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This volume explores the final phase of the West Roman Empire, particularly the changing interactions between the imperial authority and external 'barbarian' groups in the northwest frontiers of the empire during the fourth and fifth centuries. The contributions present valuable overviews of recent archaeological research combined with innovative theoretical discussions. Key topics include the movement of precious metals, trajectories of imperial power, the archaeology of migration, and material culture in relation to debates about ethnicity.

Rome --- Antiquities --- History --- Social life and customs --- Civilization --- Late Roman Empire, decline, frontier, barbarians,

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Bits of late Roman coinage, the mutilated torso of a marble Venus, blue debris from an early medieval glassworks, and the powder rasped from the reputed tomb of Mary Magdalene-these tantalizing mementos of human history found scattered throughout the landscape of southeastern France are the points of departure for Gustaf Sobin's lyrical narrative. A companion volume to his acclaimed Luminous Debris, Ladder of Shadows picks up where the former left off: with late antiquity, covering a period from roughly the third to the thirteenth century. Here Sobin offers brilliant readings of late Roman and early Christian ruins in his adopted region of Provence, sifting through iconographic, architectural, and sacramental vestiges to shed light on nothing less than the existential itself.

Archaeology and history --- Historical archaeology --- History and archaeology --- History --- France, Southern --- Méditerranéen (France) --- Midi (France) --- South of France (France) --- Southern France --- Civilization. --- Antiquities. --- antique city. --- architecture. --- baptistery at riez. --- carolingian sarcophagus. --- celestial paradigms. --- city of god. --- dark ages. --- death of genesis. --- early christian ruins. --- early medieval glassworks. --- faja oscura. --- france. --- human history. --- iconography. --- incastellamento. --- late antiquity. --- late roman coins. --- late roman ruins. --- luminous debris. --- lyrical narrative. --- marble venus. --- provence. --- psalmodi. --- reputed tomb of mary magdalene. --- sacraments. --- sainte marthe. --- sarcophagi of arles. --- southeastern france. --- the circulades of languedoc. --- venus disfigured.

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Cassiodorus-famed throughout history as one of the great Christian exegetes of antiquity-spent most of his life as a high-ranking public official under the Ostrogothic King Theoderic and his heirs. He produced the Variae, a unique letter collection that gave witness to the sixth-century Mediterranean, as late antiquity gave way to the early middle ages. The Variae represents thirty years of Cassiodorus's work in civil, legal, and financial administration, revealing his interactions with emperors and kings, bishops and military commanders, private citizens, and even criminals. Thus, the Variae remains among the most important sources for the history of this pivotal period and is an indispensable resource for understanding political and diplomatic culture, economic and legal structure, intellectual heritage, urban landscapes, religious worldview, and the evolution of social relations at all levels of society during the twilight of the late-Roman state. This is the first full translation of this masterwork into English.

Goths --- Papacy --- Soul --- History --- Cassiodorus, --- Italy --- Politics and government --- Social life and customs --- bishops. --- cassiodorus. --- christian. --- civil. --- criminals. --- diplomatic culture. --- economic structure. --- emperors. --- exegetes of antiquity. --- financial administration. --- heirs. --- high ranking public official. --- intellectual heritage. --- king theoderic. --- kings. --- late roman state. --- legal structure. --- legal. --- letter collection. --- mediterranean. --- military commanders. --- ostrogothic. --- political culture. --- private citizens. --- religion. --- sixth century. --- social relations. --- urban landscapes. --- variae.

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This superb guide at last brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and best known scholars of Roman archeology and art, to a wide, English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated throughout with clear maps, drawings, and plans, 'Rome and Environs: Archaeological Guide 'covers all of the city's ancient sites, and, unlike most other guides, now includes the major monuments in a large area outside Rome proper but within easy reach, such as Ostia Antica, Palestrina, Tivoli, and the many areas of interest along the ancient Roman roads. An essential resource for tourists interested in a deeper understanding of Rome's classical remains, it is also the ideal book for students and scholars approaching the ancient history of one of the world's most fascinating cities. Covers all the major sites including the Capitoline, the Roman Forum and the Imperial Fora, the Palatine Hill, the Valley of the Colosseum, the Esquiline, the Caelian, the Quirinal, and the Campus Martius. Two separate chapters discuss important clusters of sites-one on the area surrounding Circus Maximus and the other in the vicinity of the Trastevere, including the Aventine and the Vatican. Additional chapters cover the city walls and the aqueducts. Features 189 maps, drawings, and diagrams; an appendix on building materials and techniques; and an extensive bibliography.

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In the 40s BCE, during his forced retirement from politics under Caesar's dictatorship, Cicero turned to philosophy, producing a massive and important body of work. As he was acutely aware, this was an unusual undertaking for a Roman statesman because Romans were often hostile to philosophy, perceiving it as foreign and incompatible with fulfilling one's duty as a citizen. How, then, are we to understand Cicero's decision to pursue philosophy in the context of the political, intellectual, and cultural life of the late Roman republic? In A Written Republic, Yelena Baraz takes up this question and makes the case that philosophy for Cicero was not a retreat from politics but a continuation of politics by other means, an alternative way of living a political life and serving the state under newly restricted conditions. Baraz examines the rhetorical battle that Cicero stages in his philosophical prefaces--a battle between the forces that would oppose or support his project. He presents his philosophy as intimately connected to the new political circumstances and his exclusion from politics. His goal--to benefit the state by providing new moral resources for the Roman elite--was traditional, even if his method of translating Greek philosophical knowledge into Latin and combining Greek sources with Roman heritage was unorthodox. A Written Republic provides a new perspective on Cicero's conception of his philosophical project while also adding to the broader picture of late-Roman political, intellectual, and cultural life.

Philosophy, Ancient. --- Cicero, Marcus Tullius --- Political and social views. --- Rome --- Politics and government --- Philosophie ancienne --- Politique et gouvernement --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Cicero --- Cicerone, M. T. --- Cicéron, Marcus --- Philosophy, Ancient --- M. Tulli Ciceronis --- T︠S︡it︠s︡eron, Mark Tulliĭ --- Cyceron --- Cicéron --- Kikerōn --- Cicerón, M. Tulio --- Ḳiḳero --- Cicerone --- Cicerón, Marco Tulio --- Ḳiḳero, Marḳus Ṭulyus --- Tullius Cicero, Marcus --- Kikerōn, M. T. --- Cicerone, M. Tullio --- Cicero, M. T. --- Cyceron, Marek Tulliusz --- ציצרון, מארקוס טולליוס --- קיקרו, מארקוס טוליוס --- קיקרו, מרקוס טוליוס --- キケロ --- 西塞罗 --- Academic Skepticism. --- Bellum Catilinae. --- Bellum Iugurthinum. --- Cato the Younger. --- Cicero. --- De Divinatione. --- De Finibus. --- De Natura Deorum. --- De Officiis. --- De Senectute. --- Ennius. --- Julius Caesar. --- Marcus the Younger. --- Paradoxa Stoicorum. --- Quintus Cicero. --- Rhetorica ad Herennium. --- Roman elite. --- Sallust. --- Topica. --- Tullia. --- Tusculan Disputations. --- action. --- amicitia. --- character. --- civil war. --- cultural life. --- dedicatees. --- dictatorship. --- intellectual activity. --- intellectual life. --- late Roman republic. --- letters. --- mos maiorum. --- negotium. --- oratory. --- otium. --- patriotism. --- philosophical writings. --- philosophy. --- political life. --- politics. --- prefaces. --- public life. --- readers. --- rhetoric. --- translation. --- treatises. --- volumen prohoemiorum.