The Traders in Rome's Eastern Commerce
Despite opposition by certain members of society, the Eastern trade seems to have continued to grow for at least the first two centuries of Roman rule.
Amber in the Ancient Near East
In ancient India and Egypt, it was burned as incense, believed to purify temples and palaces. From antiquity, people have believed that amber has healing properties.
Fish remains from archaeological sites as indicators of former trade connections in the Eastern Mediterranean
The archaeozoological evidence that is available for the trade of fish in the Eastern Mediterranean area is summarized.
Plagues in Classical Literature
It is the aim of this study is to examine the role and function of descriptions of plagues (loimos in Greek and pestis in Latin) in the works of five major classical writers. An attempt will be made to determine the possible influences, impacts and motives of each author in presenting his particular theme of plague.
For All Time: An Examination of Romantic Love Through Curse Tablets
The current prevailing model for the study of gender and sexuality in Greco-Roman antiquity defines relationships as based upon either power or penetration. Through analysis of the amatory defixiones, or curse tablets, it will be demonstrated that romantic love, in addition to relationships based on domination and familial and political alliances, existed in the classical world.
The Transformation of a Goddess: Depictions of Isis throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World
However, before the cult of Isis spread to the Roman world, the goddess was first worshiped in Egypt. Although the myth of Isis and Osiris is never completely narrated in any one Egyptian document, many different texts include short extracts from it, so that modern scholars can reconstruct it.
How Excessive Government Killed Ancient Rome
Beginning with the third century B.C. Roman economic policy started to contrast more and more sharply with that in the Hellenistic world, especially Egypt.
The Second Punic War: The tactical successes and strategic failures of Hannibal Barca
The Second Punic War began in 218 B.C under the auspices of the talented young general Hannibal, whose deeds have gone down in history marking him as one of the greatest leaders of the ancient world.
Painting the wine-dark sea: traveling Aegean fresco artists in the Middle and late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
By examining the fresco fragments themselves I establish that the motifs represented and the style of manufacture are in fact Aegean. Textual evidence from the Near East and Egyptian tomb paintings suggest that the Aegean was well-known for its artistic accomplishments and that Aegean goods and the artisans that produced them were treated as elite commodities.
Building materials and techniques in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Hellenistic period to the fourth century AD
This thesis deals primarily with the materials and techniques found in the Eastern Empire up to the 4th century AD, putting them into their proper historical and developmental context. The first chapter examines the development of architecture in general from the very earliest times until the beginning of the Roman Empire, with particular attention to the architecture in Roman Italy.