UID:
almafu_9960943444102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xxxiii, 851 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781009301930
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1009301934
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9781107282025
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1107282020
Originaltitel:
History of the wars.
Inhalt:
Procopius was the major historian of the reign of Justinian and one of the most important historians of Late Antiquity. This is the first extensive commentary on his Persian Wars since the nineteenth century. The work is among the most varied of the author, incorporating the history and geography not only of Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, but also of southern Arabia and Ethiopia, Iran and Central Asia, and Constantinople itself. Each major section is introduced by a section on the history of the events concerned and on the treatment of these events by Procopius and other sources. The volume is equipped with an introduction, three appendices, and numerous maps and plans. All sections of the work that are commented on are translated. The book will therefore be of use to specialists and the general reader alike. A complete translation of the work, with lighter annotation, is being published separately.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2022).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- List of Maps and Battle Plans page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Tables of Names -- Names of People -- Names of Places and Peoples -- Cross-References and Conventions in the Commentary -- Introduction -- (1) Procopius -- (2) The Composition and Structure of The Persian Wars -- (3) Procopius' Style -- (a) Speeches -- (b) Digressions -- (c) The Presence of Christianity -- (d) Historical Analysis -- (e) Lexical Preferences -- (4) Procopius' Sources -- (a) Written Historical Sources -- (b) Oral Sources -- (c) Reports from the Front -- (d) Autopsy -- (5) The Transmission of The Persian Wars -- (6) Rome and Persia in the Sixth Century -- (7) The Structure of this Commentary -- Commentary on Book I -- Commentary on Book II -- Appendix 1: Perso-Arabic Sources on Sasanian History -- Appendix 2: The Length of Procopius' Stade -- Appendix 3: Nonnosus and Roman Missions to Southern Arabia and Ethiopia -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- Index of Latin Terms -- Index of RKOR Entries -- Index of Persons and Titles -- Index of Peoples and Places.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107053229
Sprache:
Englisch
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