European history: the Romans

Colour & Space. Interfaces of Ancient Architecture and Sculpture

Proceedings of the 10th Inter-national Round Table on Polychromy in Ancient Sculpture and Architecture

21 x 29.7 cm, 364 p., hardback
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The compilation of papers from the ‹10th International Round Table on Polychromy in Ancient Architecture and Sculpture› (Berlin 2020) focuses on the phenomenology of colour in both architectural and sculptural contexts. Featuring both case and comprehensive studies from Greco-Roman Antiquity …

From Sedentarisation to the Complex Society

Settlement, Economy, Environment, Cult. Proceedings of the workshops in Lisbon, Tehran and Lima (2016 − 2019)

21 x 29.7 cm, 580 p., paperback / softback
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Three cities, three continents. The volume comprises the discussions held at various locations between 2016 and 2019 in Research Cluster 1 ‘From Sedentarisation to Complex Society: Settlement, Economy, Environment, Cult’. With a total of 25 contributions, the comparative discussion from …

Micro-regions as spaces of socio-ecological Interaction

1st Milestone Workshop of the Project »The Transformation of the Pergamon Micro-region between the Hellenistic and the roman Imperial Period«, Istanbul 11–12 March 2022

21 x 29.7 cm, 286 p., paperback / softback
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The growing awareness of the current climate crisis has led to an increased interest in the investigation of historical human-environment interactions. In this context, the micro-region has proven to be a significant category for ecological, socio-economic and cultural analyses. The …

Neue Ansätze zur Erforschung spätantiker Ideal- und Portraitplastik: Stilkritik, Kontexte, naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen

Beiträge eines Workshops an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 13.–16. Juni 2018

21 x 29.7 cm, 196 p., paperback / softback
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The contributions to a workshop on late antique sculpture, held at Halle University in 2018, discuss new findings and research projects as well as archaeometric analyses of sculpture, with a focus on the 4th to 6th centuries AD, in search …

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 seit der römischen Eroberung zu einem der bedeutendsten Zentren im mittleren Abruzzenraum. Hierbei führten spezifische naturräumliche, gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Faktoren, darunter die intensive Beteiligung an der Transhumanz, …

Kulte - Orte - Körperteile

Eine Neubewertung der Weihung anatomischer Votive in Latiums Heiligtümer

21 x 29.7 cm, 354 p., 5 Tafeln, hardback
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The study focuses on the phenomenon of anatomical votives dedicated into the sanctuaries of ancient Latium (Italy) in the 4th to 1st cent. BC. These anatomical votives have previously been understood as indicators of healing cult sites. For the first …

Von Blüten und Krisen

Eine wirtschaftsarchäologische Studie zum kaiserzeitlichen Südetrurien

23.7 x 33.5 cm, 330 p., 28 Tafeln, hardback
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The book is focused, on the one hand, on a historiographical analysis of the theoretical and methodological modelling of the structure and performance of the Roman economy. On the other hand, a polythetic bundle of economical proxies was devised as …

Praktiken der Aneignung

Kulturelle Kontakte im nordöstlichen Azovraum vom späten 7.–3. Jh. v. Chr.

21 x 29.7 cm, 680 p., 202 Tafeln, 6 Karten, 4 Beilagen, hardback
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Once a Greek settlement was founded near the delta of the Don (Russian Federation) in the last quarter of the 7th century B.C., long-term contacts were established with poleis on the Black Sea and the Aegean. On the basis of …

Morgantina Studies VII. The City Plan and Political Agora

Results of the excavations conducted by Princeton University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Virginia

24 x 31.5 cm, 444 p., 11 Beilagen, cloth
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The orthogonal city plan was adopted in the mid-fifth century BCE and implies a democratic constitution. Almost entirely excavated, Morgantina’s large agora offers a detailed picture of the civic architecture of an early Hellenistic western Greek city. Ten major civic …

Privatporträts mit Repliken

Zur Sozialgeschichte römischer Bildnisse der mittleren Kaiserzeit

23.7 x 33.5 cm, 432 p., 156 Tafeln, hardback
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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. This is valid not only for the portraits of …

Atene e il sacco di Silla

Evidenze archeologiche e topografiche fra l’86 e il 27 a.C.

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The work investigates the building history of Athens between the siege and ransacking by Sulla in 86 BC and the establishment of the province of Archaia in AD 27.
After an introductory chapter about the historical background of the event, each …

Campus Martius

Die urbane Entwicklung des Marsfeldes von der Republik bis zur mittleren Kaiserzeit

24 x 32 cm, 292 p., hardback
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Das Marsfeld, obwohl am Rande der antiken Stadt gelegen, galt wegen seiner repräsentativen, öffentlich zugänglichen Bauten lange als ein wesentliches Zentrum Roms. Über mehrere Jahrhunderte hinweg spiegeln die hier gestifteten Monumente und Einrichtungen den politischen Zeitgeist wider. Über die Analyse …

»Selbstbetrachtungen« und Selbstdarstellungen – »Meditations« and Representations

Der Philosoph und Kaiser Marc Aurel im interdisziplinären Licht. The Philosopher and Emperor Marcus Aurelius in an interdisciplinary light. Akten des Interdisziplinären Kolloquiums Köln 23. bis 25. Juli 2009

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Marc Aurel war römischer Kaiser und der letzte bedeutende stoische Philosoph in der Antike. Seine Selbstbetrachtungen sind eines der meistgelesenen und über die Fachwelt hinaus bekannten antiken Schriftstücke. Er ist daher wie kaum eine andere antike Figur Gegenstand eines so …

Die Krise des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. und das Gallische Sonderreich

Akten des Interdisziplinären Kolloquiums Xanten 26. bis 28. Februar 2009

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The present volume is based on an interdisciplinary colloquium of the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne and the “Centre for Mediterranean Cultures”. The aim was to examine the region quite different critical development of the 3rd Century in …

Militär in Rom

Militärische und paramilitärische Einheiten im kaiserzeitlichen Stadtbild

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In the Republican period Rome was considered a “demilitarised” zone. Under Augustus soldiers were stationed in the imperial capital for the first time, making a decisive turning point between Republic and Principate. Between 10,000 and 40,000 soldiers lived and worked …