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Human Landscapes in Classical Antiquity shows how today's environmental and ecological concerns can help illuminate our study of the ancient world. The contributors consider how the Greeks and Romans perceived their natural world, and how their perceptions affected society. The effects of human settlement and cultivation on the landscape are considered, as well as the representation of landscape in Attic drama. Various aspects of farming, such as the use of terraces and the significance of olive growing are examined. The uncultivated landscape was also important: hunting was a key social ritual for Greek and hellenistic elites, and 'wild' places were not wastelands but played an essential economic role. The Romans' attempts to control their environment are analyzed. This volume shows how Greeks and Romans worked hand in hand with their natural environment and not against it. It represents an outstanding collaboration between the disciplines of history and archaeology. eBook available with sample pages: 0203426908
This volume focuses on the changing relationship between warfare
and the Roman citizenry; from the Republic, when war was at the
heart of Roman life, through to the Principate, when it was
confined to professional soldiers, and to the Late Empire and the
Roman army's eventual failure.
The role of warfare is central to our understanding of the ancient
Greek world. In this book and the companion work, War and Society
in the Roman World, the wider social context of war is explored.
This volume examines its impact on Greek society from Homeric times
to the age of Alexander and his successors and discusses the
significance of the causes and profits of war, the links between
war, piracy and slavery, and trade, and the ideology of warfare in
literature and sculpture.
In the ancient world, war played a crucial part in shaping and
changing social and political structures. The impact of war on the
ancient societies of the Mediterranean world is the subject of this
book and its companion, "War and Society in the Roman World". The
authors have drawn together a collection which extends beyond the
traditional emphasis on political causes, tactics and strategy, and
military organization. Instead, warfare is viewed as a species of
social action, affecting and affected by social conditions and
ideology, and having social, economic, and cultural consequences.
This conception of warfare as a social agency is considered through
examination of the causes of war, booty, slavery and other profits
of war and their effects in Greek societies; war in literature and
sculpture, including ideology of victory and warrior; and the
critical construction of the image of the enemy.
This volume focuses on the changing relationship between warfare and the Roman citizen body, from the Republic, when war was at the heart of Roman life, through to the Principate, when it was confined to professional soldiers and expansion largely ceased, and finally on to the Late Empire and the Roman army's eventual failure.
This text shows how today's environmental and ecological concerns
can help illuminate our study of the ancient world, and how the
Greeks and Romans worked hand in hand with their natural
environment and not against it.
In this comprehensive and well-documented book, Graham Shipley integrates the diverse aspects of politics, society and culture to create a coherent and thorough survey of the Hellenistic world. The Greek World After Alexander examines social changes in the cities of the Greek world and in the kingdoms that succeeded Alexander's empire. The investigation is set in the context of an up-to-date appraisal of the momentous military and political changes that took place after Alexander's reign. Graham Shipley's ground-breaking study also considers developments in literature, religion, philosophy and science, establishing whether they departed radically from Classical Greek culture or developed continuously from it. In addition, he explores the divisions in Hellenistic culture separating an educated elite from the general population which was more mobile than before but perhaps less involved in city politics.
In this survey of the Hellenistic world, Graham Shipley integrates
the diverse aspects of politics, society and culture which have
previously been treated separately. The text examines social
changes in the old and new cities of the Greek world and in the new
post-Alexandrian kingdoms, within the context of a late-20th
century appraisal of the momentous military and political changes
after the era of Alexander. It also considers developments in
literature, religion, philosophy, and science and establishes how
far they are presented as radical departures from the culture of
Classical Greece or were continuous developments from it. Finally,
Graham Shipley explores the culture of the Hellenistic world in the
context of the social divisions between an educated elite and a
general population at once more mobile and less involved in the
political life of the Greek city.
This volume focuses on the changing relationship between warfare and the Roman citizenry; from the Republic, when war was at the heart of Roman life, through to the Principate, when it was confined to professional soldiers, and to the Late Empire and the Roman army's eventual failure.
The text of the Periplous or 'circumnavigation' that survives under
the name of Skylax of Karyanda is in fact by an unknown author of
the 4th century BC. It describes the coasts of the Mediterranean
and Black Sea, naming hundreds of towns with geographical features
such as rivers, harbours and mountains. But, argues Graham Shipley,
it is not the record of a voyage or a navigational handbook for
sailors. It is, rather, the first work of Greek theoretical
geography, written in Athens at a time of intellectual ferment and
intense speculation about the nature and dimensions of the
inhabited world. While other scientists were gathering data about
natural science and political systems or making rapid advances in
philosophy, rhetorical theory, and cosmology, the unknown author
collected data about the structure of the lands bordering the seas
known to the Greeks, and compiled sailing distances and times along
well-frequented routes. His aim was probably nothing less ambitious
than to demonstrate the size of the inhabited world of the Greeks.
This is the first full edition of the Periplous for over 150 years,
and includes a newly revised Greek text and specially produced maps
along with the first complete English translation. Interest in
ancient geographical writings has never been so strong, yet many of
the key texts are inaccessible to those who do not read Greek. With
its relatively limited vocabulary and simple, yet varied, syntax,
it will provide a useful text for those moving beyond the
elementary study of ancient Greek language. In this fully reset
second edition, the introduction is expanded to include a section
on the late-antique geographer Markianos, and updates incorporated
into both the Introduction and Commentary.
The text of the Periplous or 'circumnavigation' that survives under
the name of Skylax of Karyanda is in fact by an unknown author of
the 4th century BC. It describes the coasts of the Mediterranean
and Black Sea, naming hundreds of towns with geographical features
such as rivers, harbours and mountains. But, argues Graham Shipley,
it is not the record of a voyage or a navigational handbook for
sailors. It is, rather, the first work of Greek theoretical
geography, written in Athens at a time of intellectual ferment and
intense speculation about the nature and dimensions of the
inhabited world. While other scientists were gathering data about
natural science and political systems or making rapid advances in
philosophy, rhetorical theory, and cosmology, the unknown author
collected data about the structure of the lands bordering the seas
known to the Greeks, and compiled sailing distances and times along
well-frequented routes. His aim was probably nothing less ambitious
than to demonstrate the size of the inhabited world of the Greeks.
This is the first full edition of the Periplous for over 150 years,
and includes a newly revised Greek text and specially produced maps
along with the first complete English translation. Interest in
ancient geographical writings has never been so strong, yet many of
the key texts are inaccessible to those who do not read Greek. With
its relatively limited vocabulary and simple, yet varied, syntax,
it will provide a useful text for those moving beyond the
elementary study of ancient Greek language. In this fully reset
second edition, the introduction is expanded to include a section
on the late-antique geographer Markianos, and updates incorporated
into both the Introduction and Commentary.
Few historical epochs have influenced the development of
civilization to the extent that those of ancient Greece and Rome
have. This Guide, with over 1700 entries and 500 illustrations, is
a key reference work on both, covering all the main branches of
ancient literature, art and institutions. In addition, it explores
traditionally neglected areas such as dress, housing, minority
groups and social relations. Ranging from post-Bronze Age Greece to
the later Roman Empire, it surveys not only ancient Greece and
Rome, but discusses those cultures with which Greeks and Romans
exchanged information and culture (e.g., Phoenicians, Celts and
Jews) as well as the remote peoples with whom they were in contact
(e.g., Persia, China and India). Graham Shipley is a Fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries of London, and chair of the Council of
University Classical Departments as well as the Sparta and Laconia
Committee of the British School of Athens. His publications include
A History of Samos and The Greek World after Alexander. John
Vanderspoel is Professor of Late Antiquity at the University of
Calgary, where he was initially appointed in 1985. His publications
include Themistius and the Imperial Court (1995) and numerous
journal articles and chapters on Roman history, intellectual and
religious developments in the Roman imperial period and Roman
Britain. David Mattingly is a Fellow of the British Academy and
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His publications
include monographs on Tripolitania (1995) and An Atlas of Roman
Britain (2002); edited volumes including Economies beyond
Agriculture in the Classical World (2001), Life, Death and
Entertainment in the Roman World (1999), and Dialogues in Roman
Imperialism (supplement to Journal of Roman Archaeology, 1997). Lin
Foxhall is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Her
publications include co-edited volumes on masculinity in the
ancient world (Thinking Men and When Men were Men 1998), on ancient
law (Greek Law in its Political Setting 1996), and the ancient
economy (Money, Labour and Land 2002) as well as many journal
articles and chapters on Greek social relations, gender,
agriculture, field survey and economy.
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