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Derrick Riley

Bio: Derrick Riley is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Desert (philosophy). The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 170 citations.

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01 Jul 1990
TL;DR: The history of archaeological air reconnaissance in the Middle East pioneers and their research methods identification of ancient sites future work the sites is described in detail in this paper and Appendix: the Roman emperors.
Abstract: Geographical and historical content - physical and human geography historical survey aerial photography and archaeological prospection history of archaeological air reconnaissance in the Middle East pioneers and their research methods identification of ancient sites future work the sites. Appendix: the Roman emperors.

149 citations

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TL;DR: The history of archaeological air reconnaissance in the Middle East pioneers and their research methods identification of ancient sites future work the sites is described in detail in this paper and Appendix: the Roman emperors.
Abstract: Geographical and historical content - physical and human geography historical survey aerial photography and archaeological prospection history of archaeological air reconnaissance in the Middle East pioneers and their research methods identification of ancient sites future work the sites. Appendix: the Roman emperors.

2 citations


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01 Dec 1997
TL;DR: In the provinces the architectural and art forms characteristic of the Flavian era continued to flourish as mentioned in this paper and Dynamism returned to imperial commissions with the Romano-Spanish Trajan, who was able to impress upon it his own many-sided personality: ruler, philhellene, architect, dilettante, poet, traveller and romantic.
Abstract: Greek artefacts, craftsmen and artists had penetrated Rome since regal days; from the second century BC this trickle had become a continuing and influential flood, contributing together with Italic and Etruscan architecture and art, and the developing central Italian and Roman concrete architecture, to the rich tapestry of the art of the capital. Vespasian (69-79), founder of the Flavian dynasty, showed an astute pragmatism in his handling of architecture and art. In the provinces the architectural and art forms characteristic of the Flavian era continued to flourish. Dynamism returned to imperial commissions with the Romano-Spanish Trajan. The age of Hadrian (117-38) proved to be extraordinary, largely because of the extent to which he was able to impress upon it his own many-sided personality: ruler, philhellene, architect, dilettante, poet, traveller and romantic. The rich artistic harvest of the Flavian to the Antonine ages was not just an imperial, but a corporate achievement, one which offered a worthy inheritance to following generations.

172 citations

Book
13 Sep 2007
TL;DR: Rome and Iran to the beginning of the third century AD as mentioned in this paper, a chronological survey of the Sasanian Empire and its relations with the Roman Empire, is presented in this book.
Abstract: Part I. Narrative: 1. Rome and Iran to the beginning of the third century AD 2. Rome and the Sasanian Empire - a chronological survey Part II. Sources and Contexts: 3. Political goals 4. Warfare 5. Military confrontations 6. The diplomatic solutions 7. Arabia between the great powers 8. Shared interests - continuing conflicts 9. Religion - Christianity and Zoroastrianism 10. Emperor and King of Kings 11. Exchange of information between West and East Part III. Appendices.

132 citations

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01 Feb 1996
TL;DR: The work of the last generation of historians has represented a large step towards a better understanding of the early imperial court as mentioned in this paper, and several major studies have extended the detailed knowledge of the freedmen personnel, the equestrian amici principis, and links among the senatorial elite.
Abstract: The work of the last generation of historians has represented a large step towards a better understanding of the early imperial court. Several major studies have extended the detailed knowledge of the freedmen personnel, the equestrian amici principis, and of links among the senatorial elite. Above all, study of contacts between emperors and their subjects, the decision-making process and the distribution of resources and patronage, show the network of imperial personnel in operation and reveal something of the structures within which they operate. In discussing the nascent court of the Julio-Claudian period, it is necessary to generalize more broadly about the function of the court in the structure of imperial power. The social rituals of a court may act as a facade to screen the realities of power. Between Augustus and Nero the patterns of court life were developing, and still far from fixed. The court was a system of power which tended to its own perpetuation.

120 citations

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05 Jul 1995
TL;DR: David Braund, University of Exeter Brian Campbell Queen's University of Belfast Duncan Cloud, University Of Leicester Tim Cornell, University College, London Wolfgang Liebeschuetz, University OF Nottingham Stephen Oakley, Emmanuel College, Cambridge John Patterson, Magdalene College and Cambridge John Rich, Universityof Nottingham.
Abstract: David Braund, University of Exeter Brian Campbell Queen's University of Belfast Duncan Cloud, University of Leicester Tim Cornell, University College, London Wolfgang Liebeschuetz, University of Nottingham Stephen Oakley, Emmanuel College, Cambridge John Patterson, Magdalene College, Cambridge John Rich, University of Nottingham Harry Sidebottom, Christi College, Oxford Dick Whittaker, Churchill College, Cambridge Greg Woolf, Magdalen College, Oxford Adam Ziolkowski, University of Warsaw

114 citations