Twilight or Bloom? Eastern Mediterranean Wines in Italy during Late Antiquity

2020 ◽  
pp. 254-278
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean

scholarly journals Sleep of the Soul and Resurrection of the Body: Aphrahat’s Anthropology in Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 433-466
Author(s):  
J. Edward Walters
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Identity ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
Body And Soul

Abstract The fourth-century Syriac corpus known as the Demonstrations, attributed to Aphrahat, the Persian Sage, provides a unique window into the early development of Christianity among Syriac-speaking communities. Occasionally these writings attest to beliefs and practices that were not common among other contemporaneous Christian communities, such as Aphrahat’s apparent belief in the “sleep of the soul” and the implications of that belief for his concept of the soul-body relationship and what happens to the soul and body at the resurrection. Aphrahat addresses this topic in the context of a polemical argument against an unnamed opponent, which provides the occasion to consider whom these arguments might be addressed against. The present article seeks to understand Aphrahat’s views on the body and soul within the broad religious milieu of the eastern Mediterranean world in Late Antiquity. The article concludes with an argument for reading and understanding the Demonstrations as a witness to the contested development of Christian identity in the Syriac-speaking world.

The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Near East ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
The West ◽  
Persian Empire ◽  
Significant Period ◽  
Oxford Dictionary

Over 5,000 entriesThe first comprehensive, multi-disciplinary reference work covering every aspect of history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East (including the Persian Empire and Central Asia) between c. AD 250 to 750, the era now generally known as Late Antiquity. This period saw the re-establishment of the Roman Empire, its conversion to Christianity and its replacement in the West by Germanic kingdoms, the continuing Roman Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Persian Sassanian Empire, and the rise of Islam.Consisting of more than 1.5 million words, drawing on the latest scholarship, and written by more than 400 contributors, it bridges a significant period of history between those covered by the acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary and The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, and aims to establish itself as the essential reference companion to this period.

A contribution to the technology and sources of lead in Byzantium: lead isotope analysis of ten Byzantine seals

2021 ◽  
Vol 114 (3) ◽  
pp. 1161-1203
Author(s):  
Olga Karagiorgou ◽  
Stephen Merkel ◽  
Marcin Wołoszyn
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Lead Isotope ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Byzantine Empire ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Lead Isotope Analysis ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Byzantine Period

Abstract This article presents the results of lead isotope analysis of ten Byzantine seals from the sigillographic collection of Robert Feind (Cologne). The report is preceded by an overview of pre-existing studies on lead use in the Byzantine Empire and a presentation of the investigated seals datable to the Early Byzantine (4 specimens), Middle Byzantine (5 specimens) and Late Byzantine period (1 specimen). Three seals are of imperial issue. The results of the analysis of lead are compared against the results of isotope analysis of other silver and lead artefacts from Late Antiquity and the Late Byzantine period. The isotop analysis leads to the following conclusions: (a) Many of the seals have isotope ratios consistent with Aegean-Bulgaria-Western Turkey sources; (b) Reused lead was also employed in the manufacture of seals; (c) There appear to be significant chronological and regional differences in the lead used for casting blanks in the eastern Mediterranean. The number of lead seals subjected here to analysis is admittedly too small for the results to be fully representative; still, they provide a starting point for more similar studies which will preferably include excavation finds with known and secure provenance.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF PILGRIMAGE: ABU MINA AND BEYOND

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-327
Author(s):  
Susanne Bangert
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Simple Pattern ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Popular Piety ◽  
Insight Into

Christian pilgrimage offers a unique insight into popular piety in Late Antiquity. However, our sources for pilgrimage, both literary and archaeological, vary widely in quality and volume, and modern scholarship has often depended heavily on the evidence from particular wellknown sites, most notably the sanctuary of St Menas at Abu Mina in Egypt. This site has revealed a remarkable density of archaeological remains, not only buildings but also the production and circulation of a wide variety of pilgrim souvenirs. Yet it is essential that we move beyond the sanctuary of St Menas and compare the evidence from Abu Mina with that from other major pilgrimage sites in the eastern Mediterranean. As we shall see in this paper, there is no simple pattern in organisation or souvenir production that can be identified in the archaeology of late antique pilgrimage.

Revisiting the Beyşehir Occupation Phase: Land-Cover Change and the Rural Economy in the Eastern Mediterranean During the First Millennium AD

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Trade Networks ◽  
First Millennium ◽  
Marked Decline ◽  
Olive Trees

Abstract The latter part of the Beyşehir Occupation Phase (BOP) corresponds in space and time to the Late Roman empire in the eastern Mediterranean. The emphasis on tree crops in pollen records, particularly olive trees, implies long-term investment, stable trade networks and regional economic integration. The onset of the BOP was time-transgressive, starting between the Bronze Age and Hellenistic times in different localities. During the mid 1st millennium AD, the BOP came to an end, often abruptly, with a marked decline in agricultural indicators and an increase in forests, implying partial landscape re-wilding. This termination is most commonly dated to the 7th c. AD, coinciding with Arab attacks on Byzantine territory, and this, rather than climate change, seems the most likely explanation for the regional collapse of the rural agrarian system. The end of the BOP marks the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Medieval era, a transition which appears to have been notably later in date and more dramatic than elsewhere in the Mediterranean.

Ceramics from Late Roman Contexts in Durrës

2006 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 427-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brikena Shkodra
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Local Production ◽  
The West ◽  
Byzantine Period ◽  
East And West ◽  
Late Roman Period ◽  
The City ◽  
Late Roman

What seems to be the case is that Durrës during the late Roman period was incorporated in the network of Byzantine state-controlled supply which operated throughout the east and west Mediterranean, suggesting that the city was more open to the east than to the west in late Antiquity. By contrast, the supply of Tunisian fine ware and amphorae is smaller then the imports from the eastern Mediterranean. However, the persistence presence of Tunisian wares throughout late Vandal and Byzantine period argues for sustained interaction between east and west within the Byzantine world. The presence of local production in the 6th century contexts merits further analysis.

scholarly journals Public practices of the Christian saints in the Eastern Mediterranean during the IV – V centuries

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-35
Author(s):  
Andrei Aleksandrovich Danilov
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Public Events ◽  
New Type ◽  
Church Policy ◽  
Christian Saints ◽  
Christian Population

  This article examines public practices of the Christian saints in the Eastern Mediterranean during the IV – V centuries, and leans on studying the hagiographic works. The traditional Roman public events in the period of Late Antiquity with the advent of Christianity gradually ceased their popularity, particularly die to the state and church policy. Along with church liturgies, festivities, and sermons, Christianity offered a new type of public events – ascetic pageantry. Publicity as an important aspect of ascetic practices practically is outside the scope of attention of the modern historians. The author reviews public practices as an informal act of impacting viewers with a profound cultural meanings. The conclusion is made that holy ascetics represented a new Christian pageantry that contributed to dynamic Christianization of the empire and fulfillment of important social functions. Public actions of the ascetic resembled the true faith, such as of the martyrs. The first crucial function carried out by the ascetic in performing public asceticism is the concentration of sizeable Christian population that had a need for such event. The second one consisted in teaching to discern who is a real Christian and how to become one.  

scholarly journals Glass Assemblage from the Underwater Quay in the Harbour of Phanagoria

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Л.А. Голофаст ◽  
С.В. Ольховский
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
The Mediterranean

В статье представлен комплекс стекла 56 вв.н.э., выявленный в ходе подводных раскопок фундамента причального сооружения в акватории Фанагории. Благодаря довольно длительному периоду формирования комплекса находок в нем отразились изменения в ассортименте бытовавшей стеклянной посуды: от весьма разнообразного в 5 в. до скудного набора 6 в., в котором безраздельно доминировали рюмки . Набор сосудов в полной мере отражает сложившуюся в рассматриваемое время ситуацию, характеризующуюся открытостью торговых маршрутов, которые связывали различные регионы Европы: одинаковые стеклянные изделия, производившиеся в одних и тех же центрах Восточного Средиземноморья, находят как в довольно удаленных друг от друга, так и от центров производства регионах. Благодаря активной торговле быстро распространялась мода на одни и те же сосуды и приемы их орнаментации, что служило стимулом для появления производства популярных сосудов в разных точках средиземноморско-причерноморского региона. Таким образом, представленная коллекция стекла, как и комплекс керамики этого времени, продемонстрировала включенность Фанагории рассматриваемого периода в обширный средиземноморско-причерноморский рынок. The article presents the glass assemblage of the 5th6th centuries found in the course of underwater excavations of the quay in the harbour of Phanagoria. The collection presents a great variety of forms and reflects changes in the assortment of glass vessels in the course of time. The 5th century is characterized by the extensive assortment of forms and various types of decoration (relief mold-blown, blue blobs and polished ornament). In the 6th century most kinds of ornamentation disappeared, the range of vessel types were reduced to 2-3 main forms with considerable predominance of stemmed goblets. All these changes occurred in terms of process common for the entire MediterraneanPontic region in the Late Antiquity. This period is characterized by the well-developed network of trade routes that connected sometimes very remote regions with production centers of the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe. The intensive trade promoted the spread of fashion for various forms of vessels and ornamentation that in its turn stimulated the appearance of new manufacturing centers that produced popular glass vessels in different points of the Mediterranean-Pontic region.

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