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In Brill's Companion to Military Defeat in Ancient Mediterranean Society , Jessica H. Clark and Brian Turner lead a re-examination of how Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman societies addressed – or failed to address – their military defeats and casualties of war. Original case studies illuminate not only how political and military leaders managed the political and strategic consequences of military defeats, but also the challenges facing defeated soldiers, citizens, and other classes, who were left to negotiate the meaning of defeat for themselves and their societies. By focusing on the connections between war and society, history and memory, the chapters collected in this volume contribute to our understanding of the ubiquity and significance of war losses in the ancient world.

Military history, Ancient. --- Defeat (Psychology) --- Mediterranean Region --- History, Military --- Emotions --- Ancient military history --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region

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La mer et le désert, l’île et l’oasis, des objets qui entrent a priori assez rarement en relation mutuelle. Pourtant, depuis Hérodote, qui décrit les oasis du désert Libyque comme des « îles des Bienheureux », une connivence a souvent été entrevue entre ces deux entités, et le parallèle s’est prolongé jusqu’aux époques contemporaines. Ce volume rassemble les contributions de spécialistes de toutes les périodes historiques et de disciplines diverses, autour d’un rapprochement à la fois stimulant et porteur d’interrogations.Dans la continuité de l’ouvrage Mer et montagne dans la culture européenne, dirigé par A. Cabantous, J.-L. Chappey, N. Richard et F. Walter et paru aux PUR en 2011, les auteurs mettent en regard mer et désert en s’interrogeant tout d’abord sur le vécu de ces espaces : écrivains et voyageurs ont souvent comparé traversées au long cours et méharées, s’essayant parfois à une théorisation de ce rapprochement. Mais quelle est la portée heuristique d’une telle démarche ? Que peut-elle nous enseigner sur les espaces comparés ? Face à l’indétermination qui caractérise ces aires de marge, on identifie diverses tentatives technologiques et cartographiques, souvent convergentes, de réduire et traverser ces zones grises. En effet, en dépit de leur marginalité, ces espaces sont tissés de réseaux, maillés de ports insulaires ou caravaniers, dans ce qu’on a pu appeler, dans le cadre méditerranéen, la « connectivité » (Horden et Purcell). Enfin, l’actualité récente rappelle leur dimension stratégique sur le plan politique et économique. La problématique de la captation par les États des réseaux structurant ces espaces et des flux économiques qui leur sont propres va de pair avec les politiques de police des mers et des déserts, contre des populations présentées comme des pirates, mais qui n’en sont souvent que d’autres usagers.L’ouvrage vise à articuler des pratiques historiographiques aussi diverses que l’archéologie, l’histoire des migrations et de l’environnement, l’histoire des sciences, la géohistoire ou l’histoire des représentations, autour d’une approche inédite de la mer et du désert, en prise avec des problématiques contemporaines.

Mediterranean Region --- Sahara --- Mediterranean Sea --- Sahara Desert --- Africa, North --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- Mare Nostrum --- History --- Histoire longue durée --- historiographie

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"This is the first study of the royal women who ruled in the Mediterranean in the latter first century BC, in a symbiotic relationship with the Roman government. Several are discussed, with the most prominent Cleopatra Selene (the daughter of the famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt) and Salome, the sister of Herod the Great"--

Queens --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Monarchy --- Women --- Courts and courtiers --- Empresses --- Kings and rulers --- Mediterranean Region --- Rome --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- History --- E-books

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Motherhood and childhood are social and cultural constructions that have their origins in prehistoric times and are visible through Greek and Roman discourses in Antiquity. This volume explores various images of maternity and infancy, and the identification of women and womanhood in prehistoric and classic societies. Aspects such as the crucial role of maintenance activities and care, the processes of socialization and learning, the impact of infant death, the figure of the mother queen, the religious discourses about motherhood, the rules on parental rights, the transgressions of traditional motherhood and the emotional aspects of the mother-child relation are analysed. The book covers the ancient Mediterranean area, from Mesopotamia to the Iberian Peninsula and from prehistoric communities to classic societies, with Mesopotamian, Phoenician and Iberian examples. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted, analysing material culture, representations and texts to gain a deeper understanding of the plurality of motherhood, and the diversity of women's agency through history.

Archäologie. --- Children --- Children. --- Civilization. --- Kind. --- Motherhood --- Motherhood. --- Mutterschaft. --- History --- To 1500. --- Mediterranean Region --- Mediterranean Region. --- Mother and child --- Hisotry --- Maternidad --- Historia --- Mediterráneo (Región) --- Antigüedades --- Madres --- Madres e hijos --- Paternidad --- Países mediterráneos --- Europa meridional --- Maternity --- Mothers --- Parenthood --- History. --- Antiquities. --- Civilization --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region

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This volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origins to the collapse of the Empire. The architecture of villas could be humble or grand, and sometimes luxurious. Villas were most often farms where wine, olive oil, cereals, and manufactured goods, among other products, were produced. They were also venues for hospitality, conversation, and thinking on pagan, and ultimately Christian, themes. Villas spread as the Empire grew. Like towns and cities, they became the means of power and assimilation, just as infrastructure, such as aqueducts and bridges, was transforming the Mediterranean into a Roman sea. The distinctive Roman/Italian villa type was transferred to the provinces, resulting in Mediterranean-wide culture of rural dwelling and work that further unified the Empire.

Architecture, Roman --- Farmhouses --- Romans --- Architecture romaine --- Maisons rurales --- Romains --- Homes and haunts --- Résidences et lieux familiers --- Architecture, Domestic --- Architecture and society --- Architecture --- Architecture and sociology --- Society and architecture --- Sociology and architecture --- Architecture, Rural --- Domestic architecture --- Home design --- Houses --- One-family houses --- Residences --- Rural architecture --- Villas --- Dwellings --- Social aspects --- Human factors --- Mediterranean Region --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region --- Antiquities, Roman. --- E-books --- Architecture, Domestic. --- Architecture, Roman. --- Architektur. --- Ausstattung. --- Classical antiquities. --- Funktion. --- Villa. --- Mediterranean Region. --- Mittelmeerraum. --- Römisches Reich. --- Roman architecture