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The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and
eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical
importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception.
Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they
lost their unique identity, their language and their vibrant
artistic culture. Amongst their few surviving traces are standing
stones decorated with incredible skill and covered with enigmatic
symbols - vivid memorials of a powerful and gifted people who
bequeathed no chronicles to tell their story, no sagas to describe
the deed of their kings and heroes. In this book Tim Clarkson
pieces together the evidence to tell the story of this mysterious
people from their emergence in Roman times to their eventual
disappearance.
The Teacher in Ancient Rome: The Magister and His World by Lisa
Maurice investigates a particular aspect of education in ancient
Rome, namely the figure of the teacher. After identifying and
defining the different kinds of teachers in the Roman education
systems, Maurice illuminates their ways of life both as both
professionals and members of society. This text surveys the
physical environment in which teachers worked, as well as the
methods, equipment, and techniques used in the classroom. Slavery,
patronage, and the social and financial status of the various types
of teachers are considered in depth. Maurice examines ideological
issues surrounding teachers, discussing the idealized figure of the
teacher and the frequent differences between this ideal and actual
educators. Also explored are the challenges posed by the
interaction of Greek and Roman culture and later between paganism
and Christianity and how these social clashes affected those
responsible for educating the youth of society. The Teacher in
Ancient Rome is a comprehensive treatment of a figure instantly
recognizable yet strikingly different from that of the modern
teacher."
The name Achilles induces the image of the consummate warrior, an
icon of an ancient time that has held its fascination for thousands
of years. Yet, his story remained scattered in the works of ancient
poets with occasional pieces brought to the big screen. Until now.
The Fire of Destiny tells Achilles' story from his traumatic birth
at Phthia, to his vindictive war against Troy. Even more, it tells
the story of the women who helped shape a man of destiny.
This ground-breaking book applies trauma studies to the drama and
literature of the ancient Greeks. Diverse essays explore how the
Greeks responded to war and if what we now term "combat trauma,"
"post-traumatic stress," or "combat stress injury" can be discerned
in ancient Greek culture.
Script Switching in Roman Egypt studies the hieroglyphic, hieratic,
demotic, and Old Coptic manuscripts which evidence the conventions
governing script use, the domains of writing those scripts
inhabited, and the shift of scripts between those domains, to
elucidate the obsolescence of those scripts from their domains
during the Roman Period. Utilising macro-level frameworks from
sociolinguistics, the textual culture from four sites is
contextualised within the priestly communities of speech, script,
and practice that produced them. Utilising micro-level frameworks
from linguistics, both the scripts of the Egyptian writing system
written, and the way the orthographic methods fundamental to those
scripts changed, are typologised. This study also treats the way in
which morphographic and alphabetic orthographies are deciphered and
understood by the reading brain, and how changes in spelling over
time both resulted from and responded to dimensions of orthographic
depth. Through a cross-cultural consideration of script
obsolescence in Mesoamerica and Mesopotamia and by analogy to
language death in speech communities, a model of domain-bydomain
shift and obsolescence of the scripts of the Egyptian writing
system is proposed.
In the Wake of the Compendia presents papers that examine the
history of technical compendia as they moved between institutions
and societies in ancient and medieval Mesopotamia. This volume
offers new perspectives on the development and transmission of
technical compilations, looking especially at the relationship
between empirical knowledge and textual transmission in early
scientific thinking. The eleven contributions to the volume derive
from a panel held at the American Oriental Society in 2013 and
cover more than three millennia of historical development, ranging
from Babylonian medicine and astronomy to the persistence of
Mesopotamian lore in Syriac and Arabic meditations on the
properties of animals. The volume also includes major contributions
on the history of Mesopotamian "rationality," epistemic labels for
tested and tried remedies, and the development of depersonalized
case histories in Babylonian therapeutic compendia. Together, these
studies offer an overview of several important moments in the
development of non-Western scientific thinking and a significant
contribution to our understanding of how traditions of technical
knowledge were produced and transmitted in the ancient world.
This volume explores the theme of Latin and Greek mutual learning,
intellectual and cultural interchange in the final age of Byzantium
(1261-1453), challenging received conceptions of East and West as
clearly delineated ideological categories. The reception of Thomas
Aquinas and Western scholasticism receives emphasis, but also other
forms of philosophical and theological frames of reference that
have had lasting repercussions.
The essential element of the Roman army
While the legions of the Roman Imperial Army became both legendary
and emblematic of the power of ancient Rome throughout its empire,
it was inevitable-as with all empires which have expanded to the
point where they must control vast and widely dispersed
territories-that the core forces of the original state would be
insufficient to allow such widespread policing or effective defence
throughout the empire as would often be necessary. Auxiliary troops
have been employed throughout history, and those from this early
period, raised among and manned by the peoples of the Roman world
played a vital-if often unsung-role in the service of the state by
providing specific military specialities and reinforcements for the
legions on campaign and in garrison. This finely researched work
examines the role of the auxilia from its strength to its
organisation-both infantry and cavalry-in the first and second
centuries AD. Recruitment and distribution of units is considered
together with its role at war and in defence of the vulnerable
frontiers of the empire. The work concludes with an examination of
arms and armour employed by auxiliary forces. A book for serious
students of the subject, this title is available in softcover and
hardcover with dust jacket for collectors and for use as a durable
reference work.
This volume contains editions of 35 texts, which have been
excavated nearly 100 years ago in the ancient Egyptian village of
Karanis, and which were still waiting publication. As all texts
written on papyrus from the Egyptian countryside, these texts give
a new insight into the life of the people who dwelled in a typical
village of the Roman period in Egypt. The texts show the cultural
diversity of those who cohabitated, whether they had Greek or
Egyptian names, whether their main gods were the crocodiles or
Zeus. In the lives of all of them tax-paying played an important
role, as well as caring for their cattle and fields, doing
business, and fullfilling the obligations of the Roman government.
In particular interesting is the personage of Socrates the
tax-collector. Since the ruins of Karanis are still standing (and
worth a visit) with two nearly intact temples from the period of
the texts, a more complete image of village life emerges from texts
and the archaeology behind them. Papyrologists welcome every newly
published text as a further stone of the mosaic image that they try
to create of the past.
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Redefining Dionysos
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Alberto Bernabe, Miguel Herrero De Jauregui, Ana Isabel Jimenez San Cristobal, Raquel Martin Hernandez
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This book contributes to the understanding of Dionysos, the Greek
god of wine, dancing, theatre and ecstasy, by putting together 30
studies of classical scholars. They combine the analysis of
specific instances of particular dimensions of the god in cult,
myth, literature and iconography, with general visions of Dionysos
in antiquity and modern times. Only from the combination of
different perspectives can we grasp the complex personality of
Dionysos, and the forms of his presence in different cults,
literary genres, and artistic forms, from Mycenaean times to late
antiquity. The ways in which Dionysos was experienced may vary in
each author, each cult, and each genre in which this god is
involved. Therefore, instead of offering a new all-encompassing
theory that would immediately become partial, the book narrows the
focus on specific aspects of the god. Redefinition does not mean
finding (again) the essence of the god, but obtaining a more
nuanced knowledge of the ways he was experienced and conceived in
antiquity.
Petitioning Osiris re-edits, re-analyses, and re-contextualises the
"Old Coptic Schmidt Papyrus" and "Curse of Artemisia" - written
petitions to different manifestations of Osiris - among the Letters
to Gods in Demotic, Greek, and Old Coptic from Egypt. The textual
traditions of the Letters to Gods, to the Dead, and Oracle
Questions which evidence that ritual tradition of petitioning
deities are contextualised among contemporary textual traditions,
such as Letters and Petitions to Human Recipients, and Documents of
Self-Dedication, and compared to later ritual traditions such as
proactive and reactive curses without and with judicial features
(so-called Prayers for Justice) in Greek and Coptic from Egypt and
the Eastern Mediterranean. As with all other Letters to Gods, the
Old Coptic Schmidt Papyrus and Curse of Artemisia evidence not only
the struggles and aspirations of their petitioners, but also the
way in which they conceptualised that they could bring about
desired outcomes in their lived experience by engaging divine
agency through a reciprocal relationship of human-divine
interaction. Petitioning Osiris therefore provides a starting point
and springboard for readers interested in these, or comparable,
textual and ritual traditions from the Ancient World.
Die Bibliotheca Teubneriana, gegrundet 1849, ist die weltweit
alteste, traditionsreichste und umfangreichste Editionsreihe
griechischer und lateinischer Literatur von der Antike bis zur
Neuzeit. Pro Jahr erscheinen 4-5 neue Editionen. Samtliche Ausgaben
werden durch eine lateinische oder englische Praefatio erganzt. Die
wissenschaftliche Betreuung der Reihe obliegt einem Team
anerkannter Philologen: Gian Biagio Conte (Scuola Normale Superiore
di Pisa) Marcus Deufert (Universitat Leipzig) James Diggle
(University of Cambridge) Donald J. Mastronarde (University of
California, Berkeley) Franco Montanari (Universita di Genova)
Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath (Georg-August-Universitat Goettingen)
Oliver Primavesi (Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen) Michael
D. Reeve (University of Cambridge) Richard J. Tarrant (Harvard
University) Vergriffene Titel werden als Print-on-Demand-Nachdrucke
wieder verfugbar gemacht. Zudem werden alle Neuerscheinungen der
Bibliotheca Teubneriana parallel zur gedruckten Ausgabe auch als
eBook angeboten. Die alteren Bande werden sukzessive ebenfalls als
eBook bereitgestellt. Falls Sie einen vergriffenen Titel bestellen
moechten, der noch nicht als Print-on-Demand angeboten wird,
schreiben Sie uns an: [email protected] Samtliche in
der Bibliotheca Teubneriana erschienenen Editionen lateinischer
Texte sind in der Datenbank BTL Online elektronisch verfugbar.
This volume will include critical and collated editions of all the
inscriptions of the 1st-millennium Babylonian kings Nabopolassar
(626-605), Amel-Marduk (biblical Evil-Merodach, 561-560), and
Neriglissar (559-556). The editions will be preceded by an in-depth
study and followed by a glossary and concordance of the
inscriptions as well as complete indexes of toponyms, anthroponyms,
and theonyms. The volume includes a CD-ROM with high-definition
full-color digital images of the inscriptions.
The theme of leadership played an important role in ancient Israel
and its discourse. It was explored time and again through memories
of proper, improper and in-between leaders and through memories of
particular institutions like monarchy, priesthood, and prophethood.
The ways in which this theme was shaped, reflected and explored
through social memory and how, in turn, those memories played a
socializing role within the community is the focus of this
collection of essays. Although the nature and limitations of
kingship, both native and foreign, is a central theme of many of
the essays, the volume includes discussions of both official and
unofficial local leadership within an empire setting, alternatives
to royal leadership like theocracy, charismatic judgeship, and
Greek-style tyrants, as well as considerations of Greek political
discourse on the best type of leadership.
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The Life and Travels of Herodotus in the Fifth Century
- Before Christ: an Imaginary Biography Founded on Fact, Illustrative of the History, Manners, Religion, Literature, Arts, and Social Condition of the Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, Babylonians, ...; 1
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James Talboys 1824-1897 Wheeler
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Offers a broad range of texts spanning six centuries of imperial
Roman history--Volume II of Empire of the Romans, from Julius
Caesar to Justinian Empire of the Romans: From Julius Caesar to
Justinian: Six Hundred Years of Peace and War, Volume II: Select
Anthology is a compendium of texts that trace the main historical
changes of the empire over six hundred years, from the death of
Julius Caesar to the late Middle Ages. The second volume of Empire
of the Romans, from Julius Caesar to Justinian, this anthology
balances literary texts with other documentary, legal, and
epigraphic sources. Acclaimed author John Matthews presents texts
that reflect individual, first-person experiences rather than those
from historians outside of the time periods of which they write.
Each selection includes an introduction, annotations on points of
interest, author commentary, and suggestions for further reading.
Excerpts are organized thematically to help readers understand
their meaning without requiring an extensive knowledge of context.
Six sections--running in parallel to the structure and content to
Volume I--explore the topics such as the building of the empire,
Pax Romana, the new empire of Diocletian and Constantine, and
barbarian invasions and the fall of the Western Empire. Selected
texts span a wide array of subjects ranging from political
discourse and Roman law, to firsthand accounts of battle and
military service, to the civic life and entertainment of ordinary
citizens. This volume: Covers a vast chronological and topical
range Includes introductory essays to each selected text to explain
key points, present problems of interpretation, and guides readers
to further literature Balances the different categories and
languages of original texts Enables easy cross-reference to Volume
I Minimizes the use of technical language in favor of plain-English
forms Whether used as a freestanding work or as a complement to
Volume I, the Select Anthology is an ideal resource for students in
Roman history survey courses as well as interested general readers
seeking a wide-ranging collection of readings on the subject.
This book is the first systematic study of the genealogy,
discursive structures, and political implications of the concept of
'Greater India', implying a Hindu colonization of Southeast Asia,
and used by extension to argue for a past Indian greatness as a
colonial power, reproducible in the present and future. From the
1880s to the 1960s, protagonists of the Greater India theme
attempted to make a case for the importance of an expansionist
Indian civilisation in civilizing Southeast Asia. The argument was
extended to include Central Asia, Africa, North and South America,
and other regions where Indian migrants were to be found. The
advocates of this Indocentric and Hindu revivalist approach, with
Hindu and Indian often taken to be synonymous, were involved in a
quintessentially parochial project, despite its apparently
international dimensions: to justify an Indian expansionist
imagination that viewed India's past as a colonizer and civilizer
of other lands as a model for the restoration of that past
greatness in the future. Zabarskaite shows that the crucial
ideologues and elements used for the formation of the construct of
Greater India can be traced to the svadesi movement of the turn of
the century, and that Greater India moved easily between the
domains of the scholarly and the popular as it sought to establish
itself as a form of nationalist self-assertion.
People have been speculating for centuries about how the ancient
Egyptians built the Great Pyramids.Few people have paid attention
to Herodotus and his writings about Egypt's intricate canal system,
but historian James V. Barr believes these played a critical role
in pyramid construction. Relying on years of research, he presents
the lock and canal system of construction.Barr also examines other
theories of pyramid construction such as the levitation theory and
the ramp theory. He explains why explanations of pyramid
construction that do not focus on the canal system are wrong and
why the canal and lock system makes the most sense.Barr hopes to
show Egypt both as it once was and as it is today, sharing entirely
new photographs, drawings, and maps. This is concise, informative
primer for anyone who wants to learn more about the methods
employed in pyramid construction.Discover the ingenuity of the
ancient Egyptians and dig deeper into some of their greatest feats
of engineering as you take a trip back in time on "The Floating
Stones of Egypt."
For over threescore years Cyrus H. Gordon's scholarship and
teaching have provided new directions to the study of the ancient
Near East. This collection of 34 essays in honour of his 90th
birthday, edited by three of his former pupils, celebrates his
fascinating and remarkable achievements and reflects his broad
command of ancient studies. The global impact of his research can
be seen from the geographical dispersion of the outstanding
scholars who have written here on the following topics:
archaeology, Bible studies, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Arabic,
Egypto-Semitic, the cuneiform world, Indo-European, Samaritan, the
Graeco-Roman world, mediaeval studies. The inclusion of a complete
bibliography of Gordon's works is of singular value.
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