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Herodian's World : Empire and Emperors in the III Century /
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The History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus of Herodian in eight books, written in Greek, is a key source for the period from the reign of Commodus (AD 180) to that of Gordian III (238). Herodian is an eyewitness and the only contemporary historian whose work has come down to us in full. His point of view is all the more valuable because he is an outsider with respect to both court historiography, whose flattery he stigmatized, and to senatorial historians, represented mainly by Cassius Dio and by the biographies in the Historia Augusta . Nonetheless, Herodian has often been harshly criticized as a historian. This volume aims to shed light on the different areas and themes in which his historical work moves - literary technique, political lexicon, religious conception, geographical space, economic, political, cultural and military themes - to better understand the relevance of his historiographical approach and his historical thought.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004500457
9789004500235
The topography and urban evolution of Cairo The topography and urban evolution of Cairo
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Subtitle on color maps in folder: The visuel description
The color maps are a supplement of volume 2 :
2 volumes some color), maps (1 color) ; 25 x 35 cm + color maps in folde 24 cm. :
9789779101606
Water and Roman urbanism : towns, waterscapes, land transformation and experience in Roman Britain /
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Water and Roman Urbanism: Towns, Waterscapes, Land Transformation and Experience in Roman Britain offers a new perspective for investigating Roman settlement and how urban spaces were created and experienced by focusing on the relationship between settlement and water and the meanings attributed to these places. Rather than a descriptive approach to the urban fabric it emphasises social context and cultural meaning through interpretative frameworks of analysis. Central are the cultural and experiential implications of water forming part of towns, rather than economic and practical arguments, and the way in which these places were used and altered over time. The book emphasises a social approach and has considerable implications for our understanding of life in the Roman period as a whole.
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1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004249752 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Architecture et société au Proche-Orient ancien : les bâtisseurs de mémoire en Mésopotamie (7000-3000 av. J.-C.) /
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Dans le contexte actuel de destruction et pillage des sites archéologiques du Proche-Orient, il est plus que jamais nécessaire de publier les découvertes qui se sont multipliées en Syrie, en Iran ou en Turquie, pour proposer une nouvelle lecture de la naissance de l'urbanisme et de la civilisation en Mésopotamie. Grand connaisseur des fouilles menées ces dernières décennies au Proche-Orient, Pascal Butterlin centre son propos sur la manière dont les sociétés villageoises du Proche-Orient ancien ont entamé, dés le V millénaire, un processus de transformations socio-économiques qui ont abouti à différentes formes d'étatisation ou pour certaines d'entre elles à des formes variées de tribalité. Ce livre se conçoit comme une micro-écologie de la naissance d'Etats marqués d'abord par leur diversité avant des tentatives politiques éphémères d'unification. Il s'agit donc, dans cet ouvrage novateur ; de dessiner les contours du premier décollage mésopotamien, produit d'interactions culturelles de grande ampleur dès la fin du Ve millénaire.
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512 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-500) and index. :
2708410385
9782708410381 (hbk.) :
1264-1723
Urban regeneration project for historic Cairo : first report of activities : july 2010-june 2012 /
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At head of title : Unesco world heritage centre - Management of world heritage sites in Egypt.
Historic Cairo = al-Qāhirah al-tārikhīyah" -- Title page.
OCLC 867255802 :
1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations, color maps, plans ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references.
Diu : Indo-Muslim and Portuguese History, Urban Fabric and Architecture /
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The ex-Portuguese Island of Diu - a once strategic maritime gateway to the bay of Cambay, Gujarat, India - features in the corpus of Portuguese history and literature, but a comprehensive study of the island was lacking. Mehrdad and Natalie Shokoohy, known for surveying little-known historic sites in India, present the study of the built environment of Diu in conjunction with the contemporaneous Indian histories in Arabic and Persian, resulting in a fresh view of Indian Ocean commerce and conquest. Extensive surveys of the Fort, the Town and the Island, include the epigraphy, fortifications, urban fabric, mosques, shrines, churches, monasteries, water infrastructure and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple and Towers of Silence. Fragmentary Hindu and Jain archaeological remains are also noted.
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1 online resource (600 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004705913