Roman villas in central Italy : a social and economic history /
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This volume, which was awarded Honorable Mention and a Silver Medal from the Premio Romanistico Internationazionale Gérard Boulvert, investigates the socio-economic role of elite villas in Roman Central Italy drawing on both documentary sources and material evidence. Through the composite picture emerging from the juxtaposition of literary texts and archaeological evidence, the book traces elite ideological attitudes and economic behavior, caught between what was morally acceptable and the desire to invest capital intelligently. The analysis of the biases affecting the application of modern historiographical models to the interpretation of the archaeology frames the discussion on the identification of slave quarters in villas and the putative second century crisis of the Italian economy. The book brings an innovative perspective to the debate on the villa-system and the decline of villas in the imperial period.
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D., Columbia University, 2004). :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [797]-816) and indexes. :
9789047421221 :
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Nymfarum domus : les pavements de la maison des nymphes à Néapolis (Nabeul, Tunisie) et leur lecture.
: "Néapolis-Nymfarum domus": folded leaf in pocket. : 1 online resource (xxxiv, 270 pages, [48] leaves of plates (6 folded)) : illustrations (some color) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [xvii]-xxxiv) and index. : 9789004295544 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Terres cuites et culte domestique : bestiaire de l'Égypte gréco-romaine /
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In Terracotta and domestic worship. Bestiary of the Graeco-Roman Egypt , Celine Boutantin proposes a new approach of terracotta produced in Egypt in the Greco-Roman period. A study taking into account the archaeological contexts allows to propose a synthesis of production workshops and to show, in some cases, an adaptation of the production of local cults. An inventory of figurines found in homes, temples and tombs allow to study the functions of these objects. Through the study of a particular theme, animal terracottas, the author raises questions about beliefs and personal or private practices. Dans Terres cuites et culte domestique. Bestiaire de l'Égypte gréco-romaine , Céline Boutantin propose une nouvelle approche des figurines en terre cuite produites en Égypte à l'époque gréco-romaine. Une étude prenant en compte les contextes archéologiques permet de dresser un bilan des ateliers de production et de montrer, dans certains cas, une adaptation de la production à des cultes locaux. Elle permet aussi de dresser un inventaire des figurines trouvées dans les maisons, les sanctuaires et les tombes et de proposer une synthèse sur les fonctions de ces objets. A travers l'étude d'un thème particulier, les représentations animales, l'auteur aborde sous un angle nouveau la question des croyances et des pratiques personnelles ou privées.
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1 online resource (xii, 642 pages) : illustrations, maps. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 606-626) and index. :
9789004263246 :
0927-7633 ; :
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Lusitanian amphorae /
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More than a century of archaeological investigation in Portugal has helped to discover, excavate and study many Lusitanian amphorae kiln sites, with their amphorae being widely distributed in Lusitania. These containers were identified in Ostia and Rome from the 1970s and thereafter in many sites around the Mediterranean, but their numbers have always seemed scarce. Were they not being recognized and therefore underestimated? Were they all fish-product amphorae? Did they ever reach a significant market share in the other provinces of Hispania? And what was their contribution to the supply of the city of Rome or to other cities in the centre of the Empire? This collective volume is a contribution to the discussion of these and other questions, and to a better understanding of the production and distribution of Lusitanian amphorae.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784914288 (ebook) :
Egyptian cultural identity in the architecture of Roman Egypt (30 BC - AD 325) /
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'Egyptian Cultural Identity in the Architecture of Roman Egypt (30 BC-AD 325)' considers the relationship between architectural form and different layers of identity assertion in Roman Egypt.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784910655 (PDF ebook) :
The Hypogeum of the Aurelii : a new interpretation as the collegiate tomb of professional scribae /
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This volume examines the frescoes of one of the most enigmatic funerary monuments of ancient Rome: the three chambers of the Hypogeum of the Aurelii. This study examines all the extant images in detail.
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Previously issued in print: 2019. :
1 online resource (xiv, 192 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789690484 (ebook) :
The Arverni and Roman wine : Roman amphorae from Late Iron Age sites in the Auvergne (Central France) : chronology, fabrics and stamps /
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Large numbers of Greco-Italic and Dressel 1 amphorae were exported to many parts of Gaul during the late Iron Age and they provide a major source of information on the development and growth of the Roman economy during the late Republican period. This volume examines in detail this trade to the Auvergne region of central France and provides a typological and chronological study of the main assemblages of Republican amphorae found on the farms, agglomerations, oppida, and funerary sites, dating from the second century BC until the early first century AD. Other topics examined include the provenance of the amphorae, the stamps, painted inscriptions and graffiti, the distribution of Republican amphorae in the Auvergne, and the evidence for their modification and reuse. Finally, a gazetteer of Republican amphora findspots from France is also provided.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784910433 (PDF ebook) :
Diseños geométricos en los mosaicos del Conventus Astigitanus /
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This volume focuses on the study of the geometric designs documented in the mosaics of the Conventus Astigitanus, one of the four conventi iuridici of Roman Baetica.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (colour). :
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9781784912741 (ebook) :