"Papers collected in this volume try to illuminate various aspects of philosophical theology dealt with by different Jewish and early Christian authors and texts (e.g. the Acts of the Apostles, Philo, Origen, Gregory of Nazianzus), rooted in and influenced by the Hellenistic rel…
Meeting the Barbarians -- How the Greeks became Greek -- The Greeks encounter the World -- The Greco-Persian wars -- Greeks, Macedonians, and Persians -- The Hellenistic era -- Rome and Italy -- An empire of Barbarians -- Greek, Roman, and Greco-Roman -- Being Roman -- The Imper…
Meeting the Barbarians -- How the Greeks became Greek -- The Greeks encounter the World -- The Greco-Persian wars -- Greeks, Macedonians, and Persians -- The Hellenistic era -- Rome and Italy -- An empire of Barbarians -- Greek, Roman, and Greco-Roman -- Being Roman -- The Imper…
The Hellenistic Age was a time of opportunity and adventure, when a Celt from the lower Danube could serve in the mercenary army of a Macedonian king ruling in Egypt. Greek city-states came together under the earliest federal governments known to history, while scientists of Pto…
"We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life." So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has some Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray their fellow Greeks to the en…
"We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life." So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has some Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray their fellow Greeks to the en…
"We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life." So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has some Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray their fellow Greeks to the en…
Machine generated contents note: -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Chronology and King Lists -- General Maps -- Introduction I: Historical Background -- Introduction II: Environmental Background -- ACT I:…
"We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life." So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has some Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray their fellow Greeks to the en…
"We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life." So the fifth-century historian Herodotus has some Athenians declare, in explanation of why they would never betray their fellow Greeks to the en…
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