jewish worship; and relations between Jews and Christians in the early centuries. *** This book should be particularly useful to students of ancient Judaism and those interested in Christian origins.
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1 online resource. :
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9789047410614 :
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Paul's gospel in Romans : a discourse analysis of Rom. 1:16-8:39 /
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This book offers a fresh approach to Paul's gospel. Applying linguistic discourse analysis to Romans 1:16-8:39, it helps the reader to gain a comprehensive understanding of the argumentative structure and contents of the gospel of Paul. As well as revealing the two underlying descriptive frameworks that Paul uses to explain his gospel about God's salvation - the interactive framework between God and humans, and the 'two-realm' framework - this book demonstrates that Paul's gospel consists of one 'peak point' that shows the central role of Jesus, and two 'sub-peaks' elucidating salvation.
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1 online resource. :
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9789047443933 :
1877-7554 ; :
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Adoption in Galatians and Romans : contemporary metaphor theories and the Pauline huiothesia metaphors /
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In a new study on the Pauline adoption metaphors, Erin Heim applies a wide array of contemporary theories of metaphor in a fresh exegesis of the four instances of adoption ( huiothesia ) metaphors in Galatians and Romans. Though many investigations into biblical metaphors treat only their historical background, Heim argues that the meaning of a metaphor lies in the interanimation of a metaphor and the range of possible backgrounds it draws upon. Using insights from contemporary theories, Heim convincingly demonstrates that the Pauline adoption metaphors are instrumental in shaping the perceptions, emotions, and identity of Paul's first-century audiences.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004339873 :
0928-0731 ; :
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Frontières de l'Empire Romain /
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The North Sea and Channel coasts form the geographic frontier of the Roman Empire with the sea - the edge of the then known world. This border represents a page in military maritime history, but its coasts, in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, contain archaeological sites of high heritage value that deserve a large audience.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License"--Title page verso. :
1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803273051 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire : Ffiniau'r Ymerodraeth Rufeinig /
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The remains of the Roman frontiers in Wales are unique in the Roman Empire. More than 60 stone and timber fortresses, forts and fortlets, some of which seem to have been occupied for only a few years, while others remained in use for far longer, tell the story of the long and brutal war against the Celtic tribes.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License"--Title page verso. :
1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781803272924 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Frontières de l'Empire Romain /
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This volume considers the military architecture and its impact on local communities in Rome's eastern frontier, which stretched from the north-east shore of the Black Sea to the Red Sea.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License"--Title page verso. :
1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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9781803272658 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Grenzen des Römischen Reiches = Frontières de l'Empire Romain /
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This text illustrates the historical and archaeological significance of the Upper Germanic Limes and provides an up-to-date overview of its manifold features in the field.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License"--Title page verso. :
1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803271750 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Water in the Roman world : engineering, trade, religion and daily life /
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Offering a wide and expansive new treatment of the role water played in the lives of people across the Roman world, papers consider ports and their lighthouses; water engineering, whether for canals in the north-west provinces, or for the digging of wells for drinking water; baths for swimming; and spas.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (210 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
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9781803273013 (PDF ebook) :
Sanctuaries in Roman Dacia : materiality and religious experience /
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This text focuses on lived ancient religious communication in Roman Dacia. Testing for the first time the 'Lived Ancient Religion' approach in terms of a peripheral province from the Danubian area, this work looks at the role of 'sacralised' spaces, known commonly as sanctuaries in the religious communication of the province.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (viii, 242 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789690828 (ebook) :
Frontiers of the Roman Empire = Grenzen des Römischen Reiches : the Antonine Wall = Der Antoninus Wall : a World Heritage Site /
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The Antonine Wall lay at the very extremity of the Roman world. This volume, presented in English and German, presents a concise introduction to the wall which is, in many ways, one of the most developed frontier in Europe. Perhaps of greatest significance is the survival of the collection of Roman military sculpture, the Distance Slabs.
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This edition also issued in print: 2022.
Previous edition: 2009. :
1 online resource (76 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) :
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9781789699968 (PDF ebook) :
The Roman frontiers of Dacia = Frontierele romana ale Daciei /
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The frontiers of the Roman empire together form the largest monument of one of the world's greatest states. They stretch for some 7,500km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studied by visitors and later by archaeologists for several centuries. Many of the inscriptions and sculpture, weapons, pottery and artefacts created and used by the soldiers and civilians who lived on the frontier can be seen in museums. Equally evocative of the lost might of Rome are the physical remains of the frontiers themselves. The aim of this series of books is not only to inform the interested visitor about the history of the frontiers but to act as a guidebook as well.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
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9781803271354 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Romans, rubbish, and refuse : the archaeobotanical assemblage of Regione VI, Insula I, Pompei /
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The extensive excavations (1995-2006) by the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii provided a rare insight into chronological change within the city. This research was significant as an insula block within Pompeii had never previously been excavated in its entirety. The analysis of all the recovered seeds, fruits and cereal remains provided an opportunity to undertake a diachronic study of urban Roman plant food consumption and discards, the results of which are discussed here.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
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9781784911164 (PDF ebook) :