Word becomes image : openwork vessels as a reflection of late antique transformation /
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This study presents a diachronic investigation providing a rich case study as well as an approach tracing the contours of a category of Roman material culture defined by the Roman period technique of openwork carving. As the first comprehensive assemblage of openwork vessels from Classical to late Antiquity, this work offers primary evidence documenting a key example of the fundamental shift from naturalism to abstraction in which inscriptions are transformed and word becomes image. A glass blower herself, Hallie Meredith poses questions about process, tactility and reception providing a clear picture of the original contexts of production and reception demonstrated by the Roman technique of openwork carving.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784911300 (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) :
Breviarium Urbis Romae Antiquae : editio altera stereotypa /
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First published in 1977, the Breviarium Urbis Romae Antiquae is a classic among the literary Rome guides for those who want to be guided by the classics on their walks through the Eternal City. It aims at providing the reader with a collection of texts giving the most important information on the building activities of the Roman aediles which can be drawn from Latin sources, covering a period of about eleven centuries. The texts have been arranged according to the division of Rome in fourteen regions and are grouped around a monument. This unique and charming booklet should be on the wish list of every classicist, archaeologist and art historian.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004493728
9789004124998
A Jewish Archaeology : The Christian Discovery of Jewish Catacombs in Rome /
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This study examines how various catacomb networks in Rome were eliminated and subsequently restored to the historical record as specifically Jewish sites. By exploring the evolution, interpretation and presentation of these catacombs from ancient times to the present, it offers fresh insights into their historical significance and the impact they have had on later generations. Understanding how this situation relates to the broader context of archaeological activity in Rome also highlights important changes in the study of catacombs during the nineteenth century that led to the identification of additional Jewish catacombs and other material evidence of Jews in Ancient Rome.
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1 online resource (295 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004735385
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 :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693096 (PDF ebook) :
Die Ausrüstung der römischen Armee auf der Siegessäule des Marcus Aurelius in Rom : ein Vergleich zwischen der skulpturalen Darstellung und den archäologischen Bodenfunden /
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The reliefs of the column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome are used extensively for the illustration of Roman soldiers. However, there is no direct comparison between this work of official Roman art and the archaeological finds. This book aims to address this lacuna.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource (iv, 412 pages) : illustrations (black and white). :
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9781784916947 (ebook) :
The Jews in late ancient Rome : evidence of cultural interaction in the Roman diaspora /
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The Jews in Late Ancient Rome focusses on the Jewish community in third and fourth century Rome, and in particular on how this community related to the larger non-Jewish world that surrounded it. The book's point of departure is a refutation of the disputable thesis that Roman Jews lived in complete isolation. The book examines Jewish archaeological remains and Jewish funerary inscriptions from Rome from various angles, and compares them with Pagan and early Christian material and epigraphical remains. In the last part the author concentrates on an enigmatic legal treatise entitled the Collatio , identifying its author and exploring the implications of this identification. This study proposes a new way in which the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in late antiquity can be studied.
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1 online resource (xx, 283 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-280) and index. :
9789004283473 :
0927-7633 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The changing landscapes of Rome's northern hinterland : the British School at Rome's Tiber Valley Project /
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This study presents a new regional history of the middle Tiber valley as a lens through which to view the emergence and transformation of the city of Rome from 1000 BC to AD 1000. Setting the ancient city within the context of its immediate territory, the authors reveal the diverse and enduring links between the metropolis and its hinterland.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789696165 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.