Antioch on the Orontes was one of the most important cities of the ancient Mediterranean world. A hinge between the Mediterranean, Central Asia, and the Far East, its commercial and cultural prominence spanned centuries, from its Seleucid foundation to the Islamic conquest and beyond. This volume offers an archaeological and historical overview of Antioch from its origins through late antiquity. Drawing on a vast body of modern research, it explores the city's built environment, the institutions that shaped it in fundamental ways, intellectual currents, and ecological setting. Significantly, analysis of Antioch's defining ecology is incorporated into accounts of imperial building programs, religious rifts, and the agency of the local community. The study also foregrounds the cultural responses to the environmental downturns and disasters that have continually wreaked havoc on the city. At its center is the Antiochene population, whose fierce determination enabled the city to overcome repeated episodes of desolation and destruction.
Edited by:
Andrea U. De Giorgi (Florida State University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781108833998
ISBN 10: 1108833993
Pages: 577
Publication Date: 06 June 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
I. Beginnings: 1. The History of Antioch: written sources. A survey Catherine Saliou; 2. The Geomorphology of the Greater Antioch Region Stephen Batiuk; 3. Seleucid Antioch: from Colony to Capital Boris Chrubasiki; 4. Seleucia Pieria in the Seleucid Period Eduardo Garcia-Molina; 5. The Antioch mint: from Seleucus to the Roman Period Kevin Butcher; 6. Antioch and its Hellenistic Monuments Grégoire Poccardi; 7. Antioch's Visual Culture and its Hellenistic Past Elizabeth M. Molacek; II. The Making of a Capital: 8. Antioch as Provincial Capital Carlos F. Noreña; 9. Building Programs and Natural Disasters: the Archaeology of Roman and Late Antique Antioch Gunnar Brands and Andrea U. De Giorgi; 10. The City Walls of Antioch: How Many? Christiane Brasse; 11. Powerful springs and dangerous torrents on unsafe ground: The hydraulic engineering buildings of Antioch and Seleucia Pieria Mathias Döring; 12. Housing in Daphne: domestic architecture in the making Eric Morvillez; 13. The Antioch Mosaics: History, Chronology, and Theory Nicole L. Berlin and Amy C. Miranda; 14. Coinage of and in Antioch in the Late Antique and Early Byzantine Periods Alan M. Stahl; III. The People of Antioch: 15. Eighteen Women in Imperial Antioch Marilena Casella; 16. The Middle Classes in 4th-Century AD Antioch: Tradesmen and Craftsmen in the Testimonies of Libanius and John Chrysostom Andrea Pellizzari; 17. Antioch – a military metropolis? Jorit Wintjes; 18. Violence in Antioch Pawel Filipczak; 19. Antiochene Riots against Jews in Malalas' Chronicle Ari B. Finckelstein; 20. Speaking of Jews: Late Antique Antioch's Shifting Anti-Jewish Rhetoric Christine Shepardson; 21. Antioch and the Political Economy of Empire in the Age of Justinian Peter Sarris; IV. Religion: 22. The First Christians of Antioch Carson Bay; 23. Christian Antioch. A Portrait of the Bishops of the Local Church Konstantinos Bozinis; 24. Julian in Antioch Bernadette Cabouret-Laurioux; 25. The Churches of Antioch in the life of the City Wendy Mayer; 26. Who is Jesus Christ? Theological Controversies in Antioch (4th to 6th Century CE) Fréderic Alpi; V. Crises and Resilience: 27. Earthquakes and State Responses at Antioch: Hellenistic to Early Byzantine Jordan Pickett; 28. Disasters and Divine Wrath: Antioch in the Homilies and Histories of Late Antiquity Merle Eisenberg; 29. Infectious Disease and its Repercussions in Sixth-Century Antioch Lee Mordechai; 30. Memory and the city: Reflections from the Post-Interesting on Islamic Antioch Asa A. Eger.
Andrea U. De Giorgi is Professor of Classical Studies at Florida State University. A scholar of Roman urbanism, he has directed archaeological projects in Italy, Israel, Turkey, Syria, Georgia, and Jordan. He is the author of Ancient Antioch: From the Seleucid Era to the Islamic Conquest (Cambridge University Press, 2016) and co-author of Antioch: A History (Routledge, 2021), which won the Ernest Wright Book Award. He currently manages the publication of the Antioch collections stored at the Princeton University Art Museum.
