Hymnus und Verehrung im Wort.

Dichter und Dichtung in der Byzantinischen Kunst

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Dr. Anastasia Limberger (*1990 in München) studierte Klassische Archäologie, Orthodoxe Theologie und Philosophie an der LMU München. 2024 wurde sie im Fach Byzantinische Kunstgeschichte mit der Arbeit „‚Hymnus und Verehrung im Wort‘. Dichter und Dichtung in der Byzantinischen Kunst“ promoviert, …

Kalkriese - Ort der Varusschlacht?

Eine quellenkritische Analyse anhand der Kleinfunde der Kalkriese-Niewedder Senke

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The early Roman battlefield of Kalkriese is often equated with the famous defeat of the Roman commander Varus by the Germanic leader Arminius in AD 9. But do the archaeological sources actually allow such a conclusion?
The site of Kalkriese now …

From Germania Inferior to Arabia Petraea

New Perspectives on Roman Legionary Camps

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The volume brings together contributions on legionary camps from various regions of the Roman Empire and illustrates how the Roman military organised the protection of its troops, both temporarily during wartime activities and permanently at key locations within the empire …

ResourceCultures

How Resources Affect Societies

The final publication of the CRC 1070 ResourceCultures offers interdisciplinary insights into the questions of how resources are created, how resources are utilised, how resources are influenced by social processes and how resources in turn affect societies. Using concrete case …

Coining Values

Bronze between Money and Scrap in late Roman an early medieval Europe

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The collected volume deals with the devaluation of bronze coins and the revaluation of cut bronze fragments in late antiquity. Issues such as coin circulation, coin substitution, the supply of coins, the recycling of coins, and non-ferrous metals were addressed. …

The ‘Place of Palms’: An Urban Park at Aphrodisias

Results of The Mica and Ahmet Ertegün South Agora Pool Project

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Excavations at Aphrodisias in the 1980s revealed an extraordinary monumental water-basin (170 x 30m) in the centre of a colonnaded square, formerly called the ‘South Agora’. A hypothesis that the complex was not an agora at all but ‘the place …

Flavius Josephus and Artwork of Roman Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

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Flavius Josephus and Artwork of Roman Antiquity and the Early Middle Age demonstrates how the writings of the first-century Judaean historian influenced the genesis, nature and design of major monuments of the first millennium: 1) The frieze of the Spoils …

Lauchheim IV

Die Gräber aus der Siedlung Lauchheim ‚Mittelhofen‘

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In direkter Nachbarschaft des Reihengräberfeldes Lauchheim ‚Wasserfurche‘ wurde in den 1990er Jahren das früh- und hochmittelalterliche Siedlungsareal von Mittelhofen großflächig ausgegraben. Um 700 n. Chr. hatte man dort innerhalb der Gehöfte kleine Separatfriedhöfe mit insgesamt 86 Gräbern angelegt. Zu den …

The Significance of Archaeological Textiles

Papers of the International Online Conference 24th–25th february 2021. THEFBO Volume II

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Many of the common utensils used in prehistoric agricultural settlements were textile products. They were indispensable to carry out everyday tasks in the context of a sedentary lifestyle. Textiles matter – the Neolithic revolution would not have taken place without …

Commodus: The Public Image of a Roman Emperor

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The richly illustrated book presents a fresh argument and new evidence about the workings of the imperial image in the Antonine period, through the changing portraits of the emperor Commodus (180–192) — more than ninety survive. The study also publishes …

Diocletian’s Edict of Maximum Prices at the Civil Basilica in Aphrodisias

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Diocletian’s Edict of Maximum Prices was inscribed on the façade of the city’s Civil Basilica in AD 301. The volume presents the history and background of the Edict, the detailed archaeology of its context on the Basilica, a new consolidated …

Morgantina Studies VII. The City Plan and Political Agora

Results of the excavations conducted by Princeton University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Virginia

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The orthogonal city plan was adopted in the mid-fifth century BCE and implies a democratic constitution. Almost entirely excavated, Morgantina’s large agora offers a detailed picture of the civic architecture of an early Hellenistic western Greek city. Ten major civic …

Cilicia as Sacred Landscape in Late Antiquity

A Journey on the Trail of Apostles, Martyrs and Local Saints

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Cilicia as Sacred Landscape in Late Antiquity is a journey of discovery of the rich religious landscape of Cilicia in Asia Minor in Late Antiquity, with its contrasting and fascinating natural landscapes. Famous and prosperous cities of Cilicia Pedias such …

Etruskische Heiligtümer des 8.–5. Jhs. v. Chr. als Wirtschaftsräume und Konsumptionsorte von Keramik

While many aspects of Etruscan religion are intensively discussed and studied through current conferences, publications and fieldwork, general research and an overview of the socio-political and economic significance of the religious sphere in Etruscan society is still lacking. This volume …

Middle Byzantine Aphrodisias: The Episcopal Village, AD 700–1250

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This study addresses the settlement at Aphrodisias, known to its medieval inhabitants as Karia, from the eighth through thirteenth centuries. Important bodies of archaeological data, including numismatics, funerary archaeology and liturgical sculpture are presented for the first time. The volume …

Impermanent Monuments, Lasting Legacies: The Dār al-Khilāfa of Samarra and Palace Building in Early Abbasid Iraq

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This book offers a new interpretation of early Abbasid palaces as “impermanent monuments.” Synthesizing an array of sources, ranging from archaeological finds and classical Arabic literature to modern studies on the social and intellectual history of Islamic civilization, it reveals …

Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft im archaischen Süditalien

Ein Modell zu Identität und Hexis, ausgehend von Ripacandida und weiteren binnenländischen Gemeinschaften

The necropolis of Ripacandida in southern Italy (Apulia/prov. Foggia) is situated on a hill mediating between the uplands of the southern Apennines to the west and the Adriatic shore to the east. The local Archaic-Classical community (6th/5th century BCE) witnessed …