Author: Arjan Zuiderhoek
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521198356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
This book provides a survey of modern debates on Greek and Roman cities, and a sketch of the cities' chief characteristics.
City of the Gods
Author: Caroline Arnold
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 1623347793
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Explore the ruins of the ancient metropolis and ceremonial complex of Teotihuacan (Mexico) and experience what life was like for the people who lived there.
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 1623347793
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Explore the ruins of the ancient metropolis and ceremonial complex of Teotihuacan (Mexico) and experience what life was like for the people who lived there.
Antioch
Author: Christine Kondoleon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780691049335
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Featuring 118 objects excavated from the city's ruins, all reproduced in full color, Antioch: The Lost Ancient City recreates the spatial sensation, visual splendor, and cultural richness of this urban center."--Jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780691049335
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Featuring 118 objects excavated from the city's ruins, all reproduced in full color, Antioch: The Lost Ancient City recreates the spatial sensation, visual splendor, and cultural richness of this urban center."--Jacket.
The Ancient City
Author: Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486142353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This influential survey synthesizes ancient documents and physical evidence to build an account of religious, family, and civic life of Periclean Athens and Rome during the time of Cicero.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486142353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
This influential survey synthesizes ancient documents and physical evidence to build an account of religious, family, and civic life of Periclean Athens and Rome during the time of Cicero.
Child of an Ancient City
Author: Tad Williams
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812572117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
On a dangerous journey from fabled Baghdad to the desolate mountains of Armenia, a caravan of soldiers and diplomats is stalked by a mysterious vampyr, and the only way for the men to ward the demon off is to tell stories of magic and enchantment. Reissue.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812572117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
On a dangerous journey from fabled Baghdad to the desolate mountains of Armenia, a caravan of soldiers and diplomats is stalked by a mysterious vampyr, and the only way for the men to ward the demon off is to tell stories of magic and enchantment. Reissue.
Trade, Traders and the Ancient City
Author: Helen Parkins
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134709412
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Trade, exchange and commerce touched the lives of everyone in antiquity, especially those who lived in urban areas. Trade, Traders and the Ancient City addresses the nature of exchange and commerce and the effects it had in cities throughout the ancient world, from the Bronze Age Near East to late Roman northern Italy. Trade, Traders and the Ancient City employs the most recent archaeological, papyrological, epigraphic and literary evidence to present an innovative and timely analysis of the importance and influence of trade in the ancient world.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134709412
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Trade, exchange and commerce touched the lives of everyone in antiquity, especially those who lived in urban areas. Trade, Traders and the Ancient City addresses the nature of exchange and commerce and the effects it had in cities throughout the ancient world, from the Bronze Age Near East to late Roman northern Italy. Trade, Traders and the Ancient City employs the most recent archaeological, papyrological, epigraphic and literary evidence to present an innovative and timely analysis of the importance and influence of trade in the ancient world.
Rome
Author: Stephen L. Dyson
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421401010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Stephen L. Dyson has spent a lifetime studying and teaching the history of ancient Rome. That unparalleled knowledge is reflected in his magisterial overview of the Eternal City. Rather than look only at the physical development of the city—its buildings, monuments, and urban spaces—Dyson also explores its social, economic, and cultural histories. This unique approach situates Rome against a background of comparative urban history and theory, allowing Dyson to examine the dynamic society that once thrived there. In his personal effort to reconstruct the city, Dyson populates its streets with the hurried politicians, hawking vendors, and animated students that once lived, worked, and studied there, bringing the ancient city to life for a new generation of students and tourists. Dyson follows Rome as it developed between the third century BC and the fourth century AD, dividing the great megalopolis into distinct neighborhoods and locales. He shows how these communities, each with its own unique customs and colorful inhabitants, eventually grew into the great imperial capital of the Italian Empire. Dyson integrates the full range of sources available—literary, artistic, epigraphic, and archaeological—to create a comprehensive history of the monumental city. In doing so, he offers a dramatic picture of a complex and changing urban center that, despite its flaws, flourished for centuries.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421401010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Stephen L. Dyson has spent a lifetime studying and teaching the history of ancient Rome. That unparalleled knowledge is reflected in his magisterial overview of the Eternal City. Rather than look only at the physical development of the city—its buildings, monuments, and urban spaces—Dyson also explores its social, economic, and cultural histories. This unique approach situates Rome against a background of comparative urban history and theory, allowing Dyson to examine the dynamic society that once thrived there. In his personal effort to reconstruct the city, Dyson populates its streets with the hurried politicians, hawking vendors, and animated students that once lived, worked, and studied there, bringing the ancient city to life for a new generation of students and tourists. Dyson follows Rome as it developed between the third century BC and the fourth century AD, dividing the great megalopolis into distinct neighborhoods and locales. He shows how these communities, each with its own unique customs and colorful inhabitants, eventually grew into the great imperial capital of the Italian Empire. Dyson integrates the full range of sources available—literary, artistic, epigraphic, and archaeological—to create a comprehensive history of the monumental city. In doing so, he offers a dramatic picture of a complex and changing urban center that, despite its flaws, flourished for centuries.