Peter Thonemann (University of Oxford)

The Maeander Valley

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a groundbreaking study of the long-term historical geography of Asia Minor in Graeco-Roman antiquity and the Byzantine Middle Ages. It uses an astonishing breadth of sources, ranging from Byzantine monastic archives to Latin poetic texts, ancient land records to hagiographic biographies.

Produktdetails

• Greek Culture in the Roman World
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 716g
• ISBN-13: 9781107538139
• ISBN-10: 1107538130
• Artikelnr.: 42581731

Autorenporträt

Peter Thonemann teaches ancient history at Wadham College, Oxford University. He is co-author of the widely acclaimed first volume of the Penguin History of Europe, The Birth of Classical Europe: A History From Troy to Augustine (with Simon Price). The Maeander was awarded the Hellenic Foundation's 2006 Award for the best ancient/classical thesis in Hellenic Studies, and Oxford University's Conington Prize for 2009.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The valley
2. Hydrographic heroes
3. The nature of Roman Apamea
4. The fortress at Eumenea
5. The pastoral economy
6. The nobility of Mt Cadmus
7. The rural economy
8. The bounty of the Maeander.