W. Den Boer

Bio: W. Den Boer is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Historiography & Social history. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 15 publications receiving 167 citations.

Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum

Abstract: SEG LXI covers the publications of the year 2011, with occasional additions from previous years that we missed in earlier volumes and from studies published after 2010 but pertaining to material from 2011.

Themistocles in Fifth Century Historiography

Abstract: The inscription of Troizen published by M. H. Jameson x) once more draws attention to the ancient controversy on the Persian Wars, attested in documents both literary and epigraphical : Who saved Greece from the barbarians? One of the few points of agreement between modern scholars, whose opinions differ widely, is that the inscription bears testimony to a tradition according to which Athens and Greece owed their salvation to the great statesman Themistocles, son of Neocles from the deme Phrearrhoi. This tradition was not completely ignored, it is true, by Herodotus and his Athenian friends of the forties 2). Without Thucydides, however, we should have been largely in the dark. This historian with (moderate) oligarchic views and convictions is fair to Themistocles and proves his own greatness by acknowledging the extraordinary talents, diplomatic skill and military insight of the man who started as a democratic party-leader, but who developed into the real national statesman who in his finest hour saved

The size of the Roman population: Beloch and the meaning of the Augustan census figures

Abstract: The importance of Beloch's Bevolkerung der griechisch-romischen Welt and its influence on subsequent research in ancient demography can hardly be overstated. This book represents the key-stone of all modern investigation on size, structure, and, to a certain extent, dynamics of ancient populations. It was the first overall scientific treatment of the subject and it is still unparalleled in its scope. An attempt at its critical evaluation is not just an historiographical exercise: we must come to terms with Beloch's Bevolkerung, because its detailed treatment of most of the topics concerning the population of the ancient world is at the root of all modern debates and controversies.

Syrian Identity in the Greco-Roman World

Abstract: By engaging with recent developments in the study of empires, this book examines how inhabitants of Roman imperial Syria reinvented expressions and experiences of Greek, Roman and Syrian identification. It demonstrates how the organization of Greek communities and a peer polity network extending citizenship to ethnic Syrians generated new semiotic frameworks for the performance of Greekness and Syrianness. Within these, Syria's inhabitants reoriented and interwove idioms of diverse cultural origins, including those from the Near East, to express Greek, Roman and Syrian identifications in innovative and complex ways. While exploring a vast array of written and material sources, the book thus posits that Greekness and Syrianness were constantly shifting and transforming categories, and it critiques many assumptions that govern how scholars of antiquity often conceive of Roman imperial Greek identity, ethnicity and culture in the Roman Near East, and processes of 'hybridity' or similar concepts.

A companion to the Roman Empire

Abstract: A companion to the Roman Empire , A companion to the Roman Empire , کتابخانه دیجیتال و فن آوری اطلاعات دانشگاه امام صادق(ع)

The First Christian Historian. Writing the "Acts of the Apostles"

Abstract: As the first historian of Christianity, Luke's reliability is vigorously disputed among scholars. The author of the Acts is often accused of being a biased, imprecise, and anti-Jewish historian who created a distorted portrait of Paul. Daniel Marguerat tries to avoid being caught in this true/false quagmire when examining Luke's interpretation of history. Instead he combines different tools - reflection upon historiography, the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism - to analyse the Acts and gauge the historiographical aims of their author. Marguerat examines the construction of the narrative, the framing of the plot and the characterization, and places his evaluation firmly in the framework of ancient historiography, where history reflects tradition and not documentation. This is a fresh and original approach to the classic themes of Lucan theology: Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome, the image of God, the work of the Spirit, the unity of Luke and the Acts.

The role of the physical environment in ancient Greek seafaring

Abstract: In this study of the world of ancient Greek mariners, the relationship between the natural environment and the techniques and technology of seafaring is focused upon. An initial description of the geology, oceanography and meteorology of Greece and the Mediterranean, is followed by discussion of the resulting sailing conditions, such as physical hazards, sea conditions, winds and availability of shelter, and environmental factors in sailing routes, sailing directions, and navigational techniques. Appendices discuss winter and night sailing, ship design, weather prediction, and related areas of socio-maritime life, such as settlement, religion, and warfare. Wide-ranging sources and illustrations are used to demonstrate both how the environment shaped many of the problems and constraints of seafaring, and also that Greek mariners' understanding of the environment was instrumental in their development of a highly successful seafaring tradition.