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An historical survey of Rome and her Empire from 30 B.C. to 476 A.D., five-hundred years during which the heritage of Roman law and Christianity developed and survived the Germanic invasions.
A cidade tem vindo, com o avançar do tempo, a tornar-se cada vez menos virtuosa. As ansiedades sentidas pelo habitante da metrópole implicam a necessidade de rever o modo como o ser humano interpreta o espaço à sua volta. A completa dissociação do homem da sua envolvente traz da…
The present thesis examined patterns of taxonomic utilization from a wide range of sites from different geographic regions and through several thousand years in order to contribute to an eventual understanding of the mechanisms by which disparate regional societies were subsumed…
The Israelite exodus from Egypt forms the foundational national origin narrative in the Hebrew Bible. It is a compelling and popular tale, and thus perplexing that only minimal supportive circumstantial evidence exists beyond the Bible. As a story that retained its centrality wi…
At the end of the seventies, the French researcher Michel Ponsich published the preliminary results of his excavations in the north-african settlement of Kouass (Arcila, Morocco). He put emphasis on a set of glasses which are reminiscent of Campanien productions. Nevertheless, s…
This dissertation investigates the development of the Christian tradition of using passages from the Jewish Hebrew scriptures to express and define the Christian faith, the interaction of this tradition with Jewish/Christian social relationships in the first, second, and third c…
Darius I can be viewed as an innovator rather than a reformer. He formed the Achaemenid empire and placed his indelible stamp upon it. Darius' vision was one of a specifically Persian, specifically Achaemenid empire willingly supported by the peoples of the empire. For this visi…
This dissertation examines the Early- to Middle Bronze Age transition (EB–MB transition) in Syria, a period of urban and state disintegration that peaked ca. 2000 B.C. The investigation focuses on the role of a newly important ethnic group attested in the historical literature, …
In ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, knots were thought to possess magical power in addition to having practical value. One especially beneficent knot was the square knot, i.e. the Herakleotikon hamma or nodus Herculeus, which ancient literary sources identify as having apotropai…
In 1992, a deposit of broken marble statues was discovered during the excavations of the Sanctuary of Pan at Caesarea Philippi (modern Banias) in northern Israel. From the 245 fragments recovered, twenty-eight statues carved in the Graeco-Roman tradition and representing mainstr…
The promotion of holy land pilgrimage, which began in earnest in the fourth century CE, redefined Christian notions of the sacred. At a time when Christians were articulating a new relation to the material world in their theologies and practices, pilgrimage provided a means of g…
The present study deals with various aspects of the administrative system of Israel and Judah during the monarchic period. Its primary focus is the analysis of the titles and roles of civil officials and functionaries, including key ministers of the central government, regional …
Most writers of histories of schools begin with the Greek educational system, perhaps because the Western perspective of most English language historians makes the Greek civilization a convenient starting point. This study shows that the classroom preceded the Greek civilization…
This study proposes a document typology of lawsuit records for legal texts of the Old Babylonian era. Using this 'core' of texts and additional selected documents, the role of the DI.KU\sb5.MES/dayyanu (judges) is examined vis a vis the proliferation of additional adjudicating e…
This dissertation is a study of the political history of the Mesopotamian kingdom of Larsa in the Early Old Babylonian Period, from the end of the Third Dynasty of Ur to the conquest of Larsa by Hammu-rāpi of Babylon (c. 2003–1762 B.C.). It is clear that the rulers of Larsa were…
The hull remains and equipment of a heavy Roman merchant ship are described and illustrated, with particular attention given to construction details and features. Succeeding chapters comprise individual treatments of each construction detail of the hull and equipment, including …
This dissertation analyzes how the three fifth-century Greek church historians, Socrates, Sozomen and Theodoret, narrate non-Christian and non-Jewish cultic and political activities during the reigns of Valens and Theodosius I (364-395). This study demonstrates the essential rol…
Since the acquisition of the Greek inscription catalogued as I.Smyrna 573 in 1627, the document has primarily been used in the debate on the military nature of the Seleucid “katoikoi” or military colonists. However, while the inscription, which records a treaty that was arranged…