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More Than A Church: Late Antique Ecclesiastical Complexes In Cyprus

by Catherine T. Keane

~~310,05€~~ 248,04€ 20% OFF

 The church annexes of late antique Cyprus were bustling places of industry, producing olive oil, flour, bread, ceramics, and metal products. From its earliest centuries, the church was an economic player, participating in agricultural and artisanal production. More than a Church brings together architecture, ceramics, numismatics, landscape archaeology, and unpublished excavation material, alongside consideration of Cyprus's dynamic and prosperous 4th-10th-century history. Keane offers a rich picture of the association between sacred buildings and agricultural and industrial facilities-comprehensively presenting, for the first time, the church's economic role and impact in late antique Cyprus.
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Neglected Architectural Decoration From The Late Antique City - Public Porticoes, Small Baths, Shops/Workshops, And 'Middle Class' Houses In The East Mediterranean

by Solinda Kamani

~~255,73€~~ 204,58€ 20% OFF

 This book examines neglected architectural decoration from the late antique city of the East Mediterranean. It addresses the omission in scholarship of discussion about the embellishment of non-monumental secular buildings (public porticoes, small public baths, shops/workshops, and non-elite houses). The finishing of these structures has been overlooked at the expense of more lofty buildings and remains one of the least known aspects of the late antique city. The author surveys the archaeological evidence for decoration in the region, with the maritime sites of Ostia and Ephesus selected as case studies. Drawing upon archaeological, written, and visual sources, it attempts to reconstruct how such buildings appeared to late antique viewers and investigates why they were decorated as they were.
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Public Space In The Late Antique City (2 Vols.) - Part 1: Streets, Processions, Fora, Agorai, Macella, Shops. Part 2: Sites, Buildings, Dates

by Luke Lavan

~~435,93€~~ 348,74€ 20% OFF

 This book investigates the nature of 'public space' in Mediterranean cities, A.D. 284-650, meaning places where it was impossible to avoid meeting people from all parts of society, whether different religious confessions or social groups. The first volume considers the architectural form and everyday functions of streets, fora / agorai, market buildings, and shops, including a study of processions and everyday street life. The second volume analyses archaeological evidence for the construction, repair, use, and abandonment of these urban spaces, based on standardised principles of phasing and dating. The conclusions provide insights into the urban environment of Constantinople, an assessment of urban institutions and citizenship, and a consideration of the impact of Christianity on civic life at this time.
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Public Baths And Bathing Habits In Late Antiquity - A Study Of The Evidence From Italy, North Africa And Palestine A.D. 285-700

by Sadi Marechal

~~381,60€~~ 305,28€ 20% OFF

 In this book Sadi Marechal examines the survival, transformation and eventual decline of Roman public baths and bathing habits in Italy, North Africa and Palestine during Late Antiquity. Through the analysis of archaeological remains, ancient literature, inscriptions and papyri, the continued importance of bathhouses as social hubs within the urban fabric is demonstrated, thus radically altering common misconceptions of their decline through the rise of Christianity and elite seclusion. Persistent ideas about health and hygiene, as well as perpetuating ideas of civic self-esteem, drove people to build, restore and praise these focal points of daily life when other classical buildings were left to crumble.
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Cultural Lives Of Domestic Objects In Late Antiquity

by Jo Stoner

~~164,30€~~ 131,44€ 20% OFF

 In this study, Jo Stoner investigates the role of domestic material culture in Late Antiquity. Using archaeological, visual and textual evidence from across the Roman Empire, the personal meanings of late antique possessions are revealed through reference to theoretical approaches including object biography. Heirlooms, souvenirs, and gift objects are discussed in terms of sentimental value, before the book culminates in a case study reassessing baskets as an artefact type. This volume succeeds in demonstrating personal scales of value for artefacts, moving away from the focus on economic and social status that dominate studies in this field. It thus represents a new interpretation of domestic material culture from Late Antiquity, revealing how objects transformed houses into homes during this period.
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(Re)Using Ruins: Public Building In The Cities Of The Late Antique West, A.D. 300-600

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(Re)Using Ruins: Public Building In The Cities Of The Late Antique West, A.D. 300-600

by Douglas R. Underwood

~~261,03€~~ 208,82€ 20% OFF

 In (Re)using Ruins, Douglas Underwood presents a new account of the use and reuse of Roman urban public monuments in a crucial period of transition, A.D. 300-600. Commonly seen as a period of uniform decline for public building, especially in the western half of the Mediterranean, (Re)using Ruins shows a vibrant, yet variable, history for these structures.Douglas Underwood establishes a broad catalogue of archaeological evidence (supplemented with epigraphic and literary testimony) for the construction, maintenance, abandonment and reuses of baths, aqueducts, theatres, amphitheatres and circuses in Italy, southern Gaul, Spain, and North Africa, demonstrating that the driving force behind the changes to public buildings was largely a combined shift in urban ideologies and euergetistic practices in Late Antique cities.
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Cult Of Mithras In Late Antiquity - Development, Decline And Demise Ca. A.D. 270-430

by David Walsh

~~221,28€~~ 177,02€ 20% OFF

 In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh explores how the cult of Mithras developed across the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. and why by the early 5th century the cult had completely disappeared. Contrary to the traditional narrative that the cult was violently persecuted out of existence by Christians, Walsh demonstrates that the cult's decline was a far more gradual process that resulted from a variety of factors. He also challenges the popular image of the cult as a monolithic entity, highlighting how by the 4th century Mithras had come to mean different things to different people in different places.
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Dress And Personal Appearance In Late Antiquity - The Clothing Of The Middle And Lower Classes

by Faith Pennick Morgan

~~238,50€~~ 190,80€ 20% OFF

 This book examines the dress and personal appearance of members of the middle and lower classes in the eastern Mediterranean region during the 4th to 8th centuries. Written, art historical and archaeological evidence is assessed with a view to understanding the way that cloth and clothing was made, embellished, cared for and recycled during this period.Beginning with an overview of current research on Roman dress, the book looks in detail at the use of apotropaic and amuletic symbols and devices on clothing before examining sewing and making methods, the textile industry and the second-hand clothing trade. The final chapter includes detailed information on the making and modelling of exact replicas based on extant garments.

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