History : Ancient

Early Christianity varied in appearance as much as the geography and terrain of the ancient Middle East. Often "variety" became pitted against "orthodoxy." Montanism, or the New Prophecy, was founded by a Phrygian named Montanus along with two ecstatic prophetesses, Maximilla and Priscilla. Even the North African Church Father Tertullian was a supporter of the New Prophecy movement. The Montanist variety of Christianity, however, soon fell into disfavor by those later deemed "orthodox", also because women played an influential role in this movement. Today we know about Montanism only partially and that mainly from the writings of its Christian rivals. One tenet of Montanism was the belief that the New Jerusalem would descend from heaven at a remote location in Phrygia near Tymion and Pepouza, Montanism’s most holy city. In 2000, an international team of archaeologists and historians discovered in the Ulubey Canyon the centuries-lost site of Pepouza as well as an inscription mentioning Tymion. The discovery team was led by William Tabbernee (Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, USA). Peter Lampe (University of Heidelberg, Germany) designed and directed the archaeological field campaigns held in the following years, in the course of which Tymion (at Sükraniye) and other settlements were discovered. Compelling archaeological, epigraphic, and historical evidence is recorded in this extraordinary volume. The chapters are in English, German, and Turkish and contain illustrations, maps, photographs, an extensive bibliography, and an index. more...

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An exciting and accessible introduction to rhetoric and oratory in ancient Greece. All Greek and Latin is translated. more...

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Early in the first century B.C. a Greek philosopher named Posidonius began an ambitious and dangerous journey into the little-known lands of the Celts. A man of great intellectual curiosity and considerable daring, Posidonius traveled from his home on the island of Rhodes to Rome, the capital of the expanding empire that had begun to dominate the Mediterranean. From there Posidonius planned to investigate for himself the mysterious Celts, reputed to be cannibals and savages. His journey would be one of the great adventures of the ancient world. Posidonius returned home and wrote a book about his travels among the Celts, which became one of the most popular books of ancient times. His work influenced Julius Caesar, who would eventually conquer the people of Gaul and bring the Celts into the Roman Empire, ending forever their ancient way of life. Thanks to Posidonius, who could not have known that he was recording a way of life soon to disappear, we have an objective, eyewitness account of the lives and customs of the ancient Celts. more...

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Plague was a key factor in the waning of Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages. more...

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Vasily Rudich examines the phenomenon of dissidence under Nero's infamous reign from both a historical and psychological perspective. He portrays the predicament of the dissident in Nero's Rome through the thoughts of the dissidents themselves. Those who endured the tribulations of Nero's rule did so for varying reasons, ranging from cynical opportunism to intransigent opposition. Political Dissidence Under Nero shows their various efforts at adjustment to the hostile reality of Nero's rule and describes their careers in the form of a dramatic narrative. Rudich's is a study of a society suffering from a crisis of values, of people who were simultaneously the victims and perpetrators of that crisis. By turns admirable, pitiable and contemptible, these figures offer us remarkable examples of both political failure and moral victory. more...

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