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Haas, Christopher

Alexandria in Late Antiquity: Topography and Social Conflict (Ancient Society and History).

Johns Hopkins University Press., 1997.,

39,00 €

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(Berlin, Germania)

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ISBN
9780801853777
Autore
Haas, Christopher
Editori
Johns Hopkins University Press., 1997.
Formato
XVIII., 494 Seiten / p. 15,2 x 3,4 x 22,9 cm,Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth with dust jacket.
Sovracoperta
No
Lingue
Inglese
Copia autografata
No
Prima edizione
No

Descrizione

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Vorsatz aufgequollene Stelle, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / endpapers swollen spot, otherwise perfect condition - Second only to Rome in the ancient world, Alexandria was home to many of late antiquity�s most brilliant writers, philosophers, and theologians� among them, Philo, Origen, Arius, Athanasius, Hypatia, Cyril, and John Philoponus. Now, in Alexandria in Late Antiquity, Christopher Haas offers the first book to place these figures within the physical and social context of Alexandria�s bustling urban milieu. -- Because of its clear demarcation of communal boundaries, Alexandria provides the modern historian with an ideal opportunity to probe the multicultural makeup of an ancient urban unit. Haas explores the broad avenues and back alleys of Alexandria�s neighborhoods, its suburbs and waterfront, and aspects of material culture that underlay Alexandrian social and intellectual life. Organizing his discussion around the city�s religious and ethnic blocs�of Jews, pagans, and Christians�he details the fiercely competitive nature of Alexandrian social dynamics. In contrast to recent scholarship that cites Alexandria as a model for peaceful coexistence within a culturally diverse community, Haas finds that the struggles of diverse groups for social dominance and cultural hegemony often resulted in violence and bloodshed�a volatile situation frequently exacerbated by imperial intervention on one side or the other. -- Eventually, Haas concludes, Alexandrian society achieved a certain stability and reintegration�a process that resulted in the transformation of Alexandrian civic identity during the crucial centuries between antiquity and the Middle Ages. ISBN 9780801853777
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