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Discusses the rise and fall of urbanism in Thessaly, Greece from the 4th century BCE onwards, demonstrating planned establishment and reliance on changing political organisation.
This book explores urbanism in Antiquity from an archaeological perspective, focusing on the area of western Thessaly in central Greece. Presenting all the available evidence for ancient urban sites in the region, the study outlines and discusses the origins, development, and decline of urbanism in the area. The archaeological evidence shows that urban sites in western Thessaly developed from the mid-4th century BCE, with at least 25 identified contemporaneous cities spread over the area. These cities appear to have been planned and organised from the onset, with regular street-grids, fortification systems and water supply works, but were generally short-lived, typically existing for only fi...
This is the eleventh volume of Beletra Almanako, a literary almanac in Esperanto. --- La dek unua numero de Beletra Almanako entenas originalajn kaj tradukitajn verkojn (prozon, poezion, eseojn, artikolojn, leteron, ech recepton) de Jakvo Schram, Mikaelo Bronstejn, Cindy McKee, Vladimir Colin, Jozefo E. Nagy, Bouba Rimbaud, Jorge Camacho, Liven Dek, Tacuo Hughimoto, Leen Deij, Iulian Tanase, Ionel Onet, Gerdur Kristny, Baldur Ragnarsson, Miguel Fernandez, Arjen van Veelen, Istvan Ertl, Renato Corsetti, Sen Rodin, Pedro Hernandez Ubeda, Bernar Freiria, Cesar Mallorqui, Joxemari Sarasua, Julia Sigmond, Jozefo Horvath, Anna Lowenstein, Einar Faanes, kaj Jose Manuel Martin."
This book explores the practical and symbolic resources of legitimacy which the elites of medieval Scandinavia employed to establish, justify, and reproduce their social and political standing between the end of the Viking Age and the rise of kingdoms in the thirteenth century. Geographically the chapters cover the Scandinavian realms and Free State Iceland. Thematically the authors cover a wide palette of cultural practices and historical sources: hagiography, historiography, spaces and palaces, literature, and international connections, which rulers, magnates or ecclesiastics used to compete for status and to reserve haloing glory for themselves. The volume is divided in three sections. Th...
Vergil's Aeneid and nationalism in Italian metal -- Eternal defiance : Celtic identity and the classical past in heavy metal -- Screaming ancient Greek hymns : the case of Kawir and the Greek black metal scene -- Cassandra's plight : gender, genre, and historical concepts of femininity in goth and power metal -- Heavy metal Dido : Heimdall's Ballad of the Queen -- A metal monstrum : Ex Deos Caligula -- Occult and pulp visions of Greece and Rome in heavy metal -- When the land was milk and honey and magic was strong and true : Edward Said, ancient Egypt, and heavy metal -- Coda : some trends in metal's use of classical antiquity.
In August 48 BC, following the earlier battle at Dyrrhachium, the two greatest Roman commanders of their generation met in battle again at Pharsalus in Greece. Julius Caesar, conqueror of Gaul, had been defeated at Dyrrhachium and forced to retreat but now stood at bay to face Pompey the Great, conqueror of the East. At stake lay the future of the ailing Roman Republic, each man believing he alone had the solution to restoring Republican government. Gareth Sampson examines the campaigns which led up to the battle as well as the role played by the various regional powers who got drawn into the Roman Civil War. The Battle of Pharsalus itself is analyzed in detail to determine the strengths and weakness of both armies and their various commanders, as well as the organization, equipment and tactics of the forces involved in the battle which culminated in a decisive victory for Caesar. The author concludes with consideration of the aftermath of the battle, which saw Pompey murdered in Egypt and Caesar distracted by the affairs of the East.
This is the seventeenth volume of Beletra Almanako, a literary almanac in Esperanto, now in its seventh year of existence! --- La dek sepa numero de Beletra Almanako entenas originalajn kaj tradukitajn verkojn (prozon, poezion, eseojn, artikolojn, recenzon) de Mikaelo Bronshtejn, Sen Rodin, Keyhan Sayadpour, Anina Stecay, Carl Djerassi, Barry Friedman, Heinrich von Kleist, Reinhard Haupenthal, Eulalie Balakaji, Gerrit Berveling, Mao Zifu, Baldur Ragnarsson, Paulo Silas, Zsofi Zimonyi, Mahmood Darwish, Abdullatif ElSherief, Virgil Teodorescu, Ionel Onet, Paul Gubbins, Stefan Sigurdsson, Hunphrey Tonkin, Jurij Finkel, Fabienne Berthelot, Miguel Fernandez, Yohanes Manhitu, Lester Shepard, Ralph Dumain, Robin Iversen Ronnlund, Sten Johansson, Probal Dasgupta, Ricardo Felipe Albert Reyna, Jorge Camacho, Valentin Melnikov, Maria Sandelin, Jens Stengaard Larsen."
This is the twelfth volume of Beletra Almanako, a literary almanac in Esperanto. --- La dek dua numero de Beletra Almanako entenas originalajn kaj tradukitajn verkojn (prozon, poezion, eseojn, artikolojn, leteron, recenzojn) de Robin Iversen Ronnlund, Maria Nazare de Carvalho Laroca, Francisco Javier Moleon, Mao Zifu, Baldur Ragnarsson, Julia Sigmond, Alexandrine Omba, Timothy Brian Carr, Yohanes Manhitu, Miguel Fernandez, Flo (Floreal Martorell), Sten Johansson, Valentin Melnikov, Zlatko Tisljar, Maria Sandelin, Gerrit Berveling, Georgo Handzlik, Cindy McKee, Ricardo Felipe Albert Reyna, Jorge Camacho -- kaj krome la tekstojn de premiitaj verkoj de la Belartaj Konkursoj de UEA de 2011."
This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for GCSE Ancient History (first teaching September 2017). It covers the whole of Component 2, both the compulsory longer Period Study and the three optional Depth Studies: Longer Period Study: The Foundations of Rome: From Kingship to Republic, 753–440 BC by Paul Fowler Depth Study: Hannibal and the Second Punic War, 218–201 BC by Paul Fowler Depth Study: Cleopatra: Rome And Egypt, 69–30 BC by James Melville Depth Study: Britannia: From Conquest to Province, AD 43–c. 84 by Christopher Grocock How did reactions to the exploitation of women and the poor make Rome great? How did Rome survive a fourteen-year invasion? Was Cl...