The Long Walls
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Connecting A City To The Sea
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Author : David Conwell
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008-01-31
Connecting A City To The Sea written by David Conwell and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-31 with History categories.
The Long Walls joining Athens with its harbors are universally recognized as symbols of naval imperialism and the lynchpin of a radical departure from traditional Greek military strategy during the later fifth century B.C. Nevertheless, many important questions about the structures remain disputed or simply neglected. As the first comprehensive history of the Long Walls, the present study dates each construction phase, examines the function of the structures from beginning to end, and chronicles their fluctuating viability. The analysis is driven by the proposition that the Athenians would not have relied on the walls to the sea when their navy did not control the sea lanes effectively. This full consideration of the Long Walls' development and strategic prominence over time will enable accurate assessment of their position in Greek military and political history from classical through early Hellenistic times.
The Long Walls
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Author : Elbridge Streeter Brooks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
The Long Walls written by Elbridge Streeter Brooks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with categories.
Topography Of The Harbours And Position Of The Long Walls Of Athens Tr By E P Colquhoun
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Author : Heinrich Niclas Ulrichs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1847
Topography Of The Harbours And Position Of The Long Walls Of Athens Tr By E P Colquhoun written by Heinrich Niclas Ulrichs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1847 with categories.
Walls
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Author : David Frye
language : en
Publisher: Scribner
Release Date : 2019-08-27
Walls written by David Frye and has been published by Scribner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-27 with History categories.
“A lively popular history of an oft-overlooked element in the development of human society” (Library Journal)—walls—and a haunting and eye-opening saga that reveals a startling link between what we build and how we live. With esteemed historian David Frye as our raconteur-guide in Walls, which Publishers Weekly praises as “informative, relevant, and thought-provoking,” we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed—to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone, and with them effectively divide humanity: on one side were those the walls protected; on the other, those the walls kept out. The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves—rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi, and even Central America. As we journey across time and place, we discover a hidden, thousand-mile-long wall in Asia's steppes; learn of bizarre Spartan rituals; watch Mongol chieftains lead their miles-long hordes; witness the epic siege of Constantinople; chill at the fate of French explorers; marvel at the folly of the Maginot Line; tense at the gathering crisis in Cold War Berlin; gape at Hollywood’s gated royalty; and contemplate the wall mania of our own era. Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as “provocative, well-written, and—with walls rising everywhere on the planet—timely,” Walls gradually reveals the startling ways that barriers have affected our psyches. The questions this book summons are both intriguing and profound: Did walls make civilization possible? And can we live without them? Find out in this masterpiece of historical recovery and preeminent storytelling.
The Ancient Circuit Walls Of Athens
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Author : Anna Maria Theocharaki
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2019-12-02
The Ancient Circuit Walls Of Athens written by Anna Maria Theocharaki and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-02 with Art categories.
In Athens, most remains of the ancient city-wall were revealed during rescue excavations; as a result, documentation is scattered and fragmented. This book systematically investigates all published data, revealing the history and the nature of the surviving remains of this significant monument. The book provides an analysis of the ancient literary sources, the western travellers’ accounts, and the history of archaeological research on the circuit walls of ancient Athens. It collects, records, and maps all archaeological data from systematic and rescue excavations of the physical remains of the wall as it evolved over eleven centuries and through more than a dozen construction phases. It reviews issues relating to structure, chronology and topography of the ancient city wall, as well as to the management of its remains by the state authorities. The enormous amount of primary evidence makes the book essential reading for scholars of the topography of ancient Athens. This monograph also aspires to increase community awareness of cultural heritage in everyday urban contexts, as the wall has been preserved in a number of ways: in basements of buildings, reburied in situ, in the open air or beneath glass floors.
Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Geography
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Author : William Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Geography written by William Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with Geography, Ancient categories.
A Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Geography
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Author : Anonymous
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-05-06
A Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Geography written by Anonymous and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-06 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Commentary On Book I Attica Appendix The Pre Persian Temple On The Acropolis
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Author : Pausanias
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Commentary On Book I Attica Appendix The Pre Persian Temple On The Acropolis written by Pausanias and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Greece categories.
Greek Walls
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Author : Robert Scranton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941
Greek Walls written by Robert Scranton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Architecture categories.
Rome In The East
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Author : Warwick Ball
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-01-04
Rome In The East written by Warwick Ball and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-04 with History categories.
From Rome's legendary foundation by Aeneas and the Trojan heroes as the New Troy, through installing Arabs as Roman emperors, to the eventual foundation of the new Rome by a latter-day Aeneas at Constantinople, the East took over Rome - and Rome ultimately ditched Europe to the Barbarians. Through this obsession, Near Eastern civilisation - most of all, Christianity - went West to transform Europe. Warwick Ball argues that the story of Rome is the story of the East, more than the story of the West."--Jacket