Ancient History 98

Stranded deep in enemy territory, the Spartan general Clearchus and the other Greek senior officers were subsequently killed or captured by treachery on the part of the Persian satrap Tissaphernes. ……続きを見る

During the late second and early third centuries C.E. the resurrection became a central question for intellectual commentary, with increasingly tense divisions between those who interpreted the resu……続きを見る

This compelling collection of essays explores the Qhapaq nan (or Great Inca Road), an extensive network of trails reaching modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. These ro……続きを見る

Religion is a phenomenon that is inseparable from human society. It brings about a set of emotional, ideological and practical elements that are pervasive in the social fabric of any society and cha……続きを見る

Plotinus on the Soul is a study of Plotinus' psychology, which is arguably the most sophisticated Platonist theory of the soul in antiquity. Plotinus offers a Platonist response to Aristotelian and ……続きを見る

Because of the didactic nature of the historical genre, many scholars ancient and modern have seen connections between history and rhetoric. So far, discussion has centered on fifth-century authors ……続きを見る

Advice on sex and marriage in the literature of antiquity and the middle ages typically stressed the negative: from stereotypes of nagging wives and cheating husbands to nightmarish visions of women……続きを見る

Inspired by a classical education, wealthy Romans populated the glittering interiors of their villas and homes with marble statuettes of ancestors, emperors, gods, and mythological figures. In The L……続きを見る

Ancient literature features many powerful narratives of madness, depression, melancholy, lovesickness, simple boredom, and the effects of such psychological states upon individual sufferers. Peter T……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 1982 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Weltgeschichte - Frühgeschichte, Antike, Note: 2,0, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (Historisches Seminar. Abteilung für alte Geschich……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Weltgeschichte - Frühgeschichte, Antike, Note: 1,7, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Grundlage der folgenden Semin……続きを見る

Of the many ancient civilizations we are aware of, few are smaller than the ancient Kingdom of Israel. Small both in geographical area and population, it was barely noticed by the major civilization……続きを見る

En ce temps-là, il y avait un homme et sa petite fille qui étaient très pauvres. Cet homme et sa petite fille allèrent faire du bois; ils portaient un panier de riz, une gourde d'eau et une serpe, i……続きを見る

De sa fenêtre préférée, si chevrotante à s’ouvrir avec ses grêles vitres jaunes losangées de mailles de plomb, Hamlet, personnage étrange, pouvait, quand ça le prenait, faire des ronds dans l’eau, d……続きを見る

Tomlinson presents studies of selected ancient cities, ranging from the earliest development of urban architecture in Europe to the imperial cities of Rome and Constantinople. It gives an account of……続きを見る

A Companion to Ancient Thrace presents a series of essays that reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social and cultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan periphery of the Class……続きを見る

Designed to meet the curriculum needs of students from grades 7-12, this five-volume encyclopedia explores the history and civilizations of the ancient world from prehistory to approximately 1000 CE……続きを見る

Als Individuen treten die Pharaonen Ägyptens kaum in Erscheinung, agieren sie doch in Texten und Darstellungen vornehmlich als kultisches Gegenüber der Götter. Sollen die ägyptischen Könige für uns ……続きを見る

L'ouvrage qui met fin à la polémique. L'ouvrage qui met fin à la polémique. Alésia, ce n'est pas seulement la célèbre bataille qui opposa les Romains de César aux Gaulois de Vercingétorix en 52 av. ……続きを見る

Peter Adamson offers an accessible, humorous tour through a period of eight hundred years when some of the most influential of all schools of thought were formed: from the third century BC to the si……続きを見る

15mn d'Histoire : une nouvelle collection de textes courts pour apprendre et comprendre l'Histoire en 15 minutes. À l'automne 45 avant Jésus-Christ, il apparaît bien que Jules César, empereur, consu……続きを見る

Un empereur méconnu et controversé, le dernier "grand" de la Rome Antique replacé dans son contexte et sa vérité. Théodose, qui régna de 379 à 395, présente la particularité d'être le premier empere……続きを見る

Historien romain d'origine juive du Ie siècle, diplomate et stratège de talent, Flavius Josèphe fut le seul témoin hors évangiles de l'existence de Jésus et de Jacques, de l'avènement de la pensée m……続きを見る

Hadrien ou l'incarnation de l'âge d'or de Rome. Fils adoptif de Trajan, Hadrien, né en 76, est légat en Syrie lorsque, à la demande de l'armée, il succède à ce dernier en 117. Il rompt alors avec l'……続きを見る

Un recueil inédit des textes de critique publiés par le célèbre historien Lucien Jerphagnon, disparu en 2011. Un panorama aussi enrichissant que savoureux de la recherche historique des cinquante de……続きを見る

It is time for a new book about bog bodies: the number of known bodies is growing. Lindow Man, the famous 'Pete Marsh' discovered in Cheshire in the 1980s, has been joined by new finds from Ireland ……続きを見る

'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever sinc……続きを見る

Themistius' close relationship with Christian emperors from Constantius to Theodosius makes him one of the most important political thinkers and politicians of the later fourth century, and his deal……続きを見る

Intensive Intermediate Latin: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible grammar and related exercises in a single volume. It outlines every major grammatical point usually taught in an intermed……続きを見る

Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486–465 B.C., has gone down in history as an angry tyrant full of insane ambition. The stand of Leonidas and the 300 against his army at Thermopylae is ……続きを見る