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Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mesopotamian Tradition
Akkadian Royal Letters in Later Mespotamian Tradition reconsiders the question of the authenticity of the letters attributed to earlier royal correspondents that were studied in …
Orationes Forenses et Acta
The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849, has evolved into the world's most venerable and extensive series of editions of Greek and Latin literature, ranging from classical …
Sybil, Queen of Jerusalem, 1186-1190
Queen Sybil of Jerusalem, queen in her own right, was ruler of the kingdom of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190. Her reign saw the loss of the city of Jerusalem to Saladin, and the …
Insults in Classical Athens
Scholarly investigations of the rich field of verbal and extraverbal Athenian insults have typically been undertaken piecemeal. Deborah Kamen provides an overview of this vast …
Companion to the Byzantine Culture of War, ca. 300-1204
This collection of essays on the Byzantine culture of war in the period between the 4th and the 12th centuries offers a new critical approach to the study of warfare as a …
Die kaiserliche Botschaft in Venedig zur Zeit Maria Theresias (1740-1780)
Bis heute ist erstaunlich wenig uber die alltaglichen Arbeitsablaufe und Tatigkeiten fruhneuzeitlicher Botschaften bekannt. In der vorliegenden Publikation beschaftigt sich die …
Studies in Medieval Muslim Thought and History
This volume complements the selections of Wilferd Madelung’s articles previously published by Variorum (Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam, Religious and Ethnic …
Companion to Byzantium
Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companion to Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world from its inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman …
Experiencing Old Age in Ancient Rome
Old age today is a contentious topic. It can be seen as a demographic timebomb or as a resource of wisdom and experience to be valued and exploited. There is frequent debate over …
A Tale of Two Saints
Hagiographical writing, including the Lives of saints and martyrs and collections of their miracles, were one of the most popular, perhaps the most popular form of literature …
Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires
The Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires are usually studied separately, or else included in broader examinations of the Hellenistic world. This book provides a systematic comparison of …
Mediterranean Paradigms and Classical Antiquity
In this book, prominent historians apply Mediterranean paradigms to Classical Mediterranean Antiquty (Greece and Rome), allowing for a new approach to the ancient world and …