Oceans & seas

Fittschen, Klaus

Privatporträts mit Repliken

Zur Sozialgeschichte römischer Bildnisse der mittleren Kaiserzeit

The main intention of this book is to show, that during the Roman Empire the portraits of non-imperial citizens were dublicated in the same way as the portraits of the Emperors....

Lappi, Thomas

Hellenistische Wanddekorationen

Syntax, Semantik und Chronologie des Ersten Stils im westlichen Mittelmeerraum

The study analyses decorations of the First Style in terms of their appearance, diffusion, application, and importance in the Western Mediterranean. Based on fragments from more...

Pirson, Felix

Ansichten des Krieges

Kampfreliefs klassischer und hellenistischer Zeit im Kulturvergleich

The study is dedicated to the visual language and the messages of reliefs showing images of battle and fight, which provided the contemporary viewers with models of explanation...

Humbach, Helmut; Faiss, Klaus

Herodotus’s Scythians and Ptolemy’s Central Asia

Semasiological and Onomasiological Studies

The present book deals with semasiological and onomasiological questions in Herodotus's (5th century B.C.) famous portrayal of the Scythians and in Ptolemy's description of the...

Bujskich, Alla

Die antiken Architekturformen im nördlichen Schwarzmeergebiet

Herkunft und Entwicklung

The study investigates the appearance and further development of architectural orders in the major Greek colonies in the North Pontus, especially in the main cities Tyras, Olbia,...

Wranik, Wolfgang

Sokotra

Mensch und Natur

Sokotra in the Indian Ocean is one of the best preserved tropical islands. This copiously illustrated volume presents the unique and evolutionarily interesting flora and fauna of...

Olshausen, Eckart; Wagner, Jörg

Asia Minor and Black Sea Area. The Epoch of Mithradates the Great (121-63 B.C.)