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
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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
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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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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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TL;DR: In this paper, the Faynan case study is used as a case study of the Roman and Byzantine metalla and the specific mechanisms of management used by the administration are revealed, and the importance of decorative stone and metal to the imperial State is confirmed.
Abstract: Industry and Empire: Administration of the Roman and Byzantine Faynan School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester The aim of this thesis is to gain a greater understanding of metalla, the imperially owned mining and quarrying districts of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. These extraction industries, and their products, were vital for the State to supply the army and to provide metals for coinage and marble for imperial building projects. To meet the largescale production needs of the State, the administration of these regions had to manage, supply and organise the industry. This thesis argues that the administration of metalla profoundly impacted the regional landscape and studying these landscapes can reveal the management strategies employed. To explore these issues the Faynan, a copper mining district located in southern Jordan, is used as a case study. This region has been the focus of intensive survey and presents an exceptional opportunity for studying an industrial landscape. By examining the landscape, and comparing the Faynan case study to other metalla, the specific mechanisms of management used by the administration are revealed. Some methods involved the creation of infrastructure (roads, aqueducts and administrative buildings) to facilitate production. Certain activities and resources were centralised to allow for greater control. Using GIS, it is demonstrated that the administration employed complex understanding of the ability to exert control through surveillance in its placement of structures in the landscape. It is shown that the Faynan and other metalla used multiple strategies to accomplish production. By comparing metalla from a number of regions common patterns emerge and the importance of decorative stone and metal to the imperial State is confirmed. The archaeological record reflects in general and specific ways that landscapes were managed and organised by the mining and quarrying authorities. Key wordsMetalla, Roman, Byzantine, Faynan, copper mines
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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: Rabbat et al. as discussed by the authors explored the relationship between the art and architecture of the early Islamic period to those of pre-Islamic Bilad al-Sham (the region encompassing the modem-day countries of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel), and focused on the Umayyad bathhouse as a paradigm through which this relationship is articulated.
Abstract: This dissertation explores the relationship between the art and architecture of the early Islamic period to those of pre-Islamic Bilad al-Sham (the region encompassing the modem-day countries of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel), and focuses on the Umayyad bathhouse as a paradigm through which this relationship is articulated. The visual culture of the Umayyad dynasty (661-750CE) is of extreme importance, not only because it constitutes the foundation of Islamic art and architecture, but more importantly because it serves as the main link in the chain of cultural transmission from the GrecoRoman and Byzantine worlds to the Medieval Islamic world. The first section of this dissertation explores the ways in which this relationship has been studied as well as the nature of the primary sources, and suggests a new method of how best to study and understand Umayyad art and architecture and their relationship to precedent and contemporaneous cultures. The second section examines the cultural, architectural and political changes in Bilad al-Sham between the fourth and eighth centuries CE, and how the events of these four centuries shaped the art, architecture and culture of the Umayyads. The third and fourth sections concentrate on transformation of the shape and function of the bathhouse in late antiquity, and how the bathhouse was adapted to fit the needs of both pre-Islamic and Islamic late antique cultures in this region. This study concludes by suggesting that Umayyad architecture and culture can best be understood only when interpreted as part of the rich regional and cultural milieu of late antique Bilad al-Sham. Thesis Supervisor: Nasser Rabbat Title: Associate Professor of the History of Architecture Aga Khan Professor in the History of Islamic Architecture
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TL;DR: Bosra as mentioned in this paper is an important ville nabateenne, capitale de la province romaine d'Arabie, florissante cite episcopale a l'epoque byzantine, de nombreux monuments temoignent de la longue histoire de Bosra, successivement agglomeration fortifiee de l'âge du Bronze.
Abstract: De nombreux monuments temoignent de la longue histoire de Bosra, successivement agglomeration fortifiee de l'âge du Bronze, importante ville nabateenne, capitale de la province romaine d'Arabie, florissante cite episcopale a l'epoque byzantine. L'eclat de la ville sainte musulmane s'attenue avec la depopulationde la periode ottomane, jusqu'au retour progressif d'une population villageoise au milieu du XIXe siecle. Taillees dans le basalte local, les pierres de Bosra, perpetuellement remployees pour eriger de nouveaux edifices, conservent la trace des epoques anterieures. Les auteurs - archeologues, architectes, historiens, epigraphistes - ont souhaite offrir une vision aussi complete que possible de cette continuite, l'illustrant d'une abondante documentation iconographique. De l'urbanisme antique aux traditions contemporaines, c'est a un parcours historique et culturel, en meme temps qu'a une visite detaillee des monuments de Bosra, qu'est convie le lecteur de ce guide.
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