ARCHITECTURE / History / Ancient & Classical

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The tenth-century CE Hebrew historical work known as Sefer Yosippon has been among the most widely circulated and influential histories of ancient Israel for Jews and non-Jews alike for over a millennium. Long believed to be a lost work of the first-century CE Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that he wrote in Hebrew for Jews, the book’s author is anonymous. Scholars generally agree that its unknown writer resided i…

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This book analyses the interconnection of space and experience in Roman antiquity, Byzantium, and the Middle Ages, ca. 100 BCE–1500 CE. The joint analysis of these two conceptual spearheads enables a novel analysis of how space affected social frameworks and how experiences built communities and shaped individual lives over the longue durée . The volume manifests the richness and innovativeness of analysing individu…

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Superb, detailed reconstructions of buildings provide the starting-point for a vivid exploration of these two great cities and the lives of the people who inhabited them. Peter Connolly's illustrations and reconstructions have a unique authority, with their blend of superb draughtsmanship, imagination, and meticulous research. The text appeals to a wide spectrum of readers, from young adults to professional historia…

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