Preliminary material -- INSCRIBED MONUMENTS, EXCLUDING INSCRIBED HANDS -- NON-INSCRIBED MONUMENTS, EXCLUDING HANDS AND STATUETTES ONCE ASSOCIATED WITH HANDS -- DUBIA -- TESTIMONIA ANTIQUA -- TESTIMONIA ANTIQUA DUBIA -- TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX -- MUSEUM INDEX -- EPIGRAPHICAL INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS -- PLATES.

Preliminary material -- EXACT PLACE WHERE THE FINDS WERE MADE KNOWN -- ASIA MINOR -- GRAECIA -- ITALIA -- AFRICA -- HISPANIA -- GALLIA -- GERMANIA -- MACEDONIA -- ILLYRICUM -- PANNONIA -- DACIA -- MOESIA -- CHERSONESUS TAURICA -- EXACT PLACE WHERE THE FINDS WERE MADE NOT KNOWN -- GENERAL INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE PLATES -- PLATE -- ÉTUDES PRÉLIMINAIRES AUX RELIGIONS ORIENTALES DANS L'EMPIRE ROMAIN.

Preliminary material -- THE HISTORY OF THE CULT BEFORE THE TIME OF AUGUSTUS -- OTHER DIVINITIES WITH WHOM SABAZIUS IS IDENTIFIED OR ASSOCIATED -- THE SYMBOLS OF SABAZIUS; THE PRACTICES OF THE CULT -- THE CULT IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE; WHO WORSHIPPED SABAZIUS AND WHY -- THE PROBLEM OF THE LITERARY SOURCES -- ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA TO CCIS I AND II -- SABAZIUS AND THE SO-CALLED SNAKE-VESSELS -- INDEX OF SELECTED WORDS, NAMES, AND TOPICS -- Plates I-II.

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Sardis, in western Turkey, was one of the great cities of the Aegean and Near Eastern worlds for almost a millennium—a political keystone with a legendary past. Recent archeological work has revealed how the city was transformed in the century following Alexander’s conquests from a traditional capital to a Greek polis, setting the stage for its blossoming as a Roman urban center. This integrated collection of essays by more than a dozen prominent scholars illuminates a crucial stage, from the early fourth century to 189 BCE, when it became one of the most important political centers of Asia Minor. The contributors to this volume are members of the Hellenistic Sardis Project, a research collaboration between long-standing expedition members and scholars keenly interested in the site. These new discussions on the pre-Roman history of Sardis restore the city in the scholarship of the Hellenistic East and will be enlightening to scholars of classical archaeology.

This all embracing survey of Pompeii provides the most comprehensive survey of the region available. With contributions by well-known experts in the field, this book studies not only Pompeii, but also – for the first time – the buried surrounding cities of Campania. The World of Pompeii includes the latest understanding of the region, based on the up-to-date findings of recent archaeological work. Accompanied by a CD with the most detailed map of Pompeii so far, this book is instrumental in studying the city in the ancient world and is an excellent source book for students of this fascinating and tragic geographic region.

Private associations organized around a common cult, profession, ethnic identity, neighbourhood or family were common throughout the Greco-Roman antiquity, offering opportunities for sociability, cultic activities, mutual support and a context in which to display and recognize virtuous achievement. This second volume collects a representative selection of inscriptions from associations based on the North Coast of the Black Sea and in Asia Minor, published with English translations, brief explanatory notes, commentaries and full indices. This volume is essential for several areas of study: ancient patterns of social organization; the organization of diasporic communities in the ancient Mediterranean; models for the structure of early Christian groups; and forms of sociability, status-displays, and the vocabularies of virtue.

This study of the beginnings of Christian art looks at the period when Christianity co-existed alongside paganism, and identifies juxtapositions of paganism in Christian art. Chapters discuss iconography and ritual space, architecture, and the re-use of monuments and other artworks. Throughout Suzawa uses the theological concept of syncretism to analyse these juxtapositions.

This work is the first complete corpus of Greek inscriptions issued by city institutions in honour of their female citizens and foreigners, with the exclusion of Hellenistic queens and women belonging to families of the Roman magistrates. The corpus lists 1131 women fulfilling such criteria. The Greek texts are accompanied by lemmata, English translations and relevant commentaries. Based on the collected evidence, the authors analyse the phenomenon of honorific inscriptions for women as an important symptom of change of citizen mentality. Pointing to the political context in which such honours were bestowed, the phrasing of the texts, character of praiseworthy actions, and the fact that these honours were carved in stone and set up in conspicuous places in cities all reflect what the male part of the city populace thought about women in general and their presence in public spaces in particular. The book is a helpful resource for all those interested in ancient history, social history, and gender studies.