Greek and Roman Calendars

Greek and Roman Calendars
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9781849667517
ISBN-13 : 1849667519
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Greek and Roman Calendars by : Robert Hannah

The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies - of the moon, the sun or the stars. Greek and Roman Calendars examines the ancient calendar as just such a time-piece, whose elements are readily described in astronomical and mathematical terms. The story of these calendars is one of a continuous struggle to maintain a correspondence with the regularity of the seasons and the sun, despite the fact that the calendars were usually based on the irregular moon. But on another, more human level, Greek and Roman Calendars steps beyond the merely mathematical and studies the calendar as a social instrument, which people used to organise their activities. It sets the calendars of the Greeks and Romans on a stage occupied by real people, who developed and lived with these time-pieces for a variety of purposes - agricultural, religious, political and economic.This is also a story of intersecting cultures, of Greeks with Greeks, of Greeks with Persians and Egyptians, and of Greeks with Romans, in which various calendaric traditions clashed or compromised.

Greek and Roman Chronology

Greek and Roman Chronology
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Publisher : C.H.Beck
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106001522868
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Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Greek and Roman Chronology by : Alan Edouard Samuel

Calendars in the Making: The Origins of Calendars from the Roman Empire to the Later Middle Ages

Calendars in the Making: The Origins of Calendars from the Roman Empire to the Later Middle Ages
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9789004459694
ISBN-13 : 9004459693
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Calendars in the Making: The Origins of Calendars from the Roman Empire to the Later Middle Ages by : Sacha Stern

Calendars in the Making investigates the Roman and medieval origins of several calendars we are most familiar with today, including the Christian liturgical calendar, the Islamic calendar, and the week as a standard method of dating and time reckoning.

Greek and Roman Chronology

Greek and Roman Chronology
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Publisher : C.H.Beck
Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : 3406033482
ISBN-13 : 9783406033483
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Greek and Roman Chronology by : Alan E. Samuel

Divining the Etruscan World

Divining the Etruscan World
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 425
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ISBN-10 : 9781139536400
ISBN-13 : 1139536400
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Divining the Etruscan World by : Jean MacIntosh Turfa

The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar is a rare document of omens foretold by thunder. It long lay hidden, embedded in a Greek translation within a Byzantine treatise from the age of Justinian. The first complete English translation of the Brontoscopic Calendar, this book provides an understanding of Etruscan Iron Age society as revealed through the ancient text, especially the Etruscans' concerns regarding the environment, food, health and disease. Jean MacIntosh Turfa also analyzes the ancient Near Eastern sources of the Calendar and the subjects of its predictions, thereby creating a picture of the complexity of Etruscan society reaching back before the advent of writing and the recording of the calendar.

Greek and Roman Civilizations, Grades 5 - 8

Greek and Roman Civilizations, Grades 5 - 8
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Publisher : Mark Twain Media
Total Pages : 99
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ISBN-10 : 9781580376570
ISBN-13 : 1580376576
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Greek and Roman Civilizations, Grades 5 - 8 by : Dierckx

Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Greek and Roman Civilizations! This 96-page book features reading selections and assessments that utilize a variety of questioning strategies, such as matching, true or false, critical thinking, and constructed response. Hands-on activities, research opportunities, and mapping exercises engage students in learning about the history and culture of Greek and Roman civilizations. For struggling readers, the book includes a downloadable version of the reading selections at a fourth- to fifth-grade reading level. This book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

Caesar’s Calendar

Caesar’s Calendar
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9780520251199
ISBN-13 : 0520251199
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Caesar’s Calendar by : Denis Feeney

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Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity

Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9780691174402
ISBN-13 : 0691174407
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity by : James Evans

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, New York, October 19, 2016-April 23, 2017.

The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine

The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9780470655085
ISBN-13 : 0470655089
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis The Roman Calendar from Numa to Constantine by : Jörg Rüpke

This book provides a definitive account of the history of the Roman calendar, offering new reconstructions of its development that demand serious revisions to previous accounts. Examines the critical stages of the technical, political, and religious history of the Roman calendar Provides a comprehensive historical and social contextualization of ancient calendars and chronicles Highlights the unique characteristics which are still visible in the most dominant modern global calendar

Founding the Year

Founding the Year
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Publisher : Mnemosyne, Supplements
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106018344876
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Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Founding the Year by : Molly Pasco-Pranger

This book gives serious consideration to the relationship between Ovid's Fasti and the Roman calendar. The poem treats the calendar, recently revised by Caesar and Augustus, as its most important cultural model and as a quasi-literary 'intertext.'