Rome the Cosmopolis

Rome the Cosmopolis
Author: Catharine Edwards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2006-11-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780521030113

A collection of essays exploring key aspects of the relationship between Rome and its empire.

After the Past

After the Past
Author: Willem Jongman
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2017-09-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004350918

What was funny about ancient jokes, and why? Why did the Roman state legislate to curb the behaviour of its obscenely rich and powerful elite, if it never really expected such laws to be obeyed? Why did it oppress the poor, and lavish public child support on them? These are important questions, but ancient Greeks and Romans could never have thought of them. They never questioned the right of the rich to be rich. They could not improve their understanding of Homeric gift-giving with the experience of ritualized friendship among the Trobriand islanders. Such questions and such answers can only come from those who live after the ancient past. This volume honours the well-known Dutch epigraphist and ancient historian H.W. Pleket. Ten substantial essays reflect his wide range, from early Greece to the Roman Empire, and his taste for comparative economic and social history.

Crises and the Roman Empire

Crises and the Roman Empire
Author: O. Hekster
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2007-06-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 904742090X

This volume presents the proceedings of the seventh workshop of the international thematic network Impact of Empire, which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empire. It focuses on the impact that crises had on the development and functioning of the Roman Empire from the Republic to Late Imperial times.

Funerary Monuments in the Interior of the Roman Province of Dalmatia

Funerary Monuments in the Interior of the Roman Province of Dalmatia
Author: Edisa Lozić
Publisher: Založba ZRC
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9610505414

Pričujoče delo se ukvarja z vprašanjem organizacije kamnoseške proizvodnje nagrobnih spomenikov na prostoru notranjega dela nekdanje rimske province Dalmacije. Cilj raziskave je bil prepoznati model kamnoseške proizvodnje, ki se je oblikoval na goratem in težko prehodnem območju, kjer so možnosti vodnega transporta kamnitega materiala minimalne. Avtorica izhajala iz predpostavke, da so se v času rimske oblasti na nekaterih geografskih območji oblikovala proizvodna središča, ki so za svoje delovanje uporabljala lokalne vira apnenca. Študija zajema nagrobne spomenike, odkrite na prostoru današnje Bosne in Hercegovine in zahodnega dela Srbije in Črne gore. S kombinacijo metod makroskopske petrografske analize kamnin in tipološke analize ter prostorske analize je pokazala na obstoj več proizvodnih središč. Rezultati analiz kažejo na zelo verjetno možnost, da so izkoriščali lokalne vire apnenca. Epigrafski podatki pa so omogočili njihov obstoj tudi časovno opredeliti.

The Transformation of Economic Life under the Roman Empire

The Transformation of Economic Life under the Roman Empire
Author: Lukas de Blois
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-05-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004401628

Did a Roman imperial economy exist under the Late Republic, the Roman Principate and the Later Roman Empire? And if so, what type of economy was it? Another equally important question is: did the Roman Empire, by specific actions, the creation of infrastructures, or its very existence, trigger a transformation of economic life in the regions which it dominated? Or was the Empire a marginal affair in the regions that belonged to it, and did economic developments take their own course, independently of the Empire? Questions like these, which are of great consequence to any student of Roman history, archaeology, and Roman law, are treated in this volume, which in its successive parts focuses on: 1. The character of the Roman economy. 2. Economic life in particular regions of the Roman Empire. 3. The economy of the Later Roman Empire.

ASMOSIA 5

ASMOSIA 5
Author: Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones used in Antiquity. International Symposium
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2002
Genre: Marble
ISBN:

The Architectural Network of the Van Neurenberg Family in the Low Countries (1480-1640)

The Architectural Network of the Van Neurenberg Family in the Low Countries (1480-1640)
Author: G. van Tussenbroek
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2006
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Stone traders initially based in the Meuse valley, the Van Neurenberg family expanded northwards to Nijmegen and Dordrecht from 1530 on, becoming an international trading company in the process. Their subsequent activities reflect the huge changes the Dutch building sector underwent during the 17th century. They cooperated with the most famous artists of their time, such as Hendrick de Keyser in Amsterdam, and were involved in the most modern building projects of the Dutch Golden Age, such as Frederik Hendrik of Orange's Honselaarsdijk Palace. This study offers new insights into a relatively neglected aspect of Netherlandish building history in the 16th and 17th century. Dr. Gabri van Tussenbroek (1969) studied art history and medieval history at Utrecht University. Since 1 January 2006 he has worked as municipal building archaeologist in Amsterdam.