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Vandals, Romans and Berbers : new perspectives on late antique North Africa
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ISBN: 0754641457 1315235129 9781351876117 1351876112 9780754641452 9781315235127 9781351876094 9781138252684 Year: 2016 Publisher: London : Routledge,

History and geography in late antiquity
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ISBN: 9780521846011 0521846013 9780511496370 9780521075985 0511127995 9780511127991 0511127685 9780511127687 0511496370 9780511127465 0511127464 9786610217991 6610217998 1280217995 9781280217999 0511200153 9780511200151 0511309112 9780511309113 052107598X Year: 2005 Volume: 64 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The period from the fifth century to the eighth century witnessed massive political, social and religious change in Europe. Geographical and historical thought, long rooted to Roman ideologies, had to adopt the new perspectives of late antiquity. In the light of expanding Christianity and the evolution of successor kingdoms in the West, new historical discourses emerged which were seminal in the development of medieval historiography. Taking their lead from Orosius in the early fifth century, Latin historians turned increasingly to geographical description, as well as historical narrative, to examine the world around them. This book explores the interdependence of geographical and historical modes of expression in four of the most important writers of the period: Orosius, Jordanes, Isidore of Seville and the Venerable Bede. It offers important readings of each by arguing that the long geographical passages with which they were introduced were central to their authors' historical assumptions and arguments.


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Roman geographies of the Nile : from the late Republic to the early Empire
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ISBN: 9781107177284 9781316822661 9781316628287 1107177286 1316831302 1316829987 1316829650 1316822664 1316628280 1316830640 1316830314 1316831639 1316827674 9781316830642 9781316831632 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, texts, poems and paintings of the developing empire. Tantalised by the unique status of the river, explorers were sent to find the sources of the Nile, while natural philosophers meditated on its deeper metaphysical significance. Andy Merrills' book, Roman Geographies of the Nile, examines the very different images of the river that emerged from these descriptions - from anthropomorphic figures, brought repeatedly into Rome in military triumphs, through the frequently whimsical landscape vignettes from the houses of Pompeii, to the limitless river that spilled through the pages of Lucan's Civil War, and symbolised a conflict - and an empire - without end. Considering cultural and political contexts alongside the other Niles that flowed through the Roman world in this period, this book provides a wholly original interpretation of the deeper significance of geographical knowledge during the later Roman Republic and early Principate.


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War, rebellion and epic in Byzantine North Africa
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ISBN: 9781009392013 9781009391986 9781009392020 Year: 2023 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press

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Roman geographies of the Nile : from the late Republic to the early Empire
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ISBN: 9781316822661 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Geography --- Rome --- Egypt

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