Cosmic Order and Divine Power

Cosmic Order and Divine Power

Author: Johan C. Thom

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2014-09-18

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9783161528095

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The treatise De mundo offers a cosmology in the Peripatetic tradition which subordinates what happens in the cosmos to the might of an omnipotent god. Thus the work is paradigmatic for the philosophical and religious concepts of the early imperial age, which offer points of contact with nascent Christianity.


On Heroes

On Heroes

Author: Philostratus (the Athenian)

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9789004127012

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This English translation, with introduction and notes, an extensive glossary, maps, and topical bibliographies, explores religious authority and revealed knowledge and is indispensable for the study of Homer, heroes, literature, religion, and culture in the Roman Empire and Late Antiquity. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).


War, Warlords, and Interstate Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean

War, Warlords, and Interstate Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-12-05

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 9004354050

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During the final four centuries BC, many political and stateless entities of the Mediterranean headed towards anarchy and militarism, while stronger powers -Carthage, the Hellenistic kingdoms and Republican Rome- expanded towards State formation, forceful military structures and empire building. Edited by T. Ñaco del Hoyo and F. López Sánchez, this volume presents the proceedings from an ICREA Conference held in Barcelona (2013), addressing the connection between war, warlords and interstate relations from classical studies and social sciences perspectives. Some twenty scholars from European, Japanese and North American Universities consider the scope of ‘multipolarity’ and the usefulness of ‘warlord’, a modern category, in order to feature some ancient military and political leaderships.


The Sublime in Antiquity

The Sublime in Antiquity

Author: James I. Porter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-03-07

Total Pages: 713

ISBN-13: 1107037476

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Detailed new account of the historical emergence and conceptual reach of the sublime both before and after Longinus.