Rome's Desert Frontier from the Air
About: This article is published in Classical World.The article was published on 1992-01-01. It has received 21 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Desert (philosophy).
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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
Dissertation•
01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: The Sasanids’ sieges of Roman cities and the Great King’s kindliness presented in literary sources and the Khwadaynamag tradition are presented.
Abstract: .........................................................................................1 Acknowledgements.............................................................................2 Table of contents................................................................................3 Notes on transliteration and terminology....................................................5 Introduction.......................................................................................6 Chronological and geographical scope..........................................11 Civilians: terminology, description and composition.................................15 Existing scholarship on civilians in siege warfare...............................24 Sources and methods................................................................28 Structure of the thesis...............................................................38 Chapter 1. Historical and intellectual background..........................................40 Historical setting....................................................................40 Intellectual and social contexts of key texts......................................48 A chronological table on the sixth-century Persian wars, with a special emphasis on the Sasanids’ sieges of Roman cities..............................54 Chapter 2. Analysis of literary accounts .....................................................55 Words and phrases..................................................................55 Women, children and the urbs capta.............................................61 Motifs from Judeo-Christian Literature..........................................68 The Great King’s kindliness presented in literary sources and the Khwadaynamag tradition............................................................................77 Chapter 3. The experience of civilians in Roman cities...................................88 Loss of life...........................................................................88 Hand-to-hand combat and street battles....................................88 Massacres and executions...................................................92 Lack of subsistence.........................................................103 Sexual violence..................................................................113 Concubinage and sexual relations with the conquerors................113 Rape...........................................................................115 The suicide of two thousand virgins......................................120 Loss and destruction of property................................................123 Plundering....................................................................123
59 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the abilities of three satellite remote sensed image products (low spatial resolution LANDSAT Thematic Mapper (TM); medium resolution SPOT Panchromatic; high resolution KVR-1000) to detect archaeological features in the environs of the Iron Age hillfort at Figsbury Ring, Wiltshire.
Abstract: The abilities of three satellite remote sensed image products (low spatial resolution LANDSAT Thematic Mapper (TM); medium resolution SPOT Panchromatic; high resolution KVR-1000) to detect archaeological features in the environs of the Iron Age hillfort at Figsbury Ring, Wiltshire, have been evaluated. Given prior knowledge of their locations, relatively large features together and those possessing a strong linear nature could be detected on the LANDSAT TM multispectral and SPOT Panchromatic image products. Near-infrared TM imagery showed promise for the detection of smaller features as a result of differences in vegetation cover, but was constrained by its low spatial resolution. High resolution Russian KVR-1000 imagery was found to be capable of detecting both upstanding and ploughed-out archaeological features without the need for prior knowledge of ground truth.
It is concluded that satellite imagery, although not a substitute for conventional aerial photography, represents a complementary source of information when prospecting for archaeological features. In a regional context, low resolution multispectral imagery can be used for the prospection for areas of high archaeological potential through the use of image processing and modelling techniques and, together with medium resolution imagery can be used to prepare base maps of regions for which up to date mapping is not available. High-resolution imagery, together with conventional aerial photographs, can be used subsequently to detect and map archaeological features. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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...Kennedy and Bewley, 1998), where cloud-free conditions pertain and where there are a higher percentage of stone built and still upstanding sites (Kennedy and Riley, 1990), the archaeological utility of this resource is potentially immense....
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...…surveys being undertaken in the Near East (e.g. Kennedy and Bewley, 1998), where cloud-free conditions pertain and where there are a higher percentage of stone built and still upstanding sites (Kennedy and Riley, 1990), the archaeological utility of this resource is potentially immense....
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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the Marshland of Cities: Deltaic Landscapes and the Evolution of Civilization is described. And the evolution of cities in the Marshlands of Cities is discussed.
Abstract: OF THE BOOK Marshland of Cities: Deltaic Landscapes and the Evolution of Civilization
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TL;DR: El-LejjunLegionary31° 13′ N, 35° ǫ 0.5° 0.3°EFigures as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Site NameTypeLocationIllustrations in Kennedy and Riley (1990)1El-LejjunLegionary31° 13′ N, 35° 48′ EFigures 76–78 fortress 2Khirbet el-FityanFort31° 14′ N, 35° 48′ EFigures 120–1213Qasr BshirFor...
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...To the immediate north and east of the fort, the walls and buildings of the town that subsequently grew up around the fort (Kennedy and Riley 1990) can be discerned as changes in texture, with possible upstanding buildings visible as dark ‘dots’....
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...Whilst lacking the definition of conventional aerial photography (cf. Kennedy and Riley 1990), the ability to detect remains from Rome’s desert frontier on the KH-4B imagery from mission 1115–2 demonstrates the potential of declassified CORONA imagery to support archaeological prospection in this…...
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...In the case of the eastern desert frontier, there are many fine remains to be found and aerial photography conducted in the first half of the twentieth century has contributed much to our understanding (Kennedy and Riley 1990)....
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...Measuring some 18 m622 m in plan view (Kennedy and Riley 1990), the tower is set inside an earlier, larger, enclosure covering some 60 m660 m. 3.4....
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Book•
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
Dissertation•
01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: The Sasanids’ sieges of Roman cities and the Great King’s kindliness presented in literary sources and the Khwadaynamag tradition are presented.
Abstract: .........................................................................................1 Acknowledgements.............................................................................2 Table of contents................................................................................3 Notes on transliteration and terminology....................................................5 Introduction.......................................................................................6 Chronological and geographical scope..........................................11 Civilians: terminology, description and composition.................................15 Existing scholarship on civilians in siege warfare...............................24 Sources and methods................................................................28 Structure of the thesis...............................................................38 Chapter 1. Historical and intellectual background..........................................40 Historical setting....................................................................40 Intellectual and social contexts of key texts......................................48 A chronological table on the sixth-century Persian wars, with a special emphasis on the Sasanids’ sieges of Roman cities..............................54 Chapter 2. Analysis of literary accounts .....................................................55 Words and phrases..................................................................55 Women, children and the urbs capta.............................................61 Motifs from Judeo-Christian Literature..........................................68 The Great King’s kindliness presented in literary sources and the Khwadaynamag tradition............................................................................77 Chapter 3. The experience of civilians in Roman cities...................................88 Loss of life...........................................................................88 Hand-to-hand combat and street battles....................................88 Massacres and executions...................................................92 Lack of subsistence.........................................................103 Sexual violence..................................................................113 Concubinage and sexual relations with the conquerors................113 Rape...........................................................................115 The suicide of two thousand virgins......................................120 Loss and destruction of property................................................123 Plundering....................................................................123
59 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the abilities of three satellite remote sensed image products (low spatial resolution LANDSAT Thematic Mapper (TM); medium resolution SPOT Panchromatic; high resolution KVR-1000) to detect archaeological features in the environs of the Iron Age hillfort at Figsbury Ring, Wiltshire.
Abstract: The abilities of three satellite remote sensed image products (low spatial resolution LANDSAT Thematic Mapper (TM); medium resolution SPOT Panchromatic; high resolution KVR-1000) to detect archaeological features in the environs of the Iron Age hillfort at Figsbury Ring, Wiltshire, have been evaluated. Given prior knowledge of their locations, relatively large features together and those possessing a strong linear nature could be detected on the LANDSAT TM multispectral and SPOT Panchromatic image products. Near-infrared TM imagery showed promise for the detection of smaller features as a result of differences in vegetation cover, but was constrained by its low spatial resolution. High resolution Russian KVR-1000 imagery was found to be capable of detecting both upstanding and ploughed-out archaeological features without the need for prior knowledge of ground truth.
It is concluded that satellite imagery, although not a substitute for conventional aerial photography, represents a complementary source of information when prospecting for archaeological features. In a regional context, low resolution multispectral imagery can be used for the prospection for areas of high archaeological potential through the use of image processing and modelling techniques and, together with medium resolution imagery can be used to prepare base maps of regions for which up to date mapping is not available. High-resolution imagery, together with conventional aerial photographs, can be used subsequently to detect and map archaeological features. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
54 citations
01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the Marshland of Cities: Deltaic Landscapes and the Evolution of Civilization is described. And the evolution of cities in the Marshlands of Cities is discussed.
Abstract: OF THE BOOK Marshland of Cities: Deltaic Landscapes and the Evolution of Civilization
37 citations
TL;DR: El-LejjunLegionary31° 13′ N, 35° ǫ 0.5° 0.3°EFigures as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Site NameTypeLocationIllustrations in Kennedy and Riley (1990)1El-LejjunLegionary31° 13′ N, 35° 48′ EFigures 76–78 fortress 2Khirbet el-FityanFort31° 14′ N, 35° 48′ EFigures 120–1213Qasr BshirFor...
30 citations