A hefty conference volume on Roman Greece - V. DI NAPOLI, F. CAMIA, V. EVANGELIDIS, D. GRIGOROPOULOS, D. ROGERS, S. VLIZOS (edd.), WHAT‘S NEW IN ROMAN GREECE? RECENT WORK ON THE GREEK MAINLAND AND THE ISLANDS IN THE ROMAN PERIOD (MEΛETHMTA 80; National Hellenic Research Foundation, Institute of Historical Research, Athens2018). Pp. xxviii + 652, many figs., col. pls. 16. ISBN 978-960-9538-79-4.

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 825-827
Author(s):  
Anna Kouremenos
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Roman Greece ◽  
National Hellenic Research Foundation

Sanctuaries and cult places from the Roman conquest to Late Antiquity: a survey of recent work in Achaea, Epirus and the islands

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 129-153
Author(s):  
Dimitris Grigoropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
The Past ◽  
Roman Greece ◽  
Archaeological Work ◽  
Tremendous Amount ◽  
And Function ◽  
Material Studies

This paper surveys archaeological work on Greek sanctuaries of the Roman period conducted over the past 20 years. Previously largely ignored or simply overlooked, in recent times the Roman phases of sanctuaries have seen a tremendous amount of excavation and research work, mirroring the increased interest in the archaeology of Roman Greece as a whole. In addition to brief presentatons of new and recent archaeological discoveries and material studies, this survey also aims to highlight the importance of current work based on the re-examination of sites excavated long ago and the contribution of various strands of archaeological evidence to an enhanced understanding of the history and function of Greek sanctuaries from the time of the Roman conquest to Late Antiquity.

Bunyan and the Historians

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamsin Spargo
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
English Literature ◽  
First Century ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
John Bunyan ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Research Analysis

This chapter offers a chronological account of varying historical and historicist approaches to the life and writings of John Bunyan from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. The theoretical assumptions of major scholars in the field are highlighted, from a Whig such as Macaulay in the nineteenth century to a Marxist such as Christopher Hill in the twentieth, to more recent work by contemporary historians such as Richard L. Greaves and N. H. Keeble. It explores changing conceptions of the relationship between text and context, and past, present, and future, as they have informed research, analysis, historiography, and interpretation within the developing disciplines of History and of English Literature. This exploration is coupled with a consideration of the often unacknowledged relationship between teleological conceptions of history and the practice of historical research and historiography.

Ethnohistory and Political Change

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Kenneth C. Wylie
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
West African ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Narrow Scope

There is a reluctance on the part of many historians to use theoretical models for research, especially for ethnohistorical work, which is both unfortunate and unjustified. Much of the recent work in social anthropology and political science has been of great historical value precisely because the use of theory has rendered studies with an otherwise narrow scope more general in application. It is the intention of this article to examine some techniques for historical research into the process of political change among certain West African kingdoms and chiefdoms in the nineteenth century. While examining some of these techniques and the problems associated with them, it is also my intention to suggest ways in which they might be combined for use in the field.

The Roman mosaics of the Knossos Valley

2003 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 517-547
Author(s):  
Rebecca Sweetman
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Material Culture ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Mosaic Distribution ◽  
The City

Thirty Roman mosaics are now known from the Knossos Valley. The Villa Dionysos, with eight mosaics thus far uncovered, forms the largest coherent group. Recent work undertaken at the nearby bath house has revealed a small group of three mosaics. For the most part the remainder are isolated examples, commonly found during rescue excavation and often not well preserved. The mosaics range in date from the late first to the late third century AD and they display a variety of styles from black and white to polychrome and themes from simple geometric to complex figured designs. This paper presents a catalogue of the mosaics followed by a synthetic analysis, providing cultural evidence for the hitherto not well-understood Roman period of Knossos and adding to the corpus of mosaics in Greece.Despite the limitations of such a study, imposed by the nature of the recovery of the material culture, it is possible, through an understanding of mosaic distribution, context and type, to make suggestions regarding the function of different areas within the city. An analysis of chronology and evidence for workshop production provides data for economic and cultural fluctuations and, importantly, a study of the mosaics helps to place Knossos within the broader context of the Roman Empire.

scholarly journals II.—The Raised Beach of Cantyre

1866 ◽  
Vol 3 (19) ◽  
pp. 5-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Hull
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Small Volume ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
The Many ◽  
Raised Beaches

Amongst the many objects of interest to the naturalist in that remarkable limb of the Western Highlands, variously written “Cantyre,” “Cantire,” or “Kintire,” are the raised beach and seaworn rocks which may be traced all along the coast under varying forms and aspects. This beach is the same as that which has been described by various writers as skirting the coast of Scotland from the Roman Wall northward, and winding through the innumerable fiords and sea-locks of the Firth of Clyde and the western coast; and to which attention was first called, I think, by Mr. Smith of Jordanhill, in 1836 and 1838, in papers read before the Geological and Wernerian Societies, and with other memoirs condensed into a small volume, in 1862. It is the last and by far the most strongly pronounced of all the raised beaches of Scotland—of which there are several—and is very graphically described by Mr. Geikie in his recent work. Now it is worthy of remark, that each of these authors draws opposite conclusions regarding the age of this raised beach from the same evidence; for Mr. Smith, of Jordanhill, considers the beach to be more ancient than the Roman period, and Mr. Geikie, on the contrary, more recent, both appealing to the position of the Roman Wall at its termination on the western and eastern coasts as evidence of the correctness of their views.

Rome and Barbaricum: recent work on the Roman period in Poland

Antiquity ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (258) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Barford
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Roman Period

The Origins of the Christmas Date: Some Recent Trends in Historical Research

2012 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 903-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. E. Nothaft
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Religious Influence ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Recent Trends

The article reviews recent and current developments in research on the origins of Christmas, which has traditionally crystallized around two competing approaches, known as the "History of Religions Theory" and the "Calculation Theory." This essay shall look at the history of these approaches and discuss their rationale and limitations, before turning to the challenges that have been brought against them by the recent work of Steven Hijmans and Hans Förster. It will be argued that their studies reveal the need for a more nuanced approach to the history of Christmas, which retains the aspect of inter-religious influence, but also pays some overdue attention to the importance of chronological thought in early Christian scholarship.

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