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A pathbreaking new perspective on the ways ancient societies were shaped and transformed by slave trading The growing economies of ancient Greece and Rome created an ever-increasing demand for ensla……続きを見る

La religion grecque est un ensemble de pratiques et de croyances qui se structurent alors que naît, vers la fin du VIIe siècle av. J.-C. l’organisation politique de la cité (polis). Elle repose sur ……続きを見る

The story most often commonly told about the Maya involves their spectacular collapse at the height of their civilization in the early ninth century CE. Crops died, disease and malnutrition spread, ……続きを見る

Roms militärischer Erfolg war kein Zufall. Während andere Reiche durch rohe Gewalt eroberten, bauten die Römer ein systematisches Militärsystem, das durch überlegene Organisation, Disziplin und stra……続きを見る

Das Persische Reich war weit mehr als ein Reich der Eroberungen. Vom 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. an verband es Völker, Sprachen und Religionen zu einem der ersten multikulturellen Imperien der Geschichte……続きを見る

Das Römische Reich beherrschte über tausend Jahre drei Kontinente – nicht durch Zufall, sondern durch ausgefeilte politische Systeme, strategische Führung und pragmatische Machtausübung. Die römisch……続きを見る

Lange bevor Athen und Rom die Bühne der Geschichte betraten, erblühte auf Kreta eine Zivilisation, deren Eleganz und Erfindungsgeist Europa prägten: die Minoer. Zwischen prachtvollen Palästen, gehei……続きを見る

Mesopotamien – das Land zwischen den Flüssen – gilt als Ursprungsort unserer Zivilisation. Hier entstanden die ersten Städte, die frühesten Gesetze, und die Schrift veränderte für immer das menschli……続きを見る

In kaum einer anderen antiken Hochkultur spielten Frauen eine so sichtbare Rolle in Religion, Politik und Gesellschaft wie in Ägypten. Von Pharaoninnen wie Hatschepsut und Kleopatra bis zu Priesteri……続きを見る

This comprehensive, yet compact, introduction examines Plato's understanding of law, justice, virtue, and the connection between politics and philosophy. Focusing on three of Plato's dialoguesーThe ……続きを見る

Der Kontakt zu fremden Völkern führt zu Adaptionen und gesellschaftlichen sowie kulturellen Veränderungen. Diesem Prozess waren bereits die Griechen ausgesetzt, die infolge der als Ionische Wanderun……続きを見る

The Bible shaped nearly every aspect of Jewish life in the ancient world, from activities as obvious as attending synagogue to those which have lost their scriptural resonance in modernity, such as ……続きを見る

Die vorliegende Sammlung Kleiner Schriften (die auch zahlreiche bisher unveröffentlichte Beiträge enthält) vermittelt für den Sprach- und Ethikunterricht – und darüber hinaus für alle an europäische……続きを見る

This accessibly written volume examines the major periods of Jewish history around the world, from the Jews' distant origins in antiquity through the beginnings of the modern period and the emergenc……続きを見る

What did people in the early Christian period think about the pagan inscriptions filling their late antique cities? Like public advertisements lining our streets today, these inscriptions were every……続きを見る

The Bible shaped nearly every aspect of Jewish life in the ancient world, from activities as obvious as attending synagogue to those which have lost their scriptural resonance in modernity, such as ……続きを見る

Found a few kilometres from Stonehenge, the graves of the Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen date to the 24th century BC and are two of the earliest Bell Beaker graves in Britain. The Boscombe ……続きを見る

A thought-provoking and captivating exploration of the Biblical era in all of its majesty. 続きを見る

Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the "autonomous value" of martyrdom. The story of a mother and her seven sons who die under the torture of the Greek k……続きを見る

This study explores the development of ancient festival culture in the Greek East of the Roman Empire, paying particular attention to the fundamental religious changes that occurred. After analysing……続きを見る

This highly acclaimed collection, the first sourcebook on ancient women and now in its fourth edition, provides a unique look into the public and private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman wo……続きを見る

The goddess Hera is represented in mythology as an irascible wife and imperfect mother in the face of a frivolous Zeus. Beginning with the Iliad, many narrative traditions depict her wrath, the infi……続きを見る

The Living Death of Antiquity examines the idealization of an antiquity that exhibits, in the words of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, 'a noble simplicity and quiet grandeur'. Fitzgerald discusses the a……続きを見る

The Roman conquests of Macedonia in the 2nd century BC led directly to the extension of their authority over the troublesome tribes of Thrace to the south of the Danube. But their new neighbor on th……続きを見る

Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was us……続きを見る

Fascinating texts written on small gold tablets that were deposited in graves provide a unique source of information about what some Greeks and Romans believed regarding the fate that awaited them a……続きを見る

Fritz Graf here presents a survey of a god once thought of as the most powerful of gods, and capable of great wrath should he be crossed: Apollo the sun god. From his first attestations in Homer, th……続きを見る

Military treatises have long fascinated readers, even those who are not professional military men, and people in other fields have long sought to apply the lessons learned in military treatises to o……続きを見る

Military treatises have long fascinated readers, even those who are not professional military men, and people in other fields have long sought to apply the lessons learned in military treatises to o……続きを見る

Building in Words explores the relationship between text and architecture in the Roman world from the perspective of architectural process. Ancient Romans frequently encountered buildings under cons……続きを見る