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Ottoman Painting
The late Ottoman Empire witnessed widespread and dramatic reform, which was vividly reflected in its visual culture. However, while other political and social developments in this …
Transforming Empire: The Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean
This book places the Ottoman Empire within the global context and provides insight into the multifaceted transimperial and transnational connections that characterized it in …
Women and the Roman City in the Latin West
Roman Cities, as conventionally studied, seem to be dominated by men. Yet as the contributions to this volume-which deals with the Roman cities of Italy and the western provinces …
People under Power
This volume presents a batch of incisive new essays on the relationship between Roman imperial power and ideology and Christian and Jewish life and thought within the empire. …
Body Technologies in the Greco-Roman World
A collection of papers that introduces the notion of the technosoma (techno body) into discussions on the representations of the body in classical antiquity. By applying the …
Warriors and their Weapons around the Time of the Crusades
The technological relationship between the three main civilizations of the Western world - Byzantium, the Islamic world and the West - most particularly in the area of arms, armour …
Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome
Taking public space as her starting point, Amy Russell offers a fresh analysis of the ever-fluid public/private divide in Republican Rome. Built on the 'spatial turn' in Roman …
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
In judging the 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' it should carefully be observed that it falls into two parts which are heterogeneous in the method of …
Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity
The Greeks and Romans lived according to a distinctively Hellenic conception of time as an aspect of cosmic order and regularity. Appropriating ideas from Egypt and the Near East, …
Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome
A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters …
Prophets, Prophecy, and Oracles in the Roman Empire
This book surveys the uses and function of prophecy, prophets, and oracles among Jews, Christians, and pagans in the first three centuries of the Roman Empire and explores how …
Ancient Law, Ancient Society
The essays composing Ancient Law, Ancient Society examine the law in classical antiquity both as a product of the society in which it developed and as one of the most important …