Ancient history

The period between the Roman take-over of Egypt (30 BCE) and the failure of the Jewish diaspora revolt (115-117 CE) witnessed the continual devaluation in the status of the Jews in Egypt, and culminated in the destruction of its Jewish community.

This is an analysis of the diverse facets of Alexander the Great's image from the Renaissance era through the Baroque into the nineteenth century.

›Die Erfindung der Überbevölkerung‹ ist eine tiefgründige Analyse, die sich mit einem der drängendsten globalen Probleme unserer Zeit auseinandersetzt.

This volume explores aspects of ancient magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean, specifically ways in which religious and mythical ideas, including the knowledge and practice of magic, were transmitted and adapted through time and across Greco-Roman, Near Eastern, and Egyptian cultures.

This volume explores aspects of ancient magic and religion in the ancient Mediterranean, specifically ways in which religious and mythical ideas, including the knowledge and practice of magic, were transmitted and adapted through time and across Greco-Roman, Near Eastern, and Egyptian cultures.

First published in 1966, Latin Historians gives an account of some of the most important Latin historians.

A History of the Greek World from 323 to 146 B.

Otto Hofler (1901-1987) was an Austrian Germanist and Scandinavist.

The greatest danger to Roman emperors was the threat of deadly conspiracies arising among the Senate, the imperial court or even their own families All the emperors that reigned from Augustus to the end of the first century AD faced such efforts to overthrow or assassinate them.

Die gesammelten Beiträge von Werner Eck erörtern unter sehr verschiedenen sachlichen Gesichtspunkten die Frage, wie die zahlreichen regionalen Gesellschaften und einzelne reichsweite Personengruppen im Imperium Romanum durch die kaiserzeitliche Politik in Religion, Sprache, Familie, Recht oder auch bei den Begräbnissitten beeinflusst wurden.

Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World offers twelve papers analysing the processes, consequences and problems involved in the monetization of warfare and its connection to political power in antiquity.

This concise history of how the Christian Church grew between 32 and 380 focuses on the anonymous Christians who formed diverse congregations as they guided their communities through the age of the Apostles, violent martyrdoms, and to the establishment of the Roman Church.

Diese transepochale Zusammenschau von Homer bis in die römische Kaiserzeit unternimmt den Versuch, die griechische Politik mit ihrem ständigen Wechsel zwischen Genialität und Selbstzerstörung vor allem aus der griechischen Vorstellungswelt heraus zu begreifen, aus ihrem geistes- und kulturgeschichtlichen Hintergrund.

Im Schatten der mesopotamischen Zikkurats und unter dem ewigen Funkeln der Sterne lebte ein Volk, das die Welt nie vergessen sollte: die Harranier.

Seit Jahrtausenden flüstern Mythen, Texte und verborgene Überlieferungen von einer uralten Präsenz auf der Erde – Wesen halb göttlich, halb menschlich.

The commentary interprets Jeremiah 1-25 as a dramatic text: In laments, accusations, and announcements of doom, a polyphonic message about the fall of Jerusalem and Judah emerges.

Cutting across disciplinary boundaries and challenging traditional understandings of historical cultures, this handbook examines the ways in which gender, sexuality, and religion were mutually constructed and negotiated in ancient Near Eastern societies.

First published in 1979, Pythagoras aims to make available to a wide range of readers the events of Pythagoras's life and his theories, and to present him not primarily as a mathematician and scientific genius nor as a poetical and mystical phenomenon but as a man of his times subject to diverse influences.

Within the city walls, a monster hunt rages.

First published in 1979, Pythagoras aims to make available to a wide range of readers the events of Pythagoras's life and his theories, and to present him not primarily as a mathematician and scientific genius nor as a poetical and mystical phenomenon but as a man of his times subject to diverse influences.

This volume introduces the notion of "e;stranger-kingship"e; to the field of ancient history and evaluates its use as a new way of thinking about kingship as a political, social, and cultural phenomenon.

During the reign of Nero, Roman culture produced some of its most spectacular works of art and literature, and some of its strangest.

The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "e;Circumnavigation of the Red Sea,"e; is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.

The adoption of Christianity by the Egyptian populace was well underway by the late third century, but evidence for its presence in the archaeological record from the Nile valley is sparse.

Davina Grojnowski examines Life, the autobiographical text written by ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, from a literary studies perspective and in relation to genre theory.

The third edition of this magisterial account of medicine in the Greek and Roman worlds, written by the foremost expert on the subject, has been updated to incorporate the many new discoveries made in the field over the past decade.

Steeped in honey, Juventius, your golden eyes, and as sweet too when I press my lips to them - three hundred thousand kisses is not close to enoughFor centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed.

During the reign of Nero, Roman culture produced some of its most spectacular works of art and literature, and some of its strangest.

Davina Grojnowski examines Life, the autobiographical text written by ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, from a literary studies perspective and in relation to genre theory.

The Hittites, one of the most powerful peoples of the ancient Near East, successfully challenged all other nations, including almighty Egypt, from their Anatolian stronghold.

An illuminating look at the iconography of the early church and its important place in the history of Christian artIn this book, historian Andre Grabar demonstrates how early Christian iconography assimilated contemporary imagery of the time.

This book introduces the reader to the serious study of Greek history, concentrating more on problems than on narrative.

Die dunkle Seite der MachtMichael Sommer erweckt eines der turbulentesten Kapitel der römischen Geschichte zum Leben: skupellose Politiker wie Caesar, Pompeius und Clodius, Bandenkriege und Tabubrüche.