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This book offers the first contextual study of Sicilian legal curse tablets, with new photographs, drawings and editions. For the first time, it... Læs mere
Zooming in on local places and local communities, the present volume explores the interplay between the local and the global in the ancient West... Læs mere
The ancient Greek goddess and action peitho (a form of inducement or psychological pressure) presented dangers to interpersonal... Læs mere
Explores Plato's vision of philosophy as a true profession, contrasting it with sophistry and politics. Drawing on literature, science, and art, it... Læs mere
Drawing on a range of academic and artistic disciplines, this book investigates what can be known... Læs mere
Traces the development of botanical Latin and nomenclature from antiquity until the present day.
Christianity has often understood the death of Jesus on the cross as the sole means for forgiveness of sin. Despite this tradition, David Downs traces the early and sustained presence of yet another means by which Christians imagined atonement for sin: merciful care for the poor.
How did the state become Christian in late antiquity? This book considers, not emperors and bishops, but those who served the state as courtiers,... Læs mere
Iconography of the Golden Age Myth on Roman Imperial coinage of the Third Century AD
How did Late Antique Palestine sustain its identity as the Christian Holy Land? Through close examination of the built... Læs mere