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Roman Near East

Culture and Society in Later Roman Antioch
edited by Isabella Sandwell and Janet Huskinson
This collection of papers brings together a broad range of new research and new material on Antioch in the late Roman period (the 2nd to the 7th centuries AD), from the writings of the orator Libanius and the preacher John Chrysostom to the extensive mosaics found in the city and its suburbs. The authors consider the lively issues of identity and ethnicity in this truly multi-cultural and multi-religious city, the effects of Romanization and ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$45.00, Our Price US$14.98

The Early Roman Empire in the East
edited by Susan Alcock
A group of essays that trace the development of Roman influence in the eastern parts of the empire. Contents include: Urbanization (Greg Woolf); Roman colonies in the province of Achaia (A Rizakis); Syrian desert (M Gawlikowski); The Syrian countryside (G Tate); Jewish rural settlement (Y Hirschfield); Roman relations with the Persicus sinus (D T Potts); The Imperial image (C B Rose); The ...
Paperback. Price US$40.00

Patterns in the Economy of Roman Asia Minor
edited by Stephen Mitchell and Constantina Katsari
Asia Minor under Rome was one of the wealthiest and most developed parts of the Empire, but there have been few modern studies of its economics. The twelve papers in this book, by an international team of scholars, work from literary texts, inscriptions, coinage and archaeology. They study the direct impact of Roman rule, the organization of large agricultural estates, changing patterns of olive production, threats to rural prosperity from pests ...
Hardback. Price US$79.50

Excavations at Dura Europos: Final Report VII: Arms and Armour and other Military Equipment
by Simon James
The ancient city of Dura-Europos, destroyed by a Sasanian Persian siege in the AD 250s, was an important regional centre of commerce, government and military control under the Seleucid, Parthian and Roman empires. During excavations in the 1920s and 1930s it became famous for finds such as a painted synagogue and early Christian chapel. Not the least spectacular of the discoveries in this 'Pompeii of the Syrian Desert' were the remains of the ...

Kingdoms and Principalities in the Roman Near East
edited by Ted Kaizer and Margherita Facella
This collection of studies is devoted to the multifarious relations that the Roman empire maintained with the kings and princes of Near Eastern lands. Building on an outlook of
royal and princely realms from both the Roman and the Parthian point of view, individual papers focus on the specifics of different areas and themes through a set of updated regional studies. Themes include Roman citizenship, the coinage issued by the 'client kings,' ...
Paperback. Price US$102.00

Archaeology of the Bronze Age, Hellenistic, and Roman Remains at an Ancient Town on the Euphrates River: Excavations at Tell Es-Sweyhat, Syria Volume 2
by Thomas A Holland
The present publication is the second and concluding final report of T. A. Holland's expedition dealing with the archaeological finds from the site of Tell es-Sweyhat in Syria; the first report by T. J. Wilkinson deals with the settlement and land use around Sweyhat and in the upper Lake Tabqa area in north central Syria. This large two volume set (text and plates) represents the final publication of the archaeological excavations conducted at ...
Hardback. Price US$185.00

Studies in the Ancient History of Northern Iraq
by David Oates
This is a facsimile reprint of the trail-blazing book by David Oates, originally published by the British Academy in 1968 and out-of-print for too long. It is primarily the report of his survey and excavation of sites in northern Iraq between 1954 and 1958, but it is at the same time a memorial to the great explorer, Sir Aurel Stein, whose pioneer fieldwork on the Roman frontiers in Iraq in 1938-39 provided the initial stimulus. (British ...
Hardback. Price US$60.00

Qusayr 'Amra: Art & Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria
by Garth Fowden
From the stony desolation of Jordan's desert, it is but a step through a doorway into the bath house of the Qusayr 'Amra hunting lodge. Inside, multicolored frescoes depict scenes from courtly life and the hunt, along with musicians, dancing girls, and naked bathing women. The traveler is transported to the luxurious and erotic world of a mid-eighth-century Muslim Arab prince. For scholars, though, Qusayr 'Amra, probably painted in the 730s or ...
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Sa'ad: A Late Roman/Byzantine Site in North Jordan
edited by Jerome C. Rose and Dolores L. Burke
This monograph presents the village of Sa'ad, located in northwest Jordan near the Decapolis city of Gerasa (now Jerash) and inhabited continuously from Late Antiquity (in Jordan 324 to 641 CE) through Islamic times. This is an integrated report of the investigation of structures, cemeteries and contents, tombs, artifacts, and skeletal biology that provides a multi-faceted description and analysis of industrial areas, tomb architecture, objects ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$65.00, Our Price US$25.00

Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans
by Peter Richardson
This book provides a stunning look at the king who had an extraordinary impact on Roman-era Palestine. The author integrates historical, archaeological, and social analyses, writing with clarity and enthusiasm for his subject. The charts, maps and diagrams make this a very accessible tool for use in the classroom. Richardson portrays Herod in the complexity of his Judean and Roman frameworks. 360p (South Carolina UP 1996)
Hardback. Price US$34.95