Common Dwelling Place of all the Gods

Commagene in its Local, Regional and Global Hellenistic Context
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-515-12925-1
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, 598 Seiten, Gebunden, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1158 g

Reihe: Oriens et occidens

The history and archaeology of Hellenistic Commagene is a rich field of study, not in the least because of the remarkable monuments and inscriptions of king Antiochos I (c. 70–36 BC). Over the last decades important new work has been done on Commagene proper, providing novel interpretations of the epigraphical and historical record or the archaeological data and individual sites, like Nemrud Dag, Samosata or Arsameia. Simultaneously scholars have tried to better understand Hellenistic Commagene by situating the region and its history in a wider Mediterranean and Near Eastern context. This long-awaited book provides a critical evaluation of all these new data and ideas on the basis of a theoretically embedded, state-of-the-art overview for the history and archaeology of Hellenistic Commagene. From this volume a new picture emerges in which Hellenistic Commagene is no longer understood as peripheral and out-of-the-ordinary, but as an important node in a global Hellenistic network, from Ai-Khanoum to Pompeii and from Alexandria to Armawir.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blömer, Michael

Riedel, Stefan

Versluys, Miguel John

Winter, Engelbert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Blömer, Michael
Michael Blömer is an archaeologist whose research revolves around Asia Minor and the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman Period. He has worked on urbanism, sculpture, religious iconography, and the religious life of the Hellenistic and Roman Near East. He works at the Forschungsstelle Asia Minor, Münster University.

Riedel, Stefan
Stefan Riedel is classical archaeologist who has worked on various aspects of the archaeology of the Hellenistic Eastern Mediterranean. His main research foci are cultural contacts and processes of interaction and transformation, the archaeology of Hellenistic kingdoms, ancient iconography and numismatics. He works at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and is affiliated researcher at Leiden University.

Winter, Engelbert
Engelbert Winter is Professor of Ancient History at the Forschungsstelle Asia Minor, Münster University. He is especially interested in the Roman Near East and in the history of religions in these regions. He published several books on the history and culture of Asia Minor and on Roman-Persian relationships in Late Antiquity.

Versluys, Miguel John
Miguel John Versluys is Professor and Chair of Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology at Leiden University. His research focusses on the nature and impact of Globalisation processes in the Hellenistic-Roman world.