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portada Excavations at Dura-Europos 1928-1937, Volume 7: The Arms and Armour and Other Military Equipment
Excavations at Dura-Europos 1928-1937, Volume 7: The Arms and Armour and Other Military EquipmentExcavations at Dura-Europos 1928-1937, Volume 7: The Arms and Armour and Other Military EquipmentExcavations at Dura-Europos 1928-1937, Volume 7: The Arms and Armour and Other Military EquipmentExcavations at Dura-Europos 1928-1937, Volume 7: The Arms and Armour and Other Military Equipment
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Physical Book
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Language
English
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
29.5x20.6x2.3 cm
Weight
1.22 kg.
ISBN
9781842173718
ISBN13
9781842173718
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Excavations at Dura-Europos 1928-1937, Volume 7: The Arms and Armour and Other Military Equipment

Simon James (Author) · Oxbow Books Limited · Paperback

Excavations at Dura-Europos 1928-1937, Volume 7: The Arms and Armour and Other Military Equipment - James, Simon

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Synopsis "Excavations at Dura-Europos 1928-1937, Volume 7: The Arms and Armour and Other Military Equipment"

This is a paperback reprint of the first edition, which appeared in 2004, published by British Museum Press. The ancient city of Dura-Europos, destroyed by a Sasanian Persian siege in the AD 250s, was an important regional center of commerce, government and military control under the Seleucid, Parthian and Roman empires. During excavations in the 1920s and 1930s it became famous for finds such as a painted synagogue and early Christian chapel. Not the least spectacular of the discoveries in this 'Pompeii of the Syrian Desert' were the remains of the town's garrisons and siegeworks and massive quantities of military artifacts. The latter comprise perhaps the most important single collection of arms, armor and other equipment to survive from the Roman period, a collection which is exceptional in its size, diversity and state of preservation. Its colorful painted shields and horse armor, for example, are unequaled in the vast Roman empire or in neighboring lands. It also holds vital importance for our knowledge of the material culture of the military in the eastern frontier lands of the Roman world.This book provides a complete catalogue of the military artifacts, most of which are now housed in Yale University Art Gallery, and analyses and assesses their cultural affiliations and uses. The archaeological evidence from the site is combined with the equally rich and rare textual and representational evidence in the form of papyri, graffiti and wall-paintings, not to mention the buildings of the city themselves, to examine the ways in which material culture actively creates and expresses identity, in this case of Roman soldiers of Syrian origin.

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