The Fortifications Of Arkadian City States In The Classical And Hellenistic Periods

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The Fortifications of Arkadian City States in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods

Author : Matthew P. Maher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191090212
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Fortifications of Arkadian City States in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods written by Matthew P. Maher and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated study comprises a comprehensive and detailed account of the historical development of Greek military architecture and defensive planning, specifically in Arkadia in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Employing data gathered from the published literature, and collected during the field reconnaissance of every site, the fortification circuit of each Arkadian polis is explored. In this way, the book provides an accurate chronology for the walls in question; an understanding of the relationship between the fortifications and the local topography; a detailed inventory of all the fortified poleis of Arkadia; a regional synthesis based on this inventory; and the probable historical reasons behind the patterns observed through the regional synthesis. Maher argues that there is no evidence for fortified poleis in Arkadia during the Archaic period. However, when the poleis were eventually fortified in the Classical period, the fact that most appeared in the early fourth century BC, strategically distributed in limited geographic areas, suggests that the larger defensive concerns of the Arkadian League were a factor. Although the defensive responses to innovations in siege warfare and offensive artillery of the Arkadian fortifications follow the same general developments observable in the circuits found throughout the Greek world, there does exist a number of interesting and noteworthy, regionally specific, patterns. Such discoveries validate the methodology employed and clearly demonstrate the value of an exclusively regional focus for shedding light on a number of architectural, topographical, and historic issues.

The Fortifications of Arkadian City States in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods

Author : Matthew P. Maher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191090204
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Localism and the Ancient Greek City-State

Author : Hans Beck
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022671148X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Localism and the Ancient Greek City-State written by Hans Beck and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much like our own time, the ancient Greek world was constantly expanding and becoming more connected to global networks. The landscape was shaped by an ecology of city-states, local formations that were stitched into the wider Mediterranean world. While the local is often seen as less significant than the global stage of politics, religion, and culture, localism, argues historian Hans Beck has had a pervasive influence on communal experience in a world of fast-paced change. Far from existing as outliers, citizens in these communities were deeply concerned with maintaining local identity, commercial freedom, distinct religious cults, and much more. Beyond these cultural identifiers, there lay a deeper concept of the local that guided polis societies in their contact with a rapidly expanding world. Drawing on a staggering range of materials—including texts by both known and obscure writers, numismatics, pottery analysis, and archeological records—Beck develops fine-grained case studies that illustrate the significance of the local experience. Localism and the Ancient Greek City-State builds bridges across disciplines and ideas within the humanities and shows how looking back at the history of Greek localism is important not only in the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean, but also in today’s conversations about globalism, networks, and migration.

A Landscape of Conflict? Rural Fortifications in the Argolid (400–146 BC)

Author : Anna Magdalena Blomley
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789699711
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book A Landscape of Conflict? Rural Fortifications in the Argolid (400–146 BC) written by Anna Magdalena Blomley and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-05-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first systematic study of Late Classical and Hellenistic rural fortifications in ancient Argos and the city-states of the Argolic Akte. Based on one of the largest regional corpora of Greek fortified sites, the volume investigates the function of rural fortifications by placing them in the context of their surrounding landscape.

New Directions and Paradigms for the Study of Greek Architecture

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900441665X
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book New Directions and Paradigms for the Study of Greek Architecture written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Directions and Paradigms for the Study of Greek Architecture collects chapters by nearly three dozen scholars who describe recent discoveries, new theoretical frameworks, and applications of cutting-edge techniques in their architectural research.

Military Literature in the Medieval Roman World and Beyond

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004696431
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Military Literature in the Medieval Roman World and Beyond written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do the mysterious Roman author Vegetius, the Byzantine emperor Leo VI, and the Chinese general Li Jing all have in common? They are three of the dozens of authors across the medieval Mediterranean world and beyond who wrote works of military literature, sometimes called military handbooks, manuals, or treatises. This book brings together a multidisciplinary international team of scholars who present cutting edge essays on diverse aspects of medieval military literature. While some chapters offer novel approaches to familiar authors like Vegetius, some present research on under-valued topics like Byzantine military illustrations, and others provide holistic studies on subjects like early modern treatises, they all move the discussion of medieval military literature forward. Contributors are Michael B. Charles, Georgios Chatzelis, Pierre Cosme, Maxime Emion, Immacolata Eramo, Michael Fulton, David Graff, John Haldon, Catherine Hof, John Hosler, Savvas Kyriakidis, Łukasz Różycki, Katharina Schoneveld, Georgios Theotokis, Conor Whately, Michael Whitby, and Nadya Williams.

Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean

Author : Jeremy Armstrong
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900441374X
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean by : Jeremy Armstrong

Download or read book Brill's Companion to Sieges in the Ancient Mediterranean written by Jeremy Armstrong and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers an overview of current directions in the study of siege warfare from around the ancient Mediterranean world.

The Art of Siege Warfare and Military Architecture from the Classical World to the Middle Ages

Author : Michael Eisenberg
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789254078
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Siege Warfare and Military Architecture from the Classical World to the Middle Ages written by Michael Eisenberg and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this book present, for the first time, the world of warfare, both defensive and offensive, from the Classical periods to end of the Middle Ages in one collection. These scholarships have attracted ancient writers and generals and nowadays historians, archaeologists and researchers poliorcetics. Military historiography and ancient manuals are well familiar from the Classical period throughout the Hellenistic great battlefields until the end of the Middle Ages, the chronological scope of this codex. The current book is the first to encompass this long array of time while trying to enrich the reader with the continuity, development and regression in the different periods and spheres of the ancient poliorcetics and beyond; the papers presented here are focusing on the physical fortifications, besieging and defense techniques, development and efficiency of ancient projectiles and sieging machinery, battlefields and the historiographical evidence. The X papers of the book, are written by some of the best scholars in their field, presenting here for the first time the results of their research, in the west and in the east.

The Cities of the Plain

Author : Robin Rönnlund
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789259932
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Cities of the Plain written by Robin Rönnlund and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores urbanism in Antiquity from an archaeological perspective, focusing on the area of western Thessaly in central Greece. Presenting all the available evidence for ancient urban sites in the region, the study outlines and discusses the origins, development, and decline of urbanism in the area. The archaeological evidence shows that urban sites in western Thessaly developed from the mid-4th century BCE, with at least 25 identified contemporaneous cities spread over the area. These cities appear to have been planned and organised from the onset, with regular street-grids, fortification systems and water supply works, but were generally short-lived, typically existing for only five–six generations. Most of the sites were completely or nearly completely abandoned as settlements in the early 2nd century BCE, often with evidence of violent destruction, and only a handful survived as smaller regional centres under the Roman administration. Restorations of the former urban sites and especially their fortifications occur towards the end of Antiquity, especially the first half of the 6th century CE, but re-occupation appears again to have been short lived, as only three cities survived into the Middle Ages. From a regional perspective, the study shows that the rise and fall of urbanism itself did not necessarily cause complete socio-political disruption, but rather reflect changes in regional and supra-regional political organisation. On a global scale, the study exemplifies the political nature of the pre-Industrial city, its synthetic rather than organic role in agrarian societies, and the cyclic nature of urbanity in history. The book contains an extensive catalogue, presenting each site with photographs, topographical sketches, and complete bibliography.

The History of the Diadochoi in Book XIX of Diodoros’ ›Bibliotheke‹

Author : Alexander Meeus
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110743825
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Diadochoi in Book XIX of Diodoros’ ›Bibliotheke‹ written by Alexander Meeus and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diodoros of Sicily’s book XIX is the main source for the history of the Diadochoi, Alexander the Great’s Successors, from 317 to 311 BCE. With the first full-scale commentary on this text in any language Alexander Meeus offers a detailed and reliable guide to the complicated historical narrative and the fascinating ethnographic information transmitted by Diodoros, which includes the earliest accounts of Indian widow burning and Nabataean culture. Studying both history and historiography, this volume elucidates a crucial stage in the creation of the Hellenistic world in Greece and the Near East as well as the confusing source tradition. Diodoros, a long neglected author indispensable for much of our knowledge of Antiquity, is currently enjoying growing scholarly interest. An ample introduction discusses his historical methods and sheds light on his language and style and on the manuscript transmission of books XVII-XX. By negotiating between diametrically opposed scholarly opinions a new understanding of Diodoros’ place in the ancient historiographical tradition is offered. The volume is of interest to scholars of ancient historiography, Hellenistic history, Hellenistic prose and the textual transmission of the Bibliotheke.

Regional Urban Systems in the Roman World, 150 BCE - 250 CE

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004414363
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Regional Urban Systems in the Roman World, 150 BCE - 250 CE written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional Urban Systems in the Roman World offers comprehensive reconstructions of the urban systems of large parts of the Roman Empire. In accounting for region-specific urban patterns it uses a combination of diachronic and synchronic approaches.

Greek Fortifications

Author : Frederick E. Winter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greek Fortifications written by Frederick E. Winter and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arkadia and Its Poleis in the Archaic and Classical Periods

Author : Thomas Heine Nielsen
Publisher : Vandehoeck & Rupprecht
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Arkadia and Its Poleis in the Archaic and Classical Periods written by Thomas Heine Nielsen and published by Vandehoeck & Rupprecht. This book was released on 2002 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ancient Greek Fortifications 500–300 BC

Author : Nic Fields
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841768847
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Greek Fortifications 500–300 BC written by Nic Fields and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of the city-state in the Classical period of Greek history ensured a shift in the nature of fortifications in the region. No longer were fortresses designed to defend a ruler and his entourage, rather the whole of the citizen body had to be protected against any outside threats. The enceintes of these Greek city-states did not have to be very high or strong as city-state conflict was still decided by spear and shield, though some thought was still given to the science of fortification. This book details the construction and ongoing development of the defences that protected some of the most illustrious sites in Greece during the most famous period of her history.

Greek City Walls of the Archaic Period, 900-480 BC

Author : Rune Frederiksen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780199578122
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (781 download)

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Book Synopsis Greek City Walls of the Archaic Period, 900-480 BC by : Rune Frederiksen

Download or read book Greek City Walls of the Archaic Period, 900-480 BC written by Rune Frederiksen and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fully illustrated study, Rune Frederiksen assembles all sources for Archaic city walls in the ancient Greek world, and argues that widespread fortification of settlements and towns, usually considered to date from the Classical period, in fact took place much earlier.

Early Greek States Beyond the Polis

Author : Catherine Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134877692
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Early Greek States Beyond the Polis written by Catherine Morgan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear and direct in style, and with more than eighty photographs, maps and plans, Early Greek States Beyond the Polis is a widely relevant study of Greek history, archaeology and society. Catherine Morgan addresses the different forms of association experienced by early Iron-Age and Archaic Greeks by exploring the archaeological, literary and epigraphical records of central Greece and the northern Peloponnese. Giving an unprecedented understanding of the connections between polis identity and other forms and tiers of association, and refuting the traditional view of early Greek 'ethnic' groups (ethne) as simple systems based on primitive tribal ties, students will find this an essential text in the study of Greek history.

Hellenistic Fortifications from the Aegean to the Euphrates

Author : Anthony McNicoll
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198132288
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Hellenistic Fortifications from the Aegean to the Euphrates written by Anthony McNicoll and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fortifications built around Greek cities are among the most impressive of ancient remains. McNicoll analyzes and illustrates fortified sites, ranging from Ephesus and Assos on the Aegean to Dura Europus on the Euphrates. These sites provide fascinating evidence of secular classical architecture, as well as insights on the political history of Hellenistic Greece.