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1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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New perspectives on the ancient world ; 1 |
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New perspectives on the ancient world ; 1.
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| Contents |
Sicily from pre-Greek times to the fourth century / John Serrati -- Indigenous society between the ninth and sixth centuries BC: territorial, urban and social evolution / Robert Leighton -- Wine wares in protohistoric eastern Sicily / Tamar Hodos -- Greeks bearing gifts: religious relationships between Sicily and Greece in the archaic period / Gillian Shepherd -- Coin types and identity: Greek cities in Sicily / N.K. Rutter -- Sicily in the Athenian imagination: Thucydides and the Persian Wars / Thomas Harrison -- The tyrant's myth / Sian Lewis -- The coming of the Romans: Sicily from the fourth to the first century BC / John Serrati -- Garrisons and grain: Sicily between the Punic Wars / John Serrati -- Ciceronian Sicily: an archaeological perspective / R.J.A. Wilson -- Between Greece and Italy: an external perspective on culture in Roman Sicily / Kathryn Lomas -- The charm of the Siren: the place of classical Sicily in historiography / Giovanna Ceserani |
| Summary |
Sicily occupies a crucial position in the Mediterranean world. It is at the heart of many cross-currents of trade, people, and ideology that flowed unceasingly through the ancient period. The island was home to many people, most of them not native to it: Phoenicians, Greeks, and then Romans settled there, and sought ways of expressing their hybrid identities. The Sicilians, no less than their invaders, were concerned with their image and their contribution to the age. In this volume ideas of identity, image and acculturation are the central themes. The contributions combine detailed investigation of the archaeological finds in which the island abounds, with an examination of the understudied tradition of history and literature on or about the island. The book provides a chronological account of the island's history, interwoven with a series of discussions of Sicilian identity: to show Sicily as a centre of affairs from the Iron Age to the Augustan Empire within the context of a fundamentally regional ancient world. The book includes a chronology and guides for further reading |
| Notes |
"This volume reflects the proceedings of a conference held in St. Andrews in June 1998"--Page vii |
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Includes bibliographical references (210-234) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Antiquities
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Klassieke oudheid.
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Kolonisatie.
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Identiteit.
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Archeologische vondsten.
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| SUBJECT |
Sicily (Italy) -- History -- To 800 -- Congresses
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Sicily (Italy) -- Antiquities -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Italy -- Sicily
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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History
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, Christopher John, 1965- editor.
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Serrati, John, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780585441924 |
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0585441928 |
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9780748679577 |
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074867957X |
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9780748650996 |
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0748650997 |
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9781474472708 |
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1474472702 |
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