Antioch in Syria

Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Kristina M. Neumann, Kristina M. (University of Houston) Neumann
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781108940375
• ISBN: 978-1-108-94037-5
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 246 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book; 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