Palmyra : an irreplaceable treasure /

Palmyra : an irreplaceable treasure /

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Author / Creator:Veyne, Paul, 1930- author.
Uniform title:Palmyre. English
Imprint:Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
©2017
Description:1 online resource (ix, 88 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Tadmur (Syria) -- History.
Syria -- Tadmur.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11272921
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Other authors / contributors:Fagan, Teresa Lavender, translator.
ISBN:9780226452937
022645293X
9780226427829
022642782X
Notes:Originally published as: Palmyre: l'irremplaçable trésor.
Includes bibliographical references.
Translated from the French.
Print version record.
Other form:Print version: Veyne, Paul. Palmyra : An Irreplaceable Treasure. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2017 9780226427829
Table of Contents:
  • Riches in the desert
  • A monumental ancient city
  • Being a capitalist back then
  • Antiquity in antiquity
  • Palmyra: a subject of the Caesars
  • A Syrian tribe and a Hellenized city
  • Saving the empire
  • The Palmyrene saga
  • A hybrid identity
  • Dining with the gods
  • Religion in Palmyra
  • Palmyrene portraits.

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