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In the first two centuries AD, the eastern Roman provinces experienced a proliferation of elite public... Læs mere
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The Byzantine princess Theophano, who came to the West in 972 to marry the Ottonian emperor Otto II, died as empress of the Ottonian Empire in Nijmegen in 991. This volume of essays places Theophano in a broad cultural and historical context.
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This book offers an explanation for the spread of urban reform during the sixteenth century, arguing that systems of... Læs mere
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It has long been held that conditions in the Roman economy resembled those found in early modern Europe. In this intriguing study, Peter Bang interrogates this claim and argues that Roman trade and markets could more accurately be compared to those of the Mughal Empire in India.
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Discusses the transformation of Rome in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. While traditional studies have focused on the rise of the... Læs mere
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A study of the tumultuous reign of Emperor Claudius (AD 41–54), which explores what held the sprawling Roman Empire together, and what... Læs mere
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This text argues that the Roman Christians of the last century of the Western empire found a way to re-invent the Roman family as a social institution to weather the political, military, and social upheaval of two centuries of invasion and civil war.
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The third-century Roman emperor miscalled Elagabalus was made into myth shortly after his death. This book examines the whole range of sources (historiography,... Læs mere
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Emperor Ferdinand II (1619–37) stands out as a crucial figure in the Counter-Reformation in central Europe, a leading player in the Thirty Years War,... Læs mere
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The first authoritative survey of the developments in literature, philosophy, religion, art, archaeology and culture within the Roman Empire under the rule of the Severan dynasty (AD... Læs mere
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Throughout late antiquity and the medieval period, memories of Constantine's victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge served as a powerful... Læs mere
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Emperor Ferdinand II (1619–37) stands out as a crucial figure in the Counter-Reformation in central Europe, a leading player in the Thirty Years War,... Læs mere