Based on the author's doctoral dissertation, this large volume presents data and interpretation on the archaeology of Punic Malta, c.900BC to c.AD200. Sagona focuses in particular on the developmental sequence and chronology of Punic pottery, outlining the various types and clay sources, and the nature and distribution of tombs, along with their contents (such as jewellery, coins, figurines, metal, glass, bone and ivory objects).

The Archaeology of Punic Malta (Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement)

History

Sagona, C

Ancient Civilizations

Peeters Press

Augustus' Res Gestae , inscribed on two pillars at the entrance to the emperor's tomb, is a unique text that still provokes debate concerning its translation and interpretation. This detailed study looks back over four hundred years of research, focusing in particularly on the rivalry between the English, French and Germans to produce the first definitive edition during the 18th and 19th centuries. Ridley then discusses the editions and interpretations of the last century before turning his attention to the text itself. After an examination of parallel texts, Ridley offers his own translation of the Res Gestae with an extensive commentary. He focuses on difficult and controversial sections and shows that, despite the vehement protestations of past commentators, the text is rife with Augustus' lies.

The Emperor's Retrospect (Studia Hellenistica)

Ridley, Ronald T.

by Sean G Byrne This volume presents a Register of `all Athenians and residents of Athens who bear nomina gentilica . The nomen indicated that these citizens of Athens were also citizens of a far larger world, the Roman empire, to which that citizen had ultimately dedicated his identity. The Register is organised in alphabetical order by nomen and, within each nomen , in order of tribe. Family members are grouped together.

Roman Citizens of Athens (Studia Hellenistica)

Byrne, S. G.

The large collections of antiquities reflecting the rich cultural heritage of the island of Malta have largely remained unpublished until now. This large volume provides a good introduction to the process of cultural change in Maltese history, as well as discussing the background to antiquarian collecting and their collections. Although much of the material is of Punic date, the 303 page illustrated catalogue includes a range of figurines and miscellaneous objects from eight major collections, although for the most part the catalogue comprises ceramic material. A companion to Segona's The Archaeology of Punic Malta (Peeters 2002).

Punic Antiquities of Malta and Other Ancient Artefacts Held in Ecclesiastical and Private Collections (Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement)

This fifth volume in the Luristan Excavation Documents series is the final excavation report on War Kabud, and presents the finds, most of which are now kept in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, and the Iran Bastan Museum in Teheran. It also provides information taken from the original excavation files.

Luristan Excavation Documents Vol V: The Iron Age III Graveyard at War Kabud Pusht-i Kuh, Luristan (ACTA Iranica)

Haerinck, E.

Overlaet, B.

The 15 papers in this volume, delivered to an international conference held at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in the Fall of 2001, offer a systematic investigation into Polybius's many critiques and attempt to assess their potentially distortive effects. The historian of Megalopolis emerges as a towering personality who has cast a long shadow over the badly damaged landscape of Hellenistic historiography.

The Shadow of Polybius: Intertextuality as a Research Tool in Greek Historiography (Studia Hellenistica)

Bollansee, J.

Schepens, Guido

Unlike the Seleukid's the Ptolemies did not at first glance create numerous eye-catching cities. However evidence can be found of settlement of Macedonian Greeks in more rural areas, and Katja Mueller makes it plain that the Ptolemies did have a settlement policy, focusing her attention on the plethora of surviving demotic papyri, and analysing Hellenistic toponyms rather than relying on the literary sources.

Settlements of the Ptolemies: City Foundations and New Settlements in the Hellenistic World (Studia Hellenistica)

Mueller, K.

This massive 2 volume set contains 200 papers from the Congress, held in Grenoble, 6-12 Sept 2004. These papers cover the whole field of the present egyptological researches, from the Origins to the Graeco-roman period.

Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta)

Goyon, Jean-Claude

Cardin, C.

The idea that societies and rulers express their power through monumental architecture is not a new one, but this collection of essays, the result of a 2002 conference in Leuven, takes the arguement back to the very beginnings of monumental architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and Aegean, to ask if this process can be linked to a particular stage in societal development. Particular focus is on Minoan building, but essays also look at mainland Greece, at Mesopotamia and Syria and specifically at Uruk.

Power and Architecture: Monumental Public Architecture in the Bronze Age Near East and Aegean (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta)

Bretschneider, J.

Linear B is the earliest form of writing used for Greek; it is a syllabic script which belongs to the second half of the second millennium BC and precedes the earliest alphabetic texts by at least four hundred years. The tablets written in this script offer crucial information about the Mycenaean Greeks and their time. But who wrote these documents? How can we read them, understand them and interpret them? What do they teach us about the history, economy, religion, society, geography, technology, language, etc. of the Mycenaean period? The Companion aims at answering these and other questions in a series of chapters written by a team of internationally recognized specialists in the subject, who not only summarize the results of current research but also try to explain the problems which arise from the study of the texts and the methods which can be used to solve them.

A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World, Volume 1 (Bibliotheque Des Cahiers de L'Institut de Linguistique de Lo)

Literature & Fiction

Duhoux, Y

Davies, Anna Murpurgo

History & Criticism

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