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A study of the circulation of ceramics in Cyprus from the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD
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ISBN: 9788771244502 Year: 2015 Publisher: Aarhus Aarhus University Press

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The architecture of the ancient Greek theatre : acts of an international conference at the Danish Institute at Athens, 27-30 January 2012
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ISBN: 9788771243802 8771243801 Year: 2015 Publisher: Aarhus : Aarhus University Press,


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The grand strategy of classical sparta
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ISBN: 9780300116427 030011642X 9780300218602 0300218605 9780300227093 0300227094 Year: 2015 Publisher: New Haven

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A fresh appreciation of the pivotal role of Spartan strategy and tactics in the defeat of the mightiest empire of the ancient world More than 2500 years ago a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most powerful empire in the world. In this meticulously researched study, historian Paul Rahe argues that Sparta was responsible for the initial establishment of the Hellenic defensive coalition and was, in fact, the most essential player in its ultimate victory. Drawing from an impressive range of ancient sources, including Herodotus and Plutarch, the author veers from the traditional Atheno-centric view of the Greco-Persian Wars to examine from a Spartan perspective the grand strategy that halted the Persian juggernaut. Rahe provides a fascinating, detailed picture of life in Sparta circa 480 B.C., revealing how the Spartans' form of government and the regimen to which they subjected themselves instilled within them the pride, confidence, discipline, and discernment necessary to forge an alliance that would stand firm against a great empire, driven by religious fervor, that held sway over two-fifths of the human race.


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The impact of Rome on cult places and religious practices in ancient Italy
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ISBN: 9781905670581 1905670583 Year: 2015 Volume: 132 Publisher: London University of London. Institute of Classical Studies


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Aspects of ancient institutions and geography : studies in honor of Richard J.A. Talbert
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ISBN: 9789004283718 9004283714 9789004283725 9004283722 1322343667 Year: 2015 Volume: 19 Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill,

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"In Aspects of Ancient Institutions and Geography, colleagues and students honor Richard J.A. Talbert for his numerous contributions and influence on the fields of ancient history, political and social science, as well as cartography and geography. This collection of original and useful examinations is focused around the core theme of Talbert's work--how ancient individuals and groups organized their world, through their institutions and geography. The first half of the book considers institutional history in chapters on such diverse topics as the Roman Senate, Roman provincial politics and administration, healing springs, gladiators, and soldiers. Chapters on the geography of Thucydides and Alexander III, imperial geography, tracking letters and using sundials round out the second half of the book"--Provided by publisher.


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Varietates topiorum : Perspektive und Raumerfassung in Landschafts- und Panoramabildern der römischen Wandmalerei vom 1. Jh. v. Chr. bis zum Ende der pompejanischen Stile
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ISBN: 9783851611205 Year: 2015 Publisher: Phoibos Verlag

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The purpose and subject of this dissertation is an analysis in space-representation and perspective drawing of Roman and Campanian landscape painting to develop and reconstruct the modes of landscape recognition and spatial perception structures in the late Republic and early Empire. This aim is realized with the help of interdisciplinary methods, as the possibilities, limits and developments of perspective representation are studied on the basis of descriptive geometry, its terminology and theoretical background. Zielsetzung der Dissertationsarbeit ist es, eine erstmalige und genaue Analyse der räumlichen Darstellungsmodi und Perspektiveformen in römischen Landschaftsbildern zu erarbeiten, um ausgehend davon die Strukturen der landschaftlichen Raumerfassung und bildlichen Wiedergabe landschaftlicher Raumzusammenhänge in römischer Zeit zu rekonstruieren. Römische Landschaftsfresken aus drei Motivgruppen vom 1. Jh. v. Chr. bis ins 1. Jh. n. Chr. werden in einer chronologischen und ikonographischen Ordnung systematisiert und auf ihre perspektivischen Darstellungsmodi hin befragt. Aufgabe der Denkmäleranalyse ist es, vorherrschende Strukturen in den Formen perspektivischer Landschaftsdarstellung aufzufinden, um diese in den weiteren Kontext ihres mentalitätsgeschichtlichen Hintergrundes und die römische Darstellungstradition einzubetten.

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