Antioch in Syria - A History From Coins (300 Bce-450 Ce)

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.

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kristina M. Neumann, Kristina M. (University of Houston) Neumann
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781108837149
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83714-9
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE