Kristina M. Neumann (University of Houston)

Antioch in Syria

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Challenging traditional scholarship and methodologies, this volume employs digital technologies to explore the abundant record of coins minted in Antioch in Syria. The result is a new political, financial, and social history of the ancient city essential for specialists of ancient history and numismatics while remaining accessible to students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9781108940375
• ISBN-10: 1108940374
• Artikelnr.: 66873106

Autorenporträt

KRISTINA M. NEUMANN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Houston and co-director of The SYRIOS Project, a web-based, interactive exhibit inviting the public into the history of ancient Syria (https://syrios.uh.edu/). She has worked with archaeological projects in Rome, Pompeii, and Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; Chronology of rulers; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Counting change; 2. Imperial beginnings (300
129 bce); 3. Imperial transitions (129
31 bce); 4. Provincial negotiations (31 bce-192 ce); 5. Imperial creations (192
284 ce); 6. Imperial city (284
450 ce); Conclusion; Appendix 1
S methodology for digitally analyzing coin finds; Appendix 2
list of excavation reports; Appendix 3
coin hoards with antioch coins; Bibliography; Index.