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An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis

Author : Mogens Herman Hansen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191518255
Total Pages : 1416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis written by Mogens Herman Hansen and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2004-11-11 with total page 1416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first ever documented study of the 1,035 identifiable Greek city states (poleis) of the Archaic and Classical periods (c.650-325 BC). Previous studies of the Greek polis have focused on Athens and Sparta, and the result has been a view of Greek society dominated by Sophokles', Plato's, and Demosthenes' view of what the polis was. This study includes descriptions of Athens and Sparta, but its main purpose is to explore the history and organization of the thousand other city states. The main part of the book is a regionally organized inventory of all identifiable poleis covering the Greek world from Spain to the Caucasus and from the Crimea to Libya. This inventory is the work of 47 specialists, and is divided into 46 chapters, each covering a region. Each chapter contains an account of the region, a list of second-order settlements, and an alphabetically ordered description of the poleis. This description covers such topics as polis status, territory, settlement pattern, urban centre, city walls and monumental architecture, population, military strength, constitution, alliance membership, colonization, coinage, and Panhellenic victors. The first part of the book is a description of the method and principles applied in the construction of the inventory and an analysis of some of the results to be obtained by a comparative study of the 1,035 poleis included in it. The ancient Greek concept of polis is distinguished from the modern term `city state', which historians use to cover many other historic civilizations, from ancient Sumeria to the West African cultures absorbed by the nineteenth-century colonializing powers. The focus of this project is what the Greeks themselves considered a polis to be.

Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars

Author : Natale Barca
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 152676749X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars written by Natale Barca and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their masters and seized the city of Henna with much bloodshed. Their leader, a fortune-teller named Eunus, was declared king (taking the Syrian royal name Antiochus), and tens of thousands of runaway slaves as well as poor native Sicilians soon flocked to join his fledgling kingdom. Antiochus’ ambition was to drive the Romans from the whole of Sicily. The Romans responded with characteristic intransigence and relentlessness, leading to years of brutal warfare and suppression. Antiochus’ ‘Kingdom of the Western Syrians’ was extinguished by 132 but his agenda was revived in 105 BC when rebelling slaves proclaimed Salvius as King Tryphon, with similarly bitter and bloody results. Natale Barca narrates and analyses these events in unprecedented detail, with thorough research into the surviving ancient sources. The author also reveals the long-term legacy of the slaves’ defiance, contributing to the crises that led to the seismic Social War and setting a precedent for the more-famous rebellion of Spartacus in 73-71 BC.

The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices

Author : Philip John Boyes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1789254817
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices written by Philip John Boyes and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing is not just a set of systems for transcribing language and communicating meaning, but an important element of human practice, deeply embedded in the cultures where it is present and fundamentally interconnected with all other aspects of human life. 'The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices' explores these relationships in a number of different cultural contexts and from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including archaeological, anthropological and linguistic. It offers new ways of approaching the study of writing and integrating it into wider debates and discussions about culture, history and archaeology.

Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios

Author : Nicholas J. Molinari
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784914029
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Potamikon: Sinews of Acheloios written by Nicholas J. Molinari and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-07-10 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, Potamikon, presents an investigation into the origin and identity of the man-faced bull, as well as a catalogue of coins.

KOINE

Author : Derek Counts
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1782973664
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book KOINE written by Derek Counts and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford English Dictionary defines koine as 'a set of cultural or other attributes common to various groups' . This volume merges an academic career over a half century in breadth and scope with an editorial vision that brings together a chorus of scholarly contributions echoing the core principles of R. Ross Holloways own unique perspective on ancient Mediterranean studies. Through broadly conceived themes, the four individual sections of this volume (I. A View of Classical Art: Iconography in Context; II. Crossroads of the Mediterranean: Cultural Entanglements Across the Connecting Sea; III. Coins as Culture: Art and Coinage from Sicily; and IV. Discovery and Discourse, Archaeology and Interpretation) are an attempt to capture the many and varied trajectories of thought that have marked his career and serve as testimony to the significance of his research. The twenty-four papers (plus four introductory essays to the individual sections, biographical sketch and main introduction) contain recent research on subjects ranging from the Kleophrades Painter to the Black Sea, Sicilian Coinage and archaeology in modern Rome.

The Sicilian Colony Dates

Author : Molly Miller
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438413181
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Sicilian Colony Dates written by Molly Miller and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1970-06-30 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the fifth century B.C. marks the beginning of Greek historiography, the Greek historians claimed the ability to cite dates for events occurring and personages living before the fifth century B.C. as well as to correct each others' dates in detail. Their work was summarized in the Chronicle of Eusebius, and, through translations, became part of the accepted historic body of knowledge in Europe and the Near East. How did the Greek historians arrive at precise year-dates for events to which there were no contemporary witnesses? Why did different historians arrive at different dates for the same event? Dr. Miller, in this carefully organized and highly readable work, demonstrates remarkable knowledge of the primary sources in a difficult area of Greek history in her attempt to penetrate beyond extant source to the original—now lost—material from which the historians of antiquity derived their records. This is a model of the art of historiographic discussion of demographic data—a major step forward in scholarship dealing with generations in antiquity. Her work has major implications not only for the study of the wide ranges of ancient history treated in this book, but also for examinations of demographical data available from other periods. Another volume by the same author continuing her studies in chronography, The Thalassocracies, is now in preparation.

Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily

Author : Franco De Angelis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190613998
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily written by Franco De Angelis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Greek migrants in Sicily produced societies and economies that both paralleled and differed from their homeland. Explanations for these similarities and differences have been hotly debated. On the one hand, some scholars have viewed the ancient Greeks as one in a long line of migrants who were shaped by Sicily and its inhabitants. On the other hand, other scholars have argued that the Greeks acted as the main source of innovation and achievement in the culture of ancient Sicily, a culture that was still removed from that of mainland Greece. Neither of these positions is completely satisfactory. What is lacking in this debate is a basic framework for understanding ancient Sicily's social and economic history. Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily represents the first ever systematic and comprehensive attempt to synthesize the historical and archaeological evidence, and to deploy it to test the various historical models proposed over the past two centuries. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach that combines classical and prehistoric studies, texts and material culture, and a variety of methods and theories to put the history of Greek Sicily on a completely new footing. While Sicily and Greece had conjoined histories from the start, their relationship was not one of periphery and center or of colony and state in any sense, but of an interdependent and mutually enriching diaspora. At the same time, local conditions and peoples, including Phoenician migrants, also shaped the evolution of Sicilian Greek societies and economies. This book reveals and explains the similarities and differences between developments in Greek Sicily and the mainland, and brings greater clarity to the parts played by locals and immigrants in ancient Sicily's impressive achievements.

The Athenians in Sicily

Author : Thucydides
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Athenians in Sicily written by Thucydides and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fight for Greek Sicily

Author : Melanie Jonasch
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789253594
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Fight for Greek Sicily written by Melanie Jonasch and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of the first millennium BCE: the Phoenicians and the Greeks. While trade and cultural exchange preceded their permanent presence, it was the colonizing movement that brought territorial competition and political power struggles on the island to a new level. The history of six centuries of colonization is replete with accounts of conflict and warfare that include cross-cultural confrontations, as well as interstate hostilities, domestic conflicts, and government violence. This book is not concerned with realities from the battlefield or questions of military strategy and tactics, but rather offers a broad collection of archaeological case studies and historical essays that analyze how political competition, strategic considerations, and violent encounters substantially affected rural and urban environments, the island’s heterogeneous communities, and their social practices. These contributions, originating from a workshop in 2018, combine expertise from the fields of archaeology, ancient history, and philology. The focus on a specific time period and the limited geographic area of Greek Sicily allows for the thorough investigation and discussion of various forms of organized societal violence and their consequences on the developments in society and landscape.

Diodoros of Sicily: Bibliotheke Historike: Volume 1, Books 14–15: The Greek World in the Fourth Century BC from the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Death of Artaxerxes II (Mnemon)

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108600018
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Diodoros of Sicily: Bibliotheke Historike: Volume 1, Books 14–15: The Greek World in the Fourth Century BC from the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Death of Artaxerxes II (Mnemon) written by and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diodoros of Sicily (c.90–c.30 BC) spent thirty years producing an encyclopedic compendium of world history from its mythical beginnings to his own day. His is the only surviving, connected account of Greek affairs from 480/79 to 302/1. The books translated in this volume cover the years from the end of the Peloponnesian War to the aftermath of the Battle of Mantineia in 362/1. These were crucial years in the struggle for supremacy in Greece amongst the Greek states, Sparta, Athens and Thebes, before they were overtaken by the unexpected rise of Macedon. Diodoros also provides the only extant account of the career of Dionysios I of Syracuse and the Cypriot war between Persia and Evagoras of Salamis. The translation is supported by extensive notes and the Introduction examines Diodoros' moral and educational purpose in writing, the plan of his work, his sources, and his qualities as a historian.

The Geography of Strabo

Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139952498
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book The Geography of Strabo written by and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Geography of Strabo is the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature, and the major source for the history of Greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of Alexander the Great, cultic history, the history of the eastern Mediterranean in the first century BC, and women's history. Modern knowledge of seminal geographical authors such as Eratosthenes and Hipparchos relies almost totally on Strabo's use of them. This is the first complete English translation in nearly a century, and the first to make use of recent scholarship on the Greek text itself and on the history of geography. The translation is supplemented by a detailed discussion of Strabo's life and his purpose in writing the Geography, as well as the sources that he used.

Sicily

Author : Jeremy Dummett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755601912
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Sicily written by Jeremy Dummett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the fascinating and diverse history and culture of Sicily. The book includes key events, places and artists highlighted in wide-ranging articles presented in four parts: History, Cities, Ancient Sites and Artists. A rich tapestry emerges of an island that has experienced dramatic changes of fortune while becoming a melting-pot of cultural influences from the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa and mainland Italy. It also includes commentary on the monuments and works of art to be seen today, linking Sicily past and present. Follow the stories of Dionysius' castle, the foundation of the cathedral at Monreale, the Sicilian poets who invented the sonnet and the British merchants who made Marsala wine an international brand. Tour the big cities of Catania and Messina, the resorts of Taormina and Cefalù, and the baroque hilltowns of south-eastern Sicily. Explore the ancient sites, among them Segesta, Selinunte and Agrigento. Witness the originality of the island's culture through the profiles of eight artists, sculptors and architects from the Renaissance to the twentieth century including Antonello da Messina, Giacomo Serpotta and Renato Guttuso, as well as Caravaggio, who left some of his last masterpieces on the island. This book complements the author's previous work on Syracuse and Palermo, filling in gaps in the island's story, to form a comprehensive trilogy on Sicily.

Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World

Author : D. Alex Walthall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316511057
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Sicily and the Hellenistic Mediterranean World written by D. Alex Walthall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-31 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using archaeological and documentary evidence, this book reveals the innerworkings of the Sicilian kingdom of the Hellenistic monarch Hieron II.

The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily

Author : Luca Cerchiai
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780892367511
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily written by Luca Cerchiai and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After colonizing the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor, the ancient Greeks turned toward southern Italy and Sicily, driven by the unrest that troubled their homeland in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C. The new arrivals brought with them their language, as well as their cultural and religious traditions and the institution of the polis. In Italy they created an autonomous political community that eventually surpassed the cities of Greece in wealth, military power, and architectural and cultural splendor. Such forefathers of Western philosophy as Pythagoras, Parmenides, and Archimedes lived and worked within this civilization. The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily presents an overview of Greek colonization in Italy and the principal historical events that took place in this area from the Archaic period until the ascendancy of the Romans. This comprehensive survey is followed by a review of the major archaeological sites in the region.

Paulys Real-encyclopädie Der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft. 2. Reihe R-Z

Author : August Friedrich von Pauly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1296 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paulys Real-encyclopädie Der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft. 2. Reihe R-Z written by August Friedrich von Pauly and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Randazzo Hoard 1980 and Sicilian Chronology in the Early Fifth Century B.C.

Author : Carmen Arnold-Biucchi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Randazzo Hoard 1980 and Sicilian Chronology in the Early Fifth Century B.C. written by Carmen Arnold-Biucchi and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough study of the majority of the hoard that is said to have been discovered near Randazzo. The book provides historical background to the coins as well as commentary on the mints and a catalogue of the coins.

Even More Studies in the Ancient Greek Polis

Author : Thomas Heine Nielsen
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783515081023
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Even More Studies in the Ancient Greek Polis written by Thomas Heine Nielsen and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2002 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of new Papers from the Copenhagen Polis Centre. Among other things, these important papers discuss the role and function of theatres in the Greek world, the nature of early Cretan laws, how Greeks and indigenous peoples interacted on Sicily and in Magna Graecia, and whether or not the modern concept of 'the stateless society' applies to the ancient Greek polis.