Tradition and transformation : Egypt under Roman rule : proceedings of the international conference, Hildesheim, Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum, 3-6 July 2008 /
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In 30 BCE, Egypt became a province of the Roman empire. Alongside unbroken traditions-especially of the indigenous Egyptian population, but also among the Greek elite-major changes and slow processes of transformation can be observed. The multi-ethnical population was situated between new patterns of rule and traditional lifeways. This tension between change and permanence was investigated during the conference. The last decades have seen an increase in the interest in Roman Egypt with new research from different disciplines-Egyptology, Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Papyrology-providing new insights into the written and archaeological sources, especially into settlement archaeology. Well-known scholars analysed the Egyptian temples, the structure and development of the administration beside archaeological, papyrological, art-historical and cult related questions.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004189591 :
1566-2055 ; :
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The reliefs of the chapel of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep at Gebelein (CGT 7003/1-277) /
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In 1910 Ernesto Schiaparelli, along with the Italian Archaeological Mission on behalf of the Regio Museo di Antichità Egizie, excavated the area where, during the Eleventh Dynasty, King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep erected a chapel to the goddess Hathor at the site of Gebelein. Some of the blocks belonging to this chapel had already been moved to the Cairo Museum during the nineteenth century, and finds during Schiaparelli's campaign were taken to the Egyptian Museum at Turin. In this work, Elisa Fiore Marochetti presents documents from these two museums and gives an architectonic and decorative reconstitution of an unknown monument. The mostly unpublished blocks and fragments, presented here as the General Catalogue of the Turin Museum, follow a general introduction to the geographical, religious, and historical setting of Gebelein and of the chapel before Mentuhotep's reunification of the land. The dating of the chapel is formulated on the basis of the iconographical style of the reliefs and of the titulary borne by Mentuhotep. \'The publication therefore not only presents a valuable reference to the Egyptian antiquities housed in Turin's Egyptian Museum. It also presents a valuable addition to literature on Egyptian temple decoration and development, royal iconography,kingship and the course of events on the verge of the Middle Kingdom.\' Nico Staring, Macquarie University
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789047443940 :
1566-2055 ; :
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The Vatican and Mussolini's Italy /
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Lucia Ceci reconstructs the relationship between the Catholic Church and Fascism. New sources from the Vatican Archives throw fresh light on individual aspects of this complex relationship: the accession of Mussolini to power, the war in Ethiopia, the racial laws, the comparison between Pius XI and Pius XII. This book offers a comprehensive reconstruction of this encounter, explaining the criteria that led Catholics to support a dictatorial, warmongering and racist regime. In contrast to the traditional periodization, the history begins with the childhood of Mussolini in the final years of the nineteenth century, and ends with the sudden collapse of his puppet regime, in 1945. This means to some extent placing in a different light the exceptional nature of the ventennio. The Italian original L'interesse superiore, Il Vaticano e l'Italia di Mussolini has won the "Friuli Storia" Prize for Studies of Contemporary History.
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Translantion of: L'interesse superiore : il Vaticano e l'Italia di Mussolini. Roma : Laterza, 2013. :
1 online resource. :
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9789004328792 :
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Lo scavo a Parma sotto palazzo sanvitale /
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Palazzo Sanvitale is located in Parma on the left bank of a stream, on the edge of the northeastern quadrant of the urban layout. The palace and garden fill two blocks, separated almost entirely by a minor decumanus. Ceramic and clay scraps from an underlying pit date the laying out of the decumanus towards the end of the 3rd century BC. In the south block, residential buildings recall the housing scenarios of the eastern Cispadana. To the east, a mixtilinear building dates to the 4th century AD. In the other block, superimposed on a primitive housing phase, the remains of a bathhouse dating to the second half of the 2nd century AD are outlined. During the Theoderican age, residential buildings, one of which seals the remains of a mill, filled both blocks. This title is accompanied by essays on the materials from the excavations.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274089 (PDF ebook) :
Eduard Meyer : Leben und Leistung eines Universalhistorikers /
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Eduard Meyer (1855-1930) was among the most important historians of his age. After Mommsen he is the best known German ancient historian. From 1902 he taught ancient history in Berlin and from 1919/20 he was vice-chancellor. His most important work \'Geschichte des Altertums\' includes the ancient oriental cultures, contains a sociological- anthropological methodology and considers all humane studies, especially religious history. This collection treats aspects of Meyer's biography - including his journey to America, his relations with his contemporaries (M. Weber, O. Spengler, U.von Wilamowitz), his university politics, his role in the First World War, his positions on Christianity and Judaism, history of philosophy, and particular research results and their effect.
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Chiefly in German with 3 papers in English and 1 in Italian.
Papers presented at a meeting held Nov. 10-14, 1987, in Bad Homburg. :
1 online resource (viii, 537 pages, [1] leaf of plates) : portrait. :
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9789004329089 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Leaders and masses in the Roman world : studies in honor of Zvi Yavetz /
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It is largely thanks to Zvi Yavetz that the Roman plebs has become "Salonfähig". In numerous important studies Yavetz has focused his - and our - attention on the problem of the relationship between the ruler and the masses of the ruled. Thus, it seemed natural to choose various aspects of this relationship as the topic of a volume in his honour. The articles here contributed by thirteen eminent friends and colleagues deal with historical and theoretical questions of the relationship between "the one" and "the many", covering a period from the second century B.C., through the times of the Late Republic and the Principate, to Late Antiquity and, finally, to an intriguing view at modern totalitarianism as perceived from an Enlightenment perspective.
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English, French, German, and Italian. :
1 online resource (xvii, 243 pages) :
"Zvi Yavetz: bibliography" (p. [xiv]-xvii).
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004329447 :
0169-8958 ; :
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L'egittomania in pitture e mosaici romano-campani della prima età imperiale /
: 1 online resource (xiii, 107 pages, [69] pages of plates (2 folded)) : illustrations (some color) : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9789004295643 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Greek Identity in the Western Mediterranean : Papers in Honour of Brian Shefton /
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The Greek colonies of the Western Mediterranean were central to the evolution of many aspects of Greek culture and in many cases developed an identity which was significantly different from that of mainland Greece and the Aegean. This volume seeks to explore aspects of the cultural identity of these colonies and how it evolved. It covers the colonial foundations in Italy, Sicily, Southern France, Spain and North Africa, and ranges from the 8th century BC to the early Roman empire. Topics covered include the ethnic identity of the earliest colonial foundations, the evolution of Greek states in the West, the Greeks' perceptions of their own identity and ways of representing it, and the role of the indigenous populations in the evolution of Western Greek culture.
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1 online resource (xxii, 504 pages) : illustrations, maps. :
List of Brian Shefton's works (p. xviii-xix).
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047402664 :
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Crises and the Roman Empire : proceedings of the Seventh Workshop of the international network Impact of Empire, Nijmegen, June 20-24, 2006 /
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This volume presents the proceedings of the seventh workshop of the international thematic network 'Impact of Empire', which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empire and brings together ancient historians, archaeologists, classicists and specialists on Roman law from some 30 European and North American universities. The seventh volume focuses on the impact that crises had on the development and functioning of the Roman Empire from the Republic to Late Imperial times. The following themes are treated: the role of crises in the empire as a whole; the relationship between crises and the Roman economy; modes in which crises influenced the presentation of emperors, and the impact of crises on and reception in (legal) writings.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047420903 :
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Cassius Dio's forgotten history of early Rome : the "Roman history", Books 1-21 /
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In a radical change of approach, Cassius Dio's Forgotten History of Early Rome illuminates the least explored and understood part of Cassius Dio's enormous Roman History : the first two decads, which span over half a millennium of history and constitute a quarter of Dio's work. Combining literary and historiographical perspectives with source-criticism and textual analysis for the first time in the study of Dio's early books, this collection of chapters demonstrates the integral place of 'early Rome' within the text as a whole and Dio's distinctive approach to this semi-mythical period. By focussing on these hitherto neglected portions of the text, this volume seeks to further the ongoing reappraisal of one of Rome's most significant but traditionally under-appreciated historians.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789004384552 :
2468-2314 ;
Ricerche archeologiche a Sant'Andrea di Loppio (Trento, Italia) : l'area della chiesa /
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This is the second volume presenting results of archaeological investigations on Isola di Sant'Andrea, located in the basin of Lake Loppio (Italy), with finds ranging from prehistory to the First World War. This volume considers the results of the archaeological research in the area of the church of St. Andrew (Sectors C and C1).
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (316 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789695373 (ebook) :
I reperti e i motivi egizi ed egittizzanti a Pompei : indagine preliminare per una loro contestualizzazione /
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This volume presents a synthesis of research on Egyptian and Egyptianizing material from Pompeii. Starting from the historical context in which to frame these phenomena and proceeding with a review of terminology, the work provides the first up-to-date corpus of Egyptian and Egyptianizing subjects and finds from the famous archaeological site.
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Also issued in print: 2021. :
1 online resource (596 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789699258 (PDF ebook) :
Traffici commerciali e approdi portuali nella sardegna meridionale : analisi dei contenitori da trasporto e dei contesti subacquei (III-VII secolo) /
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A study of trade flows on the southern coast of Sardinia in Late Antiquity through underwater finds, amphorae analysis and hypothetical docking points. Recent underwater surveys have highlighted multiple examples of possible cargoes from wrecks, especially of heterogeneous types, as in Cagliari, Nora (Pula) and in the sea around Sulcis.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (x, 269 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803271194 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Santa Cristina in Caio : la lunga durata di un insediamento pubblico viario tra età romana e medioevo /
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This volume collects the results of the 2009-2015 excavation campaigns in Santa Cristina in Caio (Buonconvento, Siena) and contextualises the site in the wider phenomenon of mansiones, Roman secondary settlements, and their reuse between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803273495 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Ricerche archeologiche a Sant'Andrea di Loppio (Trento, Italia) : il castrum tardoantico-altomedievale /
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The island of Sant' Andrea, situated on the road that since ancient times has linked the Adige Valley with the Lake Garda, is now little more than a small hump on the edge of a vast marshy basin. Excavations reveal a multi-layered archeological site with finds ranging from the prehistoric age right through to the First World War.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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9781784913625 (ebook) :
'Poedicvlorvm oppida' : spazi urbani della Puglia Centrale in età Romana /
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The indigenous persistence, texture, articulation, shape and functionality of the urban definition of the municipia in central Apulia demonstrate the nature of the complex history and settlement of this area in the long period between the age of Romanization and the 3rd century AD. The comprehensive collection and examination of the material evidence make it possible to reconstruct - for the first time, in an organic manner and in a global framework - the profile of the urban space of 'poediculorum oppida'.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784915933 (ebook) :
Roma prima del mito : abitati e necropoli dal Neolitico alla prima eta' dei metalli nel territorio di Roma (VI-III millennio A.C.) /
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This two-volume study looks at the recent excavations in Rome and its surrounding areas which identified settlements and necropolises associated with a complex culture pre-dating that of Ancient Rome. The results reveal the social and cultural aspects of the daily life of the human groups who occupied this territory before the Latium civilization.
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Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (2 volumes (1648 pages)) : illustrations :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693096 (PDF ebook) :