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Rome and the Friendly King, first published in 1984, offers a
functional definition of what is usually called client kingship -
to show what a client king (or 'friendly king', to use the Roman
term) was in practice. Each aspect of this complex role is examined
over a period of six centuries: the making of a king; exposure to
Roman institutions and individuals; formal recognition as a
friendly ruler. Professor Braund shows how the king's power related
to Roman authority, and to his subjects. The role of Romans in
royal wills, principally as recipients of bequests, is also
examined, and it is also shown how some kings were assimilated
completely into Roman society to become senators in their own
right. In conclusion, Professor Braund considers the ways in which
both sides benefited from client kingship and, in doing so, helps
to explain the persistent use of such relationships throughout
history.
In this book, David Braund offers a significantly different
perspective upon the history of Roman Britain. Rather than relying
on archaeology, the author concentrates on the literary evidence,
drawing a colorful picture of the social and political context of
Roman imperialism. The study discusses Roman theories of
imperialism as well as the intellectual and political atmosphere
within which Caesar mounted his invasions of Britain in 55 and 54
B.C. Braund shows how the ideologies and power structures at work
in Rome fundamentally shaped politics and society in Roman Britain.
Thus he develops an understanding of the literary sources which
goes beyond mere translation and allows the reader insights into
this remote corner of the Roman world.
In this book, David Braund offers a significantly different
perspective upon the history of Roman Britain. He concentrates upon
the literary evidence, which has been studied to a lesser extent
than archaeology in recent years. Close attention to the Greek and
Roman sources enables the construction of a new approach to Roman
Britain, its history and its archaeology. For the first time,
monarchy is identified as a key issue in the history of Roman
Britain.
The years from the battle of Actium to the death of Nero stand at
the very heart of Roman history. Yet the sources of this key
period, particularly the inscriptions, papyri and coins, are not
readily accessible. Crucial new discoveries remain buried in
learned periodicals, and now that the study of the ancient world is
widespread among those without Latin and Greek, the lack of
translations is proving a serious handicap. Augustus to Nero, first
published in 1985, contains numerous texts not only for students of
traditional political history, but also of those interested in
social and economic history. An introductory essay establishes a
broad methodological framework within which each text may be
understood. The focus throughout is on less well-known literary
evidence: for example, the significant poetry of Crinagoras and
Calpurnius Siculus. Inaccessible sources are here collected and
translated: brief notes are supplied to help the reader.
Scythians and Greeks focuses on the ancient history of the northern
Black Sea region: a major 'new frontier' of Classical studies. The
book presents a series of engagements with key themes bearing on
cultural interactions within the region, from archaic Greek
colonial settlement (approx. sixth century BC) down to the region's
inclusion within the Roman imperial system (first century AD). By
bringing together contributors from Russia, Ukraine and Georgia,
the book makes available material and ideas which are either wholly
new or known only to a very limited circle of specialists. The
particular focus is on the relationships which developed, in peace
and war, between the local peoples of the region (conventionally
termed 'Scythians') and the cultures of the classical Graeco-Roman
world.
An international team of literary specialists explore Athenaeus'
work as a whole, and in its own right. Almost all classicists and
ancient historians make use of Athenaeus; 'Athenaeus and his World'
is the first sustained attempt to understand and explore his work
as a whole, and in its own right. The work emerges as no mere
compendium of earlier texts, but as a vibrant work of complex
structure and substantial creativity. The book makes sense of the
massive and polyphonous Deipnosophistae, the quarry upon which
classicists and ancient historians depend for their knowledge of
much ancient literature, particularly Comedy, and also the source
of much of the data used by modern historians for the social
history of the classical and Hellenistic worlds. The 41 chapters;
written by an international team of literary specialists and
historians, each tackle a significant feature, and the book is
divided into seven sections, each prefaced by introductory remarks
from the editors.
Rome and the Friendly King, first published in 1984, offers a
functional definition of what is usually called client kingship -
to show what a client king (or 'friendly king', to use the Roman
term) was in practice. Each aspect of this complex role is examined
over a period of six centuries: the making of a king; exposure to
Roman institutions and individuals; formal recognition as a
friendly ruler. Professor Braund shows how the king's power related
to Roman authority, and to his subjects. The role of Romans in
royal wills, principally as recipients of bequests, is also
examined, and it is also shown how some kings were assimilated
completely into Roman society to become senators in their own
right. In conclusion, Professor Braund considers the ways in which
both sides benefited from client kingship and, in doing so, helps
to explain the persistent use of such relationships throughout
history.
Environment and human habitation have become principal topics of
research with the growing interest in the Black Sea region in
antiquity. This book highlights their interaction around all the
coasts of the region, from different perspectives and disciplines.
Here, archaeological excavation and survey combine with studies of
classical texts, cults, medicine, and more, to explore ancient
experiences of the region. Accordingly, the region is examined from
external viewpoints, centred in the Mediterranean (Herodotus, the
Hippocratics, ancient geographers, and poets), and through local
lenses, particularly supplied by archaeology. While familiar
disconnects emerge, there is also a striking coherence in the
results of these different pathways into the study of local
environments, which embrace not only Graeco-Roman settlement, but
also a broader range of agricultural and pastoralist activities
across a huge landscape which stretches as far afield as ancient
Hungary. Throughout, there are methodological implications for
research elsewhere in the ancient world. This book shows people in
landscapes across a huge expanse, in local reality and in external
conceptions, complete with their own agency, ideas, and lifestyles.
The years from the battle of Actium to the death of Nero stand at
the very heart of Roman history. Yet the sources of this key
period, particularly the inscriptions, papyri and coins, are not
readily accessible. Crucial new discoveries remain buried in
learned periodicals, and now that the study of the ancient world is
widespread among those without Latin and Greek, the lack of
translations is proving a serious handicap. Augustus to Nero, first
published in 1985, contains numerous texts not only for students of
traditional political history, but also of those interested in
social and economic history. An introductory essay establishes a
broad methodological framework within which each text may be
understood. The focus throughout is on less well-known literary
evidence: for example, the significant poetry of Crinagoras and
Calpurnius Siculus. Inaccessible sources are here collected and
translated: brief notes are supplied to help the reader.
The Roman eastern frontier stretched from the north-east shore of
the Black Sea to the Red Sea. It faced Rome's formidable foe, the
kingdom of Parthia, and its successor, Sasanian Persia. Rome's
bulwark in antiquity was the area known as Syria or the Levant,
roughly modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine. To the
south lay the Nabataean kingdom, annexed by Rome in 106 and formed
into the province of Arabia. To the north, the Cappadocian frontier
was laid out in one of the most inaccessible and remote parts of
Eurasia facing extremes of climate and topography, amid a patchwork
of client kingdoms. This hidden and fascinating frontier in Turkey,
whose bases mostly lie under reservoirs, is the major omission from
this volume and it is hoped that a more in-depth account might
appear in due course. The Caucasian forts along the edge of the
Black Sea are, however, part of this volume; this is perhaps Rome's
least known frontier archaeologically but the subject of a unique
account by Arrian when governor of Cappadocia.
This is the first integrated study of Greek religion and cults of
the Black Sea region, centred upon the Bosporan Kingdom of its
northern shores, but with connections and consequences for Greece
and much of the Mediterranean world. David Braund explains the
cohesive function of key goddesses (Aphrodite Ourania, Artemis
Ephesia, Taurian Parthenos, Isis) as it develops from archaic
colonization through Athenian imperialism, the Hellenistic world
and the Roman Empire in the East down to the Byzantine era. There
is a wealth of new and unfamiliar data on all these deities, with
multiple consequences for other areas and cults, such as Diana at
Aricia, Orthia in Sparta, Argos' irrigation from Egypt, Athens'
Aphrodite Ourania and Artemis Tauropolos and more. Greek religion
is shown as key to the internal workings of the Bosporan Kingdom,
its sense of its landscape and origins and its shifting
relationships with the rest of its world.
This book treats such topics as the structure of archaic Roman
society; social changes from the beginning of Roman expansion to
the Second Punic War; slave uprisings and other conflicts in the
society of the Late Republic; the social system of the early
Empire; the crisis of the Roman Empire; and late Roman society to
the fall of the Empire.
This is the first integrated study of Greek religion and cults of
the Black Sea region, centred upon the Bosporan Kingdom of its
northern shores, but with connections and consequences for Greece
and much of the Mediterranean world. David Braund explains the
cohesive function of key goddesses (Aphrodite Ourania, Artemis
Ephesia, Taurian Parthenos, Isis) as it develops from archaic
colonization through Athenian imperialism, the Hellenistic world
and the Roman Empire in the East down to the Byzantine era. There
is a wealth of new and unfamiliar data on all these deities, with
multiple consequences for other areas and cults, such as Diana at
Aricia, Orthia in Sparta, Argos' irrigation from Egypt, Athens'
Aphrodite Ourania and Artemis Tauropolos and more. Greek religion
is shown as key to the internal workings of the Bosporan Kingdom,
its sense of its landscape and origins and its shifting
relationships with the rest of its world.
Forty-seven papers concerning the northern and eastern Black Sea in
ancient times. Papers cover a wide range of topics, including
Ancient Greek poleis, numismatics, amphorae, pottery and
Greek-'Barbarian' relations.
This is the first study of ancient theatre and performance around
the coasts of the Black Sea. It brings together key specialists
around the region with well-established international scholars on
theatre and the Black Sea, from a wide range of disciplines,
especially archaeology, drama and history. In that way the wealth
of material found around these great coasts is brought together
with the best methodology in all fields of study. This landmark
book broadens the whole concept and range of theatre outside
Athens. It shows ways in which the colonial world of the Black Sea
may be compared importantly with Southern Italy and Sicily in terms
of theatre and performance. At the same time, it shows too how the
Black Sea world itself can be better understood through a focus on
the development of theatre and performance there, both among Greeks
and among their local neighbours.
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