Palmyra : an irreplaceable treasure / by Paul Veyne ; translated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan.
Language: English Original language: French Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: ix, 88 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226427829; 022642782XUniform titles: Palmyre. English Subject(s): Tadmur (Syria) -- HistoryDDC classification: 939.4/32 LOC classification: DS99.P17 | V4913 2017
Contents:
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.
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Translated from the French.
Originally published as: Palmyre: L'irremplaçable trésor.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.