Download or read book The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily written by Luca Cerchiai and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After colonizing the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor, the ancient Greeks turned toward southern Italy and Sicily, driven by the unrest that troubled their homeland in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C. The new arrivals brought with them their language, as well as their cultural and religious traditions and the institution of the polis. In Italy they created an autonomous political community that eventually surpassed the cities of Greece in wealth, military power, and architectural and cultural splendor. Such forefathers of Western philosophy as Pythagoras, Parmenides, and Archimedes lived and worked within this civilization. The Greek Cities of Magna Graecia and Sicily presents an overview of Greek colonization in Italy and the principal historical events that took place in this area from the Archaic period until the ascendancy of the Romans. This comprehensive survey is followed by a review of the major archaeological sites in the region.

Download or read book Greek Cities in Italy and Sicily written by David Randall-MacIver and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1931, this book by archaeologist David Randall-MacIver provides a detailed description of Greek architectural sites in southern Italy and Sicily, together with narratives on the cities where the sites are found, including their mythologies and most famous citizens, visitors and political figures. “MY IDEA in writing this book has been to supply a need which others must have felt besides myself. The scholarly visitor to Lower Italy and Sicily has up till now been obliged to take his choice between travelling with a large, though always inadequate, library and travelling with nothing more than a Baedeker. There existed no single volume in which he could find all those details of topography and local archaeology which are the first interest of any man who retains a love for classical literature and a feeling for the romance of Greek history.”—Preface

Download or read book Greek Cities of Sicily written by Henry C Matthews and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sicily Phoenician Greek and Roman written by Edward Augustus Freeman and published by London, Unwin. This book was released on 1892 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times written by Edward Augustus Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times written by E.. Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Revolution and Society in Greek Sicily and Southern Italy written by Shlomo Berger and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 1992 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analysis of a Greek political phenomenon within the confines of the so-called colonial city-states of Sicily and Southern Italy is the theme of the present book. On the basis of detailed case-studies covering the revolutions in cities like Croton, Cumae, Acragas and Syracuse, the following subjects are dealt with: social stratification and political institutions, the massive presence of foreigners and non-Greeks within the borders of the polis, the role of mercenaries in the local armies and in city life. An apart chapter is dedicated to the technique of the coup d'�tat, showing how it was determined by the peculiarities of the Greek city-state.

Download or read book The Fight for Greek Sicily written by Melanie Jonasch and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of the first millennium BCE: the Phoenicians and the Greeks. While trade and cultural exchange preceded their permanent presence, it was the colonizing movement that brought territorial competition and political power struggles on the island to a new level. The history of six centuries of colonization is replete with accounts of conflict and warfare that include cross-cultural confrontations, as well as interstate hostilities, domestic conflicts, and government violence. This book is not concerned with realities from the battlefield or questions of military strategy and tactics, but rather offers a broad collection of archaeological case studies and historical essays that analyze how political competition, strategic considerations, and violent encounters substantially affected rural and urban environments, the island’s heterogeneous communities, and their social practices. These contributions, originating from a workshop in 2018, combine expertise from the fields of archaeology, ancient history, and philology. The focus on a specific time period and the limited geographic area of Greek Sicily allows for the thorough investigation and discussion of various forms of organized societal violence and their consequences on the developments in society and landscape.

Download or read book Sicily written by Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Greek Cities in Italy and Sicily written by David Randall Mc Iver and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times From the beginning of Greek settlement to the beginning of Athenian intervention written by Edward Augustus Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Greek cities in Italy and Sicily written by David Randall-MacIver and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sicily written by Cleveland Museum of Art and published by J Paul Getty Museum Publications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Sicily: art & invention between Greece and Rome, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa in Malibu, from April 3 to August 19, 2013; at the Cleveland Museum of Art from September 30, 2013 to January 5, 2014; and at Palazzo Ajutamicristo, Palermo, from February 14 to June 15, 2014.

Download or read book The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times The native nations the Phoenician and Greek settlements written by Edward Augustus Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contributions to the Bibliography of the Greek Cities in Sicily and South Italy written by Thomas James Dunbabin and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily written by Olga Tribulato and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the languages of ancient Sicily by an international team of experts.