Author: Nigel David PollardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
Nota Et Familiara Castra
Author: Nigel David PollardSoldiers, Cities, and Civilians in Roman Syria
Author: Nigel PollardPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472111558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A study of interaction between the Roman army and the civilian population in Syria and Mesopotamia in the first five centuries A.D.
Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 23 (2007)
Author: Inter-American Commission on Human RightsPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004530312
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004218635).
A Companion to the Roman Army
Author: Paul ErdkampPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444339214
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
This companion provides an extensive account of the Roman army, exploring its role in Roman politics and society as well as the reasons for its effectiveness as a fighting force. An extensive account of the Roman army, from its beginnings to its transformation in the later Roman Empire Examines the army as a military machine – its recruitment, training, organization, tactics and weaponry Explores the relationship of the army to Roman politics, economics and society more broadly Considers the geography and climate of the lands in which the Romans fought Each chapter is written by a leading expert in a particular subfield and takes account of the latest scholarly and archaeological research in that area
Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 26 (2010)
Author: Inter-American Commission on Human RightsPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004530398
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1091
Book Description
The Roman Military Base at Dura-Europos, Syria
Author: Simon JamesPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019257177X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Dura-Europos, a Parthian-ruled Greco-Syrian city, was captured by Rome c.AD165. It then accommodated a Roman garrison until its destruction by Sasanian siege c.AD256. Excavations of the site between the World Wars made sensational discoveries, and with renewed exploration from 1986 to 2011, Dura remains the best-explored city of the Roman East. A critical revelation was a sprawling Roman military base occupying a quarter of the city's interior. This included swathes of civilian housing converted to soldiers' accommodation and several existing sanctuaries, as well as baths, an amphitheatre, headquarters, and more temples added by the garrison. Base and garrison were clearly fundamental factors in the history of Roman Dura, but what impact did they have on the civil population? Original excavators gloomily portrayed Durenes evicted from their homes and holy places, and subjected to extortion and impoverishment by brutal soldiers, while recent commentators have envisaged military-civilian concordia, with shared prosperity and integration. Detailed examination of the evidence presents a new picture. Through the use of GPS, satellite, geophysical and archival evidence, this volume shows that the Roman military base and resident community were even bigger than previously understood, with both military and civil communities appearing much more internally complex than has been allowed until now. The result is a fascinating social dynamic which we can partly reconstruct, giving us a nuanced picture of life in a city near the eastern frontier of the Roman world.
Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 25 (2009)
Author: Inter-American Commission on Human RightsPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004530371
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1019
Book Description
This Yearbook aims to contribute to a greater awareness of the functions and activities of the organs of the Inter-American system for the protection of human rights.
The Marriage of Roman Soldiers (13 B.C. - A.D. 235)
Author: Sara Elise PhangPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004453253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
In the first and second centuries A.D., Roman soldiers were forbidden legitimate marriage during service: nevertheless, many soldiers formed de facto marriages. This book examines the legal, social, and cultural aspects of the marriage prohibition and soldiers' families. The first section covers the marriage prohibition in Roman literary and legal sources. The second section treats social and legal aspects of the soldiers' families, including a survey of epitaphs, the legal impact of the ban on families, and alternatives to family formation. The final section examines the marriage ban as military policy and its relation to Roman culture. This book will be of interest to scholars of the Roman army, Roman social history, and family law. Students of gender and sexuality in the ancient world will also find it relevant.
The Book of Acts in its First Century Setting, Volume 2
Author: David W. GillPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1579105262
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 643
Book Description
The results of our rapidly expanded historical and archaeological knowledge have here been brought to bear on the Book of Acts to stunning effect. Outstanding as Jackson and Lake was in its day, this volume on the Graeco-Roman setting of Acts holds out the promise of equaling if not surpassing that great achievement. Paul Barnett, Bishop of North Sydney, Australia This well-written volume offers a remarkable, up-to-date collection of relevant new data to assist in scenario formation for a considerate reading of the Book of Acts . The largely Australian and British team of authors must be congratulated for preparing this very useful data set. There are authoritative descriptions of travel, of food supply, of domestic and political religion, of urban elites, and of the Eastern Mediterranean provinces and their leadership. Such information about the realm of the Graeco-Roman world will enable the interpreter of Acts to bring these data to bear in the process of interpretation.... Of great use to ancient historians, classicists, and biblical scholars, yet written and presented in such a way that it will be fascinating to intelligent nonprofessionals as well. Bruce J. Malina, Creighton University
The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro
Author: Fidel CastroPublisher: Bold Type Books
ISBN: 0786734124
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Early in Ann Louise Bardach's Cuban voyage she came across Cartas de Presidio or The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro. Edited by Luis Conte Aguero, who was the recipient of most of these letters, they are cited in every important work from Hugh Thomas' opus Cuba to Tad Szulc's Fidel biography, and everything in between and since. These twenty-one letters (nine to Conte Aguero, six to his late sister and close collaborator, Lidia, one to his wife Mirta, one to his comrade in combat, Melba Hernandez letters, one to the great scholar Jorge Manach) are regarded as the single most valuable and revelatory document regarding Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. Never before published in English, these letters were written when Castro was imprisoned for his failed attack on the Moncada from 1953 to 1955 and reveal a man of spectacular ambition and steely determination. A man, who despite being incarcerated to serve a lengthy prison term, never wavers in his confidence that he will one day rule Cuba.