id
	11909
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/11909
Resource template
	Book
Resource class
	bibo:Book
Title
	Ancient Antioch: From the Seleucid Era to the Islamic Conquest
Creator
	De Giorgi, Andrea U.
Publisher
	Cambridge University Press
Date
	2016
Language
	eng
Abstract
	From late fourth century BC Seleucid enclave to capital of the Roman east, Antioch on the Orontes was one of the greatest cities of antiquity and served as a hinge between east and west. This book draws on a century of archaeological fieldwork to offer a new narrative of Antioch's origins and growth, as well as its resilience, civic pride, and economic opportunism. Situating the urban nucleus in the context of the rural landscape, this book integrates hitherto divorced cultural basins, including the Amuq Valley and the Massif Calcaire. It also brings into focus the archaeological data, thus proposing a concrete interpretative framework that, grounded in the monuments of Antioch, enables the reader to move beyond text-based reconstructions of the city's history. Finally, it considers the interaction between the environment and the people of the city who shaped this region and forged a distinct identity within the broader Greco-Roman world.
Spatial Coverage
	Cambridge
Cited by
	11042
Isbn
	978-1-107-57671-1
Number of pages
	244
Short title
	Ancient Antioch
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/YB37H7AM/item-list

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