Garrett - Ancient History 1

Rome celebrated its roads, aqueducts, and expanding cities as symbols of civilization. Yet beneath every monument stood an economic system dependent on coerced labor drawn from conquest, trade, and ……続きを見る

This book follows a narrow window around 1200 BCE when palaces, empires, and trade routes from Greece to Egypt fractured almost at once, turning the Mediterranean into a landscape of burning coastli……続きを見る

What soldiers do on the battlefield or boxers do in the ring would be treated as criminal acts if carried out in an everyday setting. Perpetrators of violence in the classical world knew this and ch……続きを見る

In "Etruscan Places," D. H. Lawrence immerses readers in an evocative exploration of the Etruscan civilization, intertwining personal narrative with cultural commentary. Written during his travels i……続きを見る

Is God temporal, 'in time', or atemporal, 'outside of time'? Garrett DeWeese begins with contemporary metaphysics and physics, developing a causal account of dynamic time. Drawing on biblical mater……続きを見る

This volume uses the travels of Roman governors to explore how authority was defined in and by the public places of Greek cities. By demonstrating that the places where imperial officials and local ……続きを見る

¿Por qué los antiguos griegos o romanos no llevaban pantalones? ¿Cómo capturaban animales para el Coliseo? ¿Creían en fantasmas, monstruos o extraterrestres? ¿Qué probabilidad había de que bebieran ……続きを見る