Ancient Rome

Living in a World of Change: New Perspectives on Cultural Exchange and Transfer in the Hellenistic Mediterranean

In the period from about 200 B.C. to the early Roman imperial period, all regions of the Mediterranean underwent a profound process of political, economic, and cultural...

Colour Schemes in Roman Architecture

Aesthetics, Semantics, and Regional Appropriation

Roman architecture was characterised by a rich palette of colours, achieved through the use of natural coloured stones and painting. This conference volume is the first book...

Coining Values

Bronze between Money and Scrap in late Roman an early medieval Europe

The collected volume deals with the devaluation of bronze coins and the revaluation of cut bronze fragments in late antiquity. Issues such as coin circulation, coin substitution,...

Flavius Josephus and Artwork of Roman Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

Flavius Josephus and Artwork of Roman Antiquity and the Early Middle Age demonstrates how the writings of the first-century Judaean historian influenced the genesis, nature and...

Verehrt – verdammt – vergessen

Die Mütter der römischen Kaiser

Of the mothers of the more than 60 emperors who ruled the Imperium Romanum from Augustus until the final division of the empire in 395, often little more is known than their name;...

Die Mainzer Salus

Gesellschaft und Stadtkultur im Norden der Germania Superior

The volume at hand introduces a slightly less than life-size female figure with naked torso and hip cloak made of sandstone that was found in the “Zollhafen” of Mainz in October...

Amiternum 1

Untersuchungen zur Siedlungs- und Wirtschaftsstruktur im zentralen Abruzzenraum in römischer Zeit

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Amiternum, wichtiger Zentralort der Sabiner im oberen Aterno-Tal und Geburtsstätte Sallusts, entwickelte sich...

The Mosaics of Roger II in Sicily

Visualizing Sacred Authority

The ideas for this book emerged in direct eye contact with the mosaics on the scaffolds of the Cappella Palatina and the Martorana in Palermo and the Cathedral of Cefalù. With...

Cilicia as Sacred Landscape in Late Antiquity

A Journey on the Trail of Apostles, Martyrs and Local Saints

Cilicia as Sacred Landscape in Late Antiquity is a journey of discovery of the rich religious landscape of Cilicia in Asia Minor in Late Antiquity, with its contrasting and...

Octavians unentbehrliche Helfer

Die Männer hinter seinem Aufstieg zum Augustus

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Das an ein breites Publikum gerichtete Buch führt durch einen der wichtigsten Abschnitte der römischen...

Prudentius’ Contra Symmachum, Vergil und Rom

Ein historisch-philologischer Beitrag zur Auseinandersetzung zwischen Christen und Heiden am Ende des 4. Jh. n. Chr.

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Prudentius, der größte christliche Dichter der römischen Spätantike, veröffentlichte ca. 402 n. Chr. seine Libri...

The Creation of the Illustrated Octateuch

The illustrated Octateuch is among the most complex creations of the Middle Byzantine period. The Septuagint text of the first eight books of the Old Testament contains hundreds...

Ägyptens schöne Gesichter

Die Mumienmasken der römischen Kaiserzeit und ihre Funktion im Totenritual

How do mummy masks act? This question is the starting point for the present investigation, consciously aiming towards a new perspective of research. In contrast to the modern...

Les sculptures antiques du Musée d’art et d’archéologie du Pays de Laon - Die antiken Skulpturen des Musée d’art et d’archeologie du Pays de Laon

In the latest volume of the MAR catalogue series the ancient sculptures of the Museum of Laon (France) are presented for the first time in their entirety. The catalogue consists...

Monogrammkapitelle

Die justinianische Bauskulptur Konstantinopels als Textträger

In this study, the capital series of the Hagia Sophia, the Sergios and Bakchos Churches and the Irene Church are systematically examined for the first time. In addition, the...

Appropriation Processes of Statue Schemata in the Roman Provinces | Aneignungsprozesse antiker Statuenschemata in den römischen Provinzen

The majority of ancient statues can be typologised on the basis of formal overlaps, i.e. arranged in 'schemes'. Individual statue schemes were handed down over centuries in ever...

Numidia Romana?

Die Auswirkungen der römischen Präsenz in Numidien (2. Jh. v. Chr. – 1. Jh. n. Chr.)

This volume presents for the first time a systematic study of the urban developments of pre-and early Roman Numidia. The author discusses both recent and older data from surveys...

Fünf Jahre – Fünf Kaiser

Die dramatische Zeit vom Jubel um Nero bis zu Vespasians Triumph

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Die römische Geschichte der Jahre 66 bis 71 bietet alle Elemente eines klassischen Dramas: Tragisch Gescheiterte...

Das unverrückbar Heilige – Jerusalems Loca Sancta in der Kreuzfahrerzeit

Jerusalem's immovable loca sancta - the places sanctified by Christ's presence - were last fundamentally remodelled in the Crusader period, adapting them to the demands of the new...

Reproduktion und Bild

Zur Wiederholung und Vervielfältigung von Reliefs in römischer Zeit

The ancient (re-)production of images seen through a cultural-historical perspective is at the heart of this study, which, by the means of case studies, examines the specific...