Palmyra : an irreplaceable treasure

1. Verfasser: Veyne, Paul, 1930-
Weitere Verfasser: Fagan, Teresa Lavender.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Umfang/Format: ix, 88 p., [12] p. of plates : color ill. ; 23 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Riches in the desert
  • A monumental ancient city
  • Being a capitalist back then
  • Antiquity in antiquity
  • Palmyra: a subject of the Caesars
  • A Syrian tribe and a Hellenized city
  • Saving the empire
  • The Palmyrene saga
  • A hybrid identity
  • Dining with the gods
  • Religion in Palmyra
  • Palmyrene portraits.