Ancient history

Explores how cultural memory theory intersects with the literature, politics, history, and archaeology of Republican and Augustan Rome.

Souvent disqualifié comme stoïcien ou comme philosophe pour avoir soutenu que le sage peut être aussi bien riche que pauvre alors qu'il possédait une baignoire en or, Sénèque a surtout eu pour défenseurs et pour adeptes des penseurs de l'éducation dans la lignée de Montaigne et de Rousseau, à qui il a laissé ce sublime héritage pédagogique : les Lettres à Lucilius.

This book focuses on the conceptualization of the court, palace and ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus.

This Element provides a synthesis and updated examination of the Aztec economy (1325–1521 AD).

Full edition of the only complete poetic text from the fourth century BC, emphasising its intertextual engagement with its models.

This book focuses on the conceptualization of the court, palace and ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate of al-Andalus.

Auteur de 80 opuscules très divers, Lucien de Samosate, syrien de naissance et grec de formation, vivait dans l'Empire romain au IIe sièclede notre ère, à l'apogée de la Pax romana.

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Il est possible de lire la Bible de la première page de la Genèse à la dernière page de l’Apocalypse, selon l’ordre canonique des livres.

Incorporating the latest scholarly developments to offer an in-depth account of the history of the Byzantine Empire, this revised edition sheds new light on the Empire's culture, theology, and economic and socio-political spheres.

Incorporating the latest scholarly developments to offer an in-depth account of the history of the Byzantine Empire, this revised edition sheds new light on the Empire's culture, theology, and economic and socio-political spheres.

A Brief History of Ancient China adapts a traditional Chinese historical format to present a multi-faceted account of the first two millennia of China's earliest history: from the time of the legendary rulers Yao and Shun (c.

A Brief History of Ancient China adapts a traditional Chinese historical format to present a multi-faceted account of the first two millennia of China's earliest history: from the time of the legendary rulers Yao and Shun (c.

Focusing in turn on history, powerful individuals, under-represented voices and the arts, the essays in this collection cover a wide variety of modern and contemporary narrative fiction from Jo Walton and L.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Ancient Greece is often considered to be the birthplace of science and medicine, and the explanation of natural phenomena without recourse to supernatural causes.

A comprehensive survey of Syriac Christianity over three thousand yearsSyriac is often referred to as the third main language of Christianity, along with Latin and Greek, and it remains a foundational classical, literary, and religious language throughout the world.

Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient WorldSome of the most fascinating human epochs lie in the borderlands between history and mystery.

The first commentary in English on this unusual and remarkable text in over a century.

A full literary and linguistic commentary, suitable for advanced students, on the only surviving Athenian satyr-play.

A new edition of this important inscription comprising Latin text, English translation, and a comprehensive commentary.

This is the first book written that examines ancient and premodern economies from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective.

The first book to illustrate and integrate coinage comprehensively as historical evidence for the Athenian empire.

This Element will reevaluate the relationship between monasticism and the city in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Introduction to the nature, function, production and dissemination of Late Antique literary letters and their importance for their society.

The first modern commentary in English on this most sophisticated and brilliant of ancient Greek novels.

La transcription des derniers cours de Michel Foucault donnés au Collège de France a sans doute bouleversé notre vision de sa pensée.

Treats a compelling narrative of two of history''s most famous battles, and assists translation and literary and historical appreciation.

This Element will reevaluate the relationship between monasticism and the city in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

Les sociétés du Haut plateau central mexicain étaient en interaction constante avec leurs contemporains, parfois sur des milliers de kilomètres.

La philosophie commence avec l'étonnement.

Given the intense competition among aristocrats seeking public office in the middle and late Roman Republic, one would expect that their persistent struggles for honor, glory, and power could have seriously undermined the state or damaged the cohesiveness of the ruling class.

This new commentary on Pseudolus provides an excellent introduction to current trends and advances in the study of Roman comedy.

An annotated selection of Hellenistic Greek poetic texts, thoroughly updated and substantially expanded in this second edition.

The political system of Athens experienced a rebalancing in the period between 404 and 307, which cannot be adequately captured with the keywords "e;decline"e; or "e;crisis"e;.

This interdisciplinary volume explores the ancient Greek myth of Medea and its global analogues found in other mythic and folk tales of deadly, exiled women, such as those of La Malinche and La Llorona, examining the connections between these figures and their depictions from antiquity to modernity.

The history of the Roman Republic was a military success story.

The three centuries which followed the conquests of Alexander are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history.

Utilising new methodological approaches to understanding not only the poor as a social and economic group but also of the internal means of stratification which informed social organisation within local communities, this book looks at the place of the poor within the multi-layered hierarchies of Byzantine society using evidence from archaeology, art, architecture, as well as narrative, theological, and legal texts.

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The political system of Athens experienced a rebalancing in the period between 404 and 307, which cannot be adequately captured with the keywords "e;decline"e; or "e;crisis"e;.

The history of the Roman Republic was a military success story.

Julius Caesar's life and example have fascinated and motivated generations of people for nearly 2,000 years.

The papers collected in this volume focus on the sources for reconstructing the history of the third to fifth centuries AD.

The twelve studies contained in this second collection by Henry Maguire are linked together by a common theme, namely the relationship of Byzantine art to the imaginary.

The twelve studies contained in this second collection by Henry Maguire are linked together by a common theme, namely the relationship of Byzantine art to the imaginary.

The Norns sit at the base of the World Tree, weaving strands of fate and calling on us to step into our role in destiny.

The current geography of north-west Europe, from the perspective of long term Pleistocene climate change, is temporary.

In 48 BC the armies of Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great fought a decisive battle at Pharsalus in Greece.

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Filón de Alejandría en clave contemporánea discute estos ejes conceptuales que tienen gran presencia en la actualidad, tanto a través de su influencia permanente como a partir de su re-ingreso al pensamiento moderno mediante la propuesta de reconocidos autores contemporáneos, enmarcados en novedosas líneas de investigación que constituyen verdaderos avances en el ámbito de los estudios filónicos.