Greek and Roman historiography in late antiquity : fourth to sixth century A.D. /
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This book is the first comprehensive study of Greek and Latin historiography from Constantine to the end of the sixth century AD. It aims to examine the development of late antique historiography, stressing chiefly the relations between pagan and Christian historians, their polemics but also their often neglected agreements. Of special importance is the study of the Church historians who are considerable but not adequately known sources for the political and social history of the period. Greek and Latin Historiography in Late Antiquity is a highly valuable and useful reference tool for both scholars and students. Greek and Roman Historiography in Late Antiquity has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).
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1 online resource (viii, 540 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789047400189 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The ancient art of persuasion across genres and topics /
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"Persuasion has long been one of the major fields of interest for researchers across a wide range of disciplines. The present volume aims to establish a framework to enhance the understanding of the features, manifestations and purposes of persuasion across all Greek and Roman genres and in various institutional contexts. The volume considers the impact of persuasion techniques upon the audience, and how precisely they help speakers/authors achieve their goals. It also explores the convergences and divergences in deploying persuasion strategies in different genres, such as historiography and oratory, and in a variety of topics. This discussion contributes towards a more complete understanding of persuasion that will help to advance knowledge of decision-making processes in varied institutional contexts in antiquity".
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004412552
Arqueología de las sociedades locales en la Alta Edad Media : San Julián de Aistra y las residencias de las élites rurales /
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This volume brings together a large number of specialized studies and provides an interpretation of the site of San Julián de Aistra (Zalduondo-Araia, Alava) in terms of socio-political practices that define the main characteristics of early medieval local societies in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (xxviii, 547 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274928 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Art as ritual engagement in the funerary programme of Watetkhethor at Saqqara, c. 2345 BC /
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Art as ritual engagement is examined through a case study of feminised funerary representation in the repertoire of Watetkhethor, an elite woman interred in the mastaba tomb of her spouse, Mereruka, at Saqqara, c.2345-2181 BCE.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (vi, 62 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803275543 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
De luxuria propagata romana aetate = Roman luxury in its many forms /
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This volume focuses on luxonomics, or the economy of luxury in Roman times, and how its study is an element that is essential to understanding the history of the period. Organised in chronological order, the evolution of the luxury economy is divided into areas of consumption, production, and criticism.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (viii, 383 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274218 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
People and agrarian landscapes : an archaeology of postclassical local societies in the western Mediterranean /
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Provides an overview of the driving theories, methodologies and main topics that have been addressed to date regarding agrarian archaeology. The text is presented as an introduction for students, a critical reading guide for other scholars, and an informative instrument aimed at a wide audience.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274386 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Mortuary differentiation and social structure in the Middle Helladic Argolid, 2000-1500 B.C /
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In this volume the archaeological, anthropological and radiocarbon data from selected sites of the Middle Helladic period are integrated to determine if there was variation between individual burials, groupings and cemeteries and to reconstruct change through time. This work was done for selective Argive sites, namely Lerna, Asine and Aspis.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (422 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696264 (PDF ebook) :
The human brain in ancient Egypt : a medical and historical re-evaluation of its function and importance /
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This text provides a medical and historical re-evaluation of the function and importance of the human brain in ancient Egypt. The study evaluates whether treatment of the brain during anthropogenic mummification was linked to medical concepts of the brain.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (86 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274782 (PDF ebook) :
Imperial horizons of the Silk Roads : archaeological case studies /
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This volume centres on how the exchange routes transformed the frontier regions of the Silk Road. In doing so, it utilises a range of methods to reach an archaeological interpretation of the factors that linked people with the environment; movements, settlements, and beliefs.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274058 (PDF ebook) :
Perchement et réalités fortifiées en Méditerranée et en Europe, véme-xéme siecles = Fortified hilltop settlements in the Mediterranean and in Europe (5th-10th centuries) /
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The result of an international congress (Roquebrune-sur-Argens, October 2019) about the fortified hilltop settlements of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, papers present both brand new data and syntheses on wide contexts throughout the European continent, the Mediterranean basin and beyond.
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Also issued in print: 2023.
Selected conference papers. :
1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803272429 (PDF ebook) :
Homines, funera, astra 3-4 : the multiple faces of death and burial : proceedings of the International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology, '1 Decembrie 1918' University (Alba Iulia...
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The third volume of the Homines, Funera, Astra series gathers works presented at the third and fourth editions of the International Symposium on Funerary Archaeology: Death and Fire in Ancient Times (15-18 September 2013), and Time and Cause of Death from Prehistory to the Middle Ages (21-23 September 2014), both held at the '1 Decembrie 1918' University in Alba Iulia, Romania. The contributions focus on two central topics regarding past funerary behaviour in Central and South-Eastern Europe: cremation, and cause and time of death.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
9781803275260 (PDF ebook) :
TRADE : Transformations of Adriatic Europe (2nd-9th centuries AD) : proceedings of the conference in Zadar, 11th-13th February 2016 /
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Spanning the period between the 2nd and 9th centuries, this volume collects 45 papers dealing with the Adriatic area that aim to create a new dataset for the historical reconstruction of processes related to forms of settlement, aspects of production, and trade and the movement of pottery and other craft products between its two coasts.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803271736 (PDF ebook) :
Suburbia and rural landscapes in medieval Sicily /
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This volume presents the results of the main ongoing archaeological and historical research focusing on medieval suburbia and rural sites in Sicily. It is divided into thematic areas: urbanscapes, suburbia, hinterlands; inland and mountainous landscapes; changes in rural settlement patterns; and defence and control of the territory.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803275468 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.