Nomisma

Nomisma
Author: Henri Cernuschi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1877
Genre: Bimetallism
ISBN:

Gold Coins of the World

Gold Coins of the World
Author: Arthur L. Friedberg
Publisher: Coin & Currency Institute
Total Pages: 766
Release: 2009
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0871843080

overs the entire history of world gold coinage form the 5th century B.C. through the modern coin issues of today. Part I, the section on ancient coins covers, in order, Ancient Greece, the Roman Republic and Empire and the Byzantine Empire. Part II lists the coins of the world in alphabetical order by country from approximately AD 600 to date. With current market valuations usually in the two most commonly encountered states of preservation. Tables of weight and precious metal content included with coins of each country.

Constantine Porphyrogennetos - The Book of Ceremonies

Constantine Porphyrogennetos - The Book of Ceremonies
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 912
Release: 2017-11-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004344926

This is the first modern language translation of the entire text of the tenth-century Greek Book of Ceremonies (De ceremoniis), a work compiled and edited by the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII (905-959). It preserves material from the fifth century through to the 960s. Chapters deal with diverse subjects of concern to the emperor including the role of the court, secular and ecclesiastical ceremonies, processions within the Palace and through Constantinople to its churches, the imperial tombs, embassies, banquets and dress, the role of the demes, hippodrome festivals with chariot races, imperial appointments, the hierarchy of the Byzantine administration, the equipping of expeditions, including to recover Crete from the Arabs, and the lists of ecclesiastical provinces and bishoprics.

Money and the Early Greek Mind

Money and the Early Greek Mind
Author: Richard Seaford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2004-03-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780521539920

How were the Greeks of the sixth century BC able to invent philosophy and tragedy? In this book Richard Seaford argues that a large part of the answer can be found in another momentous development, the invention and rapid spread of coinage, which produced the first ever thoroughly monetised society. By transforming social relations monetisation contributed to the ideas of the universe as an impersonal system, fundamental to Presocratic philosophy, and of the individual alienated from his own kin and from the gods, as found in tragedy.

Digital Classical Philology

Digital Classical Philology
Author: Monica Berti
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2019-08-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3110596997

Thanks to the digital revolution, even a traditional discipline like philology has been enjoying a renaissance within academia and beyond. Decades of work have been producing groundbreaking results, raising new research questions and creating innovative educational resources. This book describes the rapidly developing state of the art of digital philology with a focus on Ancient Greek and Latin, the classical languages of Western culture. Contributions cover a wide range of topics about the accessibility and analysis of Greek and Latin sources. The discussion is organized in five sections concerning open data of Greek and Latin texts; catalogs and citations of authors and works; data entry, collection and analysis for classical philology; critical editions and annotations of sources; and finally linguistic annotations and lexical databases. As a whole, the volume provides a comprehensive outline of an emergent research field for a new generation of scholars and students, explaining what is reachable and analyzable that was not before in terms of technology and accessibility.