Roman Edessa: Politics and Culture on the Eastern Fringes of the Roman Empire, 114 - 242 C.E.
Autor Steven K. Rossen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2011
- the cultural life and antecedents of Edessa
- Edessene religion
- the extent of the Hellenization at Edessa before the advent of Christianity
- the myth of an exchange of letters between a King Abgar and Jesus.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415620093
ISBN-10: 0415620090
Pagini: 218
Ilustrații: 1 table
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415620090
Pagini: 218
Ilustrații: 1 table
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate and UndergraduateCuprins
List of figures, Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Introduction, 1 The earliest Edessa, 2 The coming of Rome, 3 From kingdom to province, 4 A king in Rome’s service, 5 A ‘Golden Age’?: the culture of pre-Christian Edessa, 6 Early Christianity and Edessan culture, 7 Conclusion, Appendix: Numismatic notes, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Descriere
Roman Edessa offers a comprehensive and erudite analysis of the ancient city of Edessa, which constituted a remarkable amalgam of the east and the west.