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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823720103321

Autore

Downey Glanville <1908-1991, >

Titolo

Ancient Antioch / / Glanville Downey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1963

©1963

ISBN

1-4008-7671-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 pages)

Collana

Princeton Legacy Library

Disciplina

939.43

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology

Antioch (Turkey) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Map of the Graeco-Roman World -- Prologue: Antioch in History -- Chapter I. Before Alexander the Great -- Chapter II. The City of Seleucus the Conqueror -- Chapter III. The Seleucid Kings -- Chapter IV. The Coming of the Romans -- Chapter V. Capital of Syria -- Chapter VI. The Early Christian Community -- Chapter VII. The Beginning of the Christian Roman Empire -- Chapter VIII. The Pagan Reaction -- Chapter IX. Pagan and Christian Traditions -- Chapter X. "Fair Crown of the Orient" -- Chapter XI. The East Roman Empire -- Chapter XII. The Last Years -- Epilogue: The Legacy of Antioch -- List of Abbreviations -- Selected Bibliography -- Chronology -- Index -- Illustrations

Sommario/riassunto

This study incorporates findings of the 1932-1939 excavations. Originally published in 1962.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.