Das vielschichtige Verhältnis Herodots zur Welt des persischen Alten Orients bildet die thematische Leitlinie dieses Bandes: Er versteht sich als eine "interdisziplinäre Stellenkommentierung" und zielt darauf ab, zu neuen Blickwinkeln und Deutungen anzuregen. Altorientalische El…
This epic journey in search of the origins of the Western World ranges across the ancient lands and archaeological sites of the Mediterranean. The epic legends of Classical Greek and Rome appear to have been based on the exploits of genuine historical figures and actual events. …
Best-selling author Adrian Goldsworthy turns his attention to the Pax Romana, the famous peace and prosperity brought by the Roman Empire at its height in the first and second centuries AD. Yet the Romans were conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching f…
"Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The world of work saw marked developments over the course of antiquity. These were driven by social and economic changes, especially growth in market trade and related phenomena like urbanization and specializa…
The world of work saw marked developments over the course of antiquity. These were driven by social and economic changes, especially growth in market trade and related phenomena like urbanization and specialization. Although the self-sufficient agrarian household continued to pr…
The world of work saw marked developments over the course of antiquity. These were driven by social and economic changes, especially growth in market trade and related phenomena like urbanization and specialization. Although the self-sufficient agrarian household continued to pr…
Der Band gibt aus vielfältigen Perspektiven Einblicke in die wesentlichen Bereiche des privaten und öffentlichen Lebens der römisch-griechischen antiken Welt. Neben papyrologischen Studien liegt ein Schwerpunkt dabei auf weiteren materiellen Befunden, insbesondere Münzen. Hinzu …
"The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy specialising in history, economics, archaeology and numismatics. Marshalling a wide array of evidence, these essays investigate and ana…
"The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy specialising in history, economics, archaeology and numismatics. Marshalling a wide array of evidence, these essays investigate and ana…
