<P>This new edition of <I>Rome in the East</I> expands on the seminal work of the first edition, and examines the lasting impact of the near Eastern influence on Rome on our understanding of the development of European culture. Warwick Ball explores modern issues as well as ancient, and overturns conventional ideas about the spread of European culture to the East. This volume includes analysis of Roman archaeological and architectural remains in the East, as well as links to the Roman Empire as far afield as Iran, Central Asia, India, and China. The Near Eastern client kingdoms under Roman rule are examined in turn and each are shown to have affected Roman, and ultimately European, history in different but very fundamental ways. The highly visible presence of Rome in the East ¿ mainly the architectural remains, some among the greatest monumental buildings in the Roman world ¿ are examined from a Near Eastern perspective and demonstrated to be as much, if not more, a product of the Near
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A fascinating look at the rich but under-appreciated Eastern sources behind the Narnia bookC. S. Lewis was no great traveller but he was a prodigious bibliophile who absorbed the world''s traditions of myth, religion, and cosmology. The Chronicles...
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Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East is Harry Sidebottom's historical debut.The year is AD 255 - the Roman Imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every border. The greatest threat lies in Persia to the east,...
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From nomadic peoples to conquering empires, from tales of Amazon women to art nouveau, and from golden grave goods to the formation of countries that still exist today, Ball shows how the steppe has continually shaped Europe's destiny.
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<B><P><EM>The Ancient Near East</EM></B>reveals three millennia of history (c. 3500¿500 bc) in a single work. Liverani draws upon over 25 years¿ worth of experience and this personal odyssey has enabled him to retrace the...
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