The chronicle of pseudo-Joshua the Stylite /

This is a Syriac text written, in all probability, by an inhabitant of Edessa almost immediately after the conclusion of the war between Rome and Persia in 502–506 AD. Although that conflict is treated in other ancient texts, none of them can match ‘Joshua’ in his wealth of detail, his familiarity w...

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Další autoři: Trombley, Frank R. (Překladatel, Autor komentáře, Autor úvodu atd.), Watt, John William, 1947- (Překladatel, Autor úvodu atd., Autor komentáře)
Typ dokumentu: Kniha
Jazyk:Angličtina
Vydáno: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011
Edice:Translated texts for historians ; volume 32
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On-line přístup:Elektronická verze přístupná pouze pro studenty a pracovníky MU
Příbuzné jednotky:Tištěná verze:: Chronicle of pseudo-Joshua the Stylite
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Shrnutí:This is a Syriac text written, in all probability, by an inhabitant of Edessa almost immediately after the conclusion of the war between Rome and Persia in 502–506 AD. Although that conflict is treated in other ancient texts, none of them can match ‘Joshua’ in his wealth of detail, his familiarity with the region where the hostilities occurred, and his proximity in time to the events. The Chronicle also vividly describes the famine and plague that swept through Edessa in the years immediately before the war. The work is a document of great importance for both the social and military history of late antiquity, remarkable for the information it provides on Roman and Persian empires alike.
Popis jednotky:Údaje o elektronické reprodukci převzaty ze SUDOC
Fyzický popis:1 online zdroj (lv, 170 stran, 5 nečíslovaných stran obrazových příloh) : mapy, plány
ISBN:978-1-789-62849-4