History
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Antike Erdbeben im alpinen und zirkumalpinen Raum / Earthquakes in Antiquity in the Alpine and Circum-alpine Region <br> Befunde und Probleme in archäologischer, historischer und seismologischer Sicht / Findings and Problems from an Archaeological, Histor [Paperback]
Gerhard H Waldherr (Author); Anselm (Ed) Smolka (Author)
$59.00ISBN: 9783515090308
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Geographica Historica (GH)
Volume: 24
This volume contains contributions to the first archaeo-seismic workshop in Germany, which gathered in 2004 scholars from various scientific disciplines. The workshop focused on ancient signs of destruction from the alpine and circum-alpine reg... .... Learn More -
Philosophie und Dichtung im antiken Griechenland: Akten der 7. Tagung der Karl und Gertrud Abel-Stiftung am 10. und 11. Oktober 2002 in Bernkastel-Kues [Hardback]
Jochen Althoff (Author)
$45.00ISBN: 9783515088244
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Philosophie der Antike (PhA)
Volume: 23
A collection of contributions to a conference on philosophy and poetry in ancient Greece. German text.
Contents include: Wolfgang Kullmann : Das Verhältnis zwischen Philosophie und Dichtung in griechischer Sicht; Oliver Hellmann : A... .... Learn More -
Griechische Wissenschaftstexte: Formen, Funktionen, Differenzierungsgeschichten [Hardback]
Markus Asper (Author)
$99.00ISBN: 9783515089593
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Philosophie der Antike (PhA)
Volume: 25
This volume deals with ancient Greek scientific texts, the way they were written, the strategies that were employed to reach their audience, the way their form relates to their (probable) function, and how the formal characteristics of these te... .... Learn More -
Les relations entre États dans la Grèce antique: du temps d'Homère à l'intervention romaine (ca. 700-200 av. J.-C.) [Paperback]
Adalberto Giovannini (Author)
$112.00ISBN: 9783515089531
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Historia - Einzelschriften
Volume: 193
This volume contains not a history of international relations in ancient Greece, but rather a systematic presentation of the rules that governed the relations - in war as well as in peace. In addition to having a culturally homogeneous society ... .... Learn More -
Das römische Vorzeichenwesen (753-27 v. Chr.): Quellen, Terminologie, Kommentar, historische Entwicklung [Hardback]
David Engels (Author)
$147.00ISBN: 9783515090278
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge (PAwB)
Volume: 22
Religious omens of all kinds played a vital role in Roman private and political life. This volume for the first time publishes all available sources that bear importance on public, military and private auspices in ancient Rome. Arranged chronol... .... Learn More -
Prokop und die Perser: Untersuchungen zu den römisch-sasanidischen Kontakten in der ausgehenden Spätantike [Hardback]
Henning Börm (Author)
$102.00ISBN: 9783515090520
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Oriens et Occidens. Studien zu antiken Kulturkontakten und ihrem Nachleben (O&O)
Volume: 16
Prokopius of Caesarea (ca 500-560), one of the last great historians of the ancient world, chronicled the conflict between the Romans and the Sassanian Empire, which ultimately led to the demise of both powers. This study focuses, besides his r... .... Learn More -
Adolf Michaelis: Leben und Werk [Hardback]
Erika Simon (Author)
$30.00ISBN: 9783515089760
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main – Sitzungsberichte (WGF-S)
Volume: 44.3
This volume in honor of the cofounder and first chair of the scientific society of Frankfurt University deals with his biography and his works in classical studies and archaeology. German text. .... Learn More -
Philosophie als Medizin fuer die Seele: Untersuchungen zu Ciceros Tusculanae Disputationes [Hardback]
Bernhard Koch (Author)
$72.00ISBN: 9783515089517
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Palingenesia. Schriftenreihe für Klassische Altertumswissenschaft
Volume: 90
While the therapeutic effect of post-classical philosophy in antiquity has recently been recognized, Cicero and his oeuvre have been mostly ignored in that respect, because he was deemed too compilatory and eclectic. However, the Tusculanae Di... .... Learn More -
Corpus der römischen Rechtsquellen zur Sklaverei (CRRS). Teil VI: Stellung des Sklaven im Sakralrecht [Hardback]
Leonhard Schumacher (Author)
$54.00ISBN: 9783515089777
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Forschungen zur antiken Sklaverei - Beihefte (FAS-B)
Volume: 3.6
This series offers a compilation of Roman legal sources concerning slavery. The volume deals with the position of slaves in ritual and sacral law, such as in relation to vows, fortune telling, functions in cultic groups, oaths, sacral asylum, a... .... Learn More -
Liebe als Wahnsinn: Die Konzeption der Göttin Venus in den Argonautica des Valerius Flaccus [Paperback]
Dorothee Elm von der Osten (Author)
$74.00ISBN: 9783515089586
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge (PAwB)
Volume: 20
This volume studies the portrayal of the goddess Venus in the Flavian Argonaut epic, which shows her as cruel deity and the personification of love- and passion-induced furor. The study shows the goddess' central role and relates her portrayal ... .... Learn More