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Rome and the Near Eastern Kingdoms and Principalities, 44-31 BC
The study presents a critical examination of the political relations between Rome and Near Eastern kingdoms and principalities during the age of civil war from Caesar’s death in 44 until the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
Pearl of the Desert
Palmyra has long attracted the attention of the world. Even before its rediscovery in the eighteenth century it had gained legendary status because of its third-century CE Queen Zenobia, who had rebelled against the Romans and expanded Palmyra's territory into that of an Empire, stretchingfrom what is modern eastern Turkey into Egypt. The city and its queen featured in European art and literature already in the century. Zenobia's Palmyra already existed as a mirage in the minds of the educated Europeans. Even though Zenobia's reign and extensive power was a fairly short interlude andthe Romans struck hard against the Palmyrenes devastating the city, this path to imperial power was one which ...
La prima guerra mondiale della storia
I 14 anni che segnarono la fine della Repubblica romana furono caratterizzati da una lotta epica e senza quartiere tra uomini che volevano imporre la propria egemonia: Cesare contro Pompeo, Ottaviano contro Antonio. Ma le cose sono andate davvero così o si è trattato piuttosto di un conflitto su scala mondiale, capace di coinvolgere e travolgere tutti i popoli allora conosciuti: traci e parti, galli e ispanici, armeni ed egizi? La fine della Repubblica romana è una storia che è stata raccontata tante volte da apparire pressoché scontata: chi non ricorda le Idi di Marzo e le guerre civili? La vittoria finale di Ottaviano? Eppure, di questi avvenimenti abbiamo sempre ascoltato soltanto un...
Imperia sine fine?
Wenn Vergil Rom als ein "Reich ohne Grenzen" (Aen. 1, 279) bezeichnet, mag dies im übertragenen Sinn zutreffen, tatsächlich verfügte das Imperium jedoch über lange und tief gestaffelte Festlandgrenzen auf allen drei Kontinenten. Dabei kam der Orientgrenze besondere Bedeutung zu, da den Römern hier mit dem Reich der Parther eine ebenbürtige Gesellschaft entgegentrat. Allerdings stießen die beiden Großreiche nur selten unmittelbar aufeinander, da sich zwischen ihnen ein Saum von Kleinstaaten erstreckte. In diesem Grenzraum trafen nicht nur zwei große Reiche mit ihren jeweiligen Sprachen und Organisationsstrukturen, sondern auch Ackerbau und nomadische Weidewirtschaft, unterschiedliche religiöse Vorstellungen und verschiedene Rechtsauffassungen aufeinander. Der Band versammelt Beiträge der Jenaer Tagung "Imperia sine fine?", die eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Aspekte des Grenzraums zwischen Rom und Parthien als Konflikt- und Kontaktzone vom 1. bis zum 3. Jh. n. Chr. darstellen.
A Noble Ruin
A complex and captivating portrait of Mark Antony that offers a fresh perspective on the fall of the Roman Republic In his lifetime, Mark Antony was a famous man. Ally and avenger of Julius Caesar, rhetorical target of Cicero, lover of Cleopatra, and mortal enemy of Octavian (the future emperor Augustus), Antony played a leading role in the transformation of the Roman world. Ever since his and Cleopatra's demise at the hands of Octavian, he has remained famous, or infamous, a figure of recurring fascination. His life--variegated, passionate, sensual, bold, and tragic--inspires vigorous reactions. Nearly everyone has a view on Antony. For Cicero, he was a distasteful though talented man. Octa...
La guerre mondiale des Romains
La fin de la République est, du point de vue des sources romaines, un long siècle marqué par les guerres civiles : Sylla contre Marius, César contre Pompée, Octavien contre Antoine. Des guerres qui n’auraient été que des règlements de comptes entre factions romaines, interrompues par des campagnes contre des barbares ou des rebelles. En réalité, la situation militaire se révèle bien plus complexe. De l’Espagne à la Mésopotamie, la perspective est mondiale. Car face à cette expansion, Berbères, Hispaniques, Gaulois, Grecs, Thraces et Arméniens sont plus que des pions sur le plateau de l’imperium Romanum. À côté d’Octavien ou d’Antoine, des étrangers – certes m...
The Dancing Column
Joseph Rykwert is one of the major architectural historians of this century. THE DANCING COLUMN is his most controversial and challenging work to date. A decade in preparation, it is a deeply erudite, clearly written, and wide-ranging deconstruction of the system of column and beam known as the "orders of architecture". Rykwert traces the analogy between columns and/or buildings and the human body. 315 illustrations.
Afterlives of Ancient Rock-cut Monuments in the Near East
This volume gathers articles by archeologists, art historians, and philologists concerned with the afterlives of ancient rock-cut monuments throughout the Near East. Contributions analyze how such monuments were actively reinterpreted and manipulated long after they were first carved.
Revolt and Resistance in the Ancient Classical World and the Near East
This collection of essays contains a state of the field discussion about the nature of revolt and resistance in the ancient world. While it does not cover the entire ancient world, it does focus in on the key revolts of the pre-Roman imperial world. Regardless of the exact sequence, it was an undeniable fact that the area we now call the Middle East witnessed a sequence of extensive empires in the second half of the last millennium BCE. At first, these spread from East to West (Assyria, Babylon, Persia). Then after the campaigns of Alexander, the direction of conquest was reversed. Despite the sense of inevitability, or of divinely ordained destiny, that one might get from the passages that ...
