Format:
Online-Ressource (510 p)
ISBN:
9781119016182
Series Statement:
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Content:
A Companion to Ancient Thrace presents a series of essays that reveal the newly recognized complexity of the social and cultural phenomena of the peoples inhabiting the Balkan periphery of the Classical world. Features a rich and detailed overview of Thracian history from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity Includes contributions from leading scholars in the archaeology, art history, and general history of Thrace Balances consideration of material evidence relating to Ancient Thrace with more traditional literary sources Integrates a study of Thrace within a broad context that in
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Description based upon print version of record
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Editors' Preface; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Part I Thrace and Thracians; Chapter 1 An Introduction to Studying Ancient Thrace; References; Guide to Further Reading; Chapter 2 Geography; 2.1 The Problem of Boundaries; 2.2 The Geography of Ancient Thrace: A Sketch; 2.3 Microfoundations; 2.4 Roads and Connectivity; 2.5 Imaginary Thrace; Notes; References; Guide to Further Reading; Chapter 3 Ethnicity and Ethne; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Synchrony; 3.3 Diachrony; 3.4 "Thracians"; Notes; References; Guide to Further Reading; Part II History
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Chapter 4 Early History of Thrace to the Murder of Kotys I (360 bce)4.1 Greek Colonization; 4.2 The Persian Invasions; 4.3 Delian League and Peloponnesian War; 4.4 After the Peloponnesian War; Notes; References; Guide to Further Reading; Chapter 5 Thrace from the Assassination of Kotys I to Koroupedion (360-281 BCE); 5.1 Decline and Fall of the Odrysian Kingdom (360-336 BCE); 5.2 Thrace in the Age of Alexander the Great (336-323 BCE); 5.3 Thrace in the Age of the Successors (323-281 BCE); References; Guide to Further Reading; 1. On the Age of Philip and Alexander
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2. On the Age of the SuccessorsChapter 6 From Koroupedion to the Beginning of the Third Mithridatic War (281-73 BCE); 6.1 From Koroupedion to the Accession of Philip V in Macedonia, 281-221 BCE; 6.2 From the Accession of Philip V to the Establishment of the Roman Province of Macedonia, 221-148 BCE; 6.3 From the Establishment of the Roman Province of Macedonia to the Beginning of the Third Mithridatic War, 148-73 BCE; References; Guide to Further Reading; Chapter 7 Roman Thrace; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Prelude to the Provinces: Roman Thrace up to the Time of Augustus
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7.3 Moesia et Thracia Provinciae7.4 Cities: Urban Development and Civic Life; 7.5 The Third-Century CE Crisis; 7.6 Conclusion; References; Guide to Further Reading; Chapter 8 Thrace in Late Antiquity; 8.1 Administrative Divisions; 8.2 Christianization and Construction of Churches; 8.3 Urbanism and Non-Urban Structures; References; Guide to Further Reading; Part III Evidence; Chapter 9 Settlements; 9.1 Sources and State of Research; 9.2 Demographic Potential and Social Structure; 9.3 Settlements and Settlement System in Thrace During the Early Iron Age, ca. 11th-6th c. BCE
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9.4 Settlements and Settlement System in Thrace of the Late Iron Age, 5th-1st c. BCEReferences; Guide to Further Reading; Chapter 10 Dolmens and Rock-Cut Monuments; 10.1 Megalithic Monuments in Thrace; 10.2 Dolmens; 10.3 Other Megalithic Monuments; 10.4 Rock-Cut Megalithic Sites; References; Guide to Further Reading; Chapter 11 "Ritual Pits"; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Location and Nature; 11.3 Interpretation and Discussion; Notes; References; Guide to Further Reading; Chapter 12 Tomb Architecture; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Problems of Chronology; 12.3 The Tumulus and Access to the Tomb
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12.4 Façade
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781118878057
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781444351040
Additional Edition:
Print version A Companion to Ancient Thrace
Language:
English
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