The Cities Of The Eastern Roman Provinces 2nd Edition

Author : A. H. M. Jones
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781592447480

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The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces, 2nd Edition by A. H. M. Jones Pdf

This book traces the diffusion of the Greek city as a political institution throughout the lands of the Roman Empire bordering the Eastern Mediterranean over a period extending from Alexander's conquest of the East to the sixth century. Arranged in order of annexation, the regions are dealt with individually. The study examines to what extent native institutions were capable of being adapted to the Greek conception of the city, the activities of Hellenistic kings in founding cities, and the spontaneous diffusion of Greek political institutions in the Hellenization of the East. Professor Jones describes the restrictive effect of centralized administrative policy on some dynasties and the growth of cities in their dominions, and various aspects of the relations between cities and central government, including the cities' role in the economic life of the Empire. Other topics discussed include the local responsibilities of cities, administrative duties such as collecting taxes and levying recruits, the internal and political life of the cities, and their economic effect on the surrounding countryside.

Author : Arnold Hugh Martin Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Geography
ISBN : 9025608396

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The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces by Arnold Hugh Martin Jones Pdf

Author : Arnold H. M. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Cities and towns, Ancient
ISBN : OCLC:1244509752

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The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces by Arnold H. M. Jones Pdf

Author : David Morton Gwynn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004163836

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A.H.M. Jones and the Later Roman Empire by David Morton Gwynn Pdf

This volume offers a reassessment of the life and scholarship of A.H.M. Jones and of the impact and legacy of his great work "The Later Roman Empire 284a "602: A Social, Economic, and Administrative Survey (1964)."

Author : James W. Ermatinger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216140542

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The Roman Empire [2 volumes] by James W. Ermatinger Pdf

Covering material from the time of Julius Caesar to the sack of Rome, this topically arranged reference set provides substantive entries on people, cities, government, institutions, military developments, material culture, and other topics related to the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was one of the greatest and most influential forces of the ancient world, and many of its achievements endure in one form or another to this day. Because of its geographic breadth, cultural diversity, and overall complexity, it is also one of the most difficult organizations to understand. This book focuses on the Roman Empire from the time of Julius Caesar to the sack of Rome. While most references on the Roman world provide a series of alphabetically arranged entries, this work is organized in broad topical chapters on government and politics, administration, individuals, groups and organizations, places, events, military developments, and objects and artifacts. Each section provides 20 to 30 substantive entries along with an overview essay. The work also provides a selection of primary source documents and closes with a bibliography of important print and electronic resources.

Author : Arthur Segal
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781842178362

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Temples and Sanctuaries in the Roman East by Arthur Segal Pdf

This lavishly illustrated volume presents a comprehensive architectural study of 87 individual temples and sanctuaries built in the Roman East between the end of the 1st century BCE and the end of the 3rd century CE, within a broad region encompassing the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. Religious architecture gave faithful expression to the complexity of the Roman East and to its multiplicity of traditions pertaining to ethnic and religious aspects as well as to the powerful influence of Imperial Rome. The source of this power lay in the uniformity of the architectural language, the inventory of forms, the choice of styles and the spatial layout of the buildings. Thus, while temples have an eclectic character, there is an underlying unity of form comprising the podium, the stairway between the terminating walls (antae) and the columns along the entrance front - in other words, the axiality, frontality and symmetry of the temple as viewed from outside. The temples and sanctuaries studied in this volume demonstrate individual nuances of plan, spatial design, location in the sanctuary and interrelations with the immediate vicinity but can be divided into two main categories: Vitruvian temples (derived from Hellenistic-Roman architecture) and Non-Vitruvian temples (those with plans and spatial designs that cannot be analysed according to architectural criteria such as those defined by Vitruvius). The individual descriptions presented focus solely upon the analysis of the external and internal space of the temples of all types and do not involve any cultural or ethnic discussion.

Author : Rubina Raja
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788763526067

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Urban Development and Regional Identity in the Eastern Roman Provinces, 50 BC-AD 250 by Rubina Raja Pdf

This study presents a comparative treatment of four East Roman provinces in the period 50 BC-AD 250 (Aphrodisias and Ephesos in Turkey, Athens in Greece, and Gerasa in Jordan), and it examines the instrumental factors behind regional and local urban developments. It argues that local communities were responsible for the organization and development of public space and buildings, which lends itself to an understanding of self-knowledge in these communities. Through a discussion of the interaction between architectural developments and historical and regional factors, this compelling study examines the interaction between the built environment, the social/political culture, and the urban identity in the eastern Roman Empire.

Author : Anthony Kaldellis,Marion Kruse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009296946

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The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire, 361–630 by Anthony Kaldellis,Marion Kruse Pdf

A new narrative history of the east Roman field armies based on all the available sources.

Author : Benjamin H. Isaac
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9004107363

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The Near East Under Roman Rule by Benjamin H. Isaac Pdf

This is a collection of studies on the Roman Near East and Judaea, on Jewish history in the Roman period and on the Roman army in general. It includes papers on literary sources and inscriptions. Newly published material and recent studies are discussed and evaluated.

Author : Uzi Leibner
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 3161498712

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Settlement and History in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Galilee by Uzi Leibner Pdf

"This book is a revised and expanded version of [the author's] Ph.D. dissertation in archaeology (... 2004)"--P. vi.

Author : Nigel Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 829 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136788000

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Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by Nigel Wilson Pdf

Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.

Author : Ionuț Holubeanu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004690547

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Christianity in Roman Scythia by Ionuț Holubeanu Pdf

At present, there is no scholarly consensus on the ecclesiastical organization in the Roman province of Scythia (4th-7th centuries). This volume proposes a new interpretation of some of the historical evidence concerning the evolution of the see of Tomi: a great metropolis, first with suffragan bishoprics outside Roman Scythia and then inside it, and later an autocephalous archbishopric. Though there are also many unclear aspects regarding the evolution of monastic life in the province, this book reveals that, in contrast with the development of the monastic infrastructure in Roman Scythia, a spiritual decline began in the mid-5th century.

Author : Greg Woolf
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191641824

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The Life and Death of Ancient Cities by Greg Woolf Pdf

The human race is on a 10,000 year urban adventure. Our ancestors wandered the planet or lived scattered in villages, yet by the end of this century almost all of us will live in cities. But that journey has not been a smooth one and urban civilizations have risen and fallen many times in history. The ruins of many of them still enchant us. This book tells the story of the rise and fall of ancient cities from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages. It is a tale of war and politics, pestilence and famine, triumph and tragedy, by turns both fabulous and squalid. Its focus is on the ancient Mediterranean: Greeks and Romans at the centre, but Phoenicians and Etruscans, Persians, Gauls, and Egyptians all play a part. The story begins with the Greek discovery of much more ancient urban civilizations in Egypt and the Near East, and charts the gradual spread of urbanism to the Atlantic and then the North Sea in the centuries that followed. The ancient Mediterranean, where our story begins, was a harsh environment for urbanism. So how were cities first created, and then sustained for so long, in these apparently unpromising surroundings? How did they feed themselves, where did they find water and building materials, and what did they do with their waste and their dead? Why, in the end, did their rulers give up on them? And what it was like to inhabit urban worlds so unlike our own - cities plunged into darkness every night, cities dominated by the temples of the gods, cities of farmers, cities of slaves, cities of soldiers. Ultimately, the chief characters in the story are the cities themselves. Athens and Sparta, Persepolis and Carthage, Rome and Alexandria: cities that formed great families. Their story encompasses the history of the generations of people who built and inhabited them, whose short lives left behind monuments that have inspired city builders ever since - and whose ruins stand as stark reminders to the 21st century of the perils as well as the potential rewards of an urban existence.

Author : John D. Grainger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351628686

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Syrian Influences in the Roman Empire to AD 300 by John D. Grainger Pdf

The study of Syria as a Roman province has been neglected by comparison with equivalent geographical regions such as Italy, Egypt, Greece and even Gaul. It was, however, one of the economic powerhouses of the empire from its annexation until after the empire’s dissolution. As such it clearly deserves some particular consideration, but at the same time it was a major contributor to the military strength of the empire, notably in the form of the recruitment of auxiliary regiments, several dozens of which were formed from Syrians. Many pagan gods, such as Jupiter Dolichenus and Jupiter Heliopolitanus Dea Syra, and also Judaism, originated in Syria and reached the far bounds of the empire. This book is a consideration, based on original sources, of the means by which Syrians, whose country was only annexed to the empire in 64 BC, saw their influence penetrate into all levels of society from private soldiers and ordinary citizens to priests and to imperial families.

Author : James S. Jeffers
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830878024

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The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era by James S. Jeffers Pdf

What was life like for first-century Christians? Imagine a modest-sized Roman home of a well-to-do Christian household wedged into a thickly settled quarter of Corinth. In the lingering light of a summer evening, men, women and children, merchants, working poor and slaves, a mix of races and backgrounds have assembled in the dimly lit main room are are spilling into the central courtyard. This odd assortment of gathered believers—some thirty in number—are attentive as the newly arrived and travel-weary emissary from Paul reads from the papyrus scroll he has brought from their apostolic mentor. But if you were to be transported to this scene you would perhaps be overwhelmed by a flood of unexpected difference. The voice of the reader recedes as through open windows the din and clamor of the city assault your ears. Hooves clunk and cart wheels grind and echo from the street while drivers shout, vendors call and neighbors gather and converse. And later, as you accompany a family through darkened and dangerous streets to their third-story tenement apartment, you might try to mask your shock at the cramped and unsafe conditions. In The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era James Jeffers provides an informative and scenic tour of daily life during the time of Jesus and the apostles. He affords "you-are-there" glimpses of everything from legal codes to dinner foods, from social hierarchy to apartment living, from education to family dynamics. His eye-opening book will advance your understanding of the New Testament and early Christianity and enrich your reading and application of the Bible.