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Heir of Ptolemy son of Lagus, Alexander the Great's general (who took Egypt over in 323BC), Ptole... more Heir of Ptolemy son of Lagus, Alexander the Great's general (who took Egypt over in 323BC), Ptolemy II Philadelphus reigned in Alexandria from 282 to 246. The greatest of the Hellenistic kings of his time, Philadelphus exercised power far beyond the confines of Egypt, while at his glittering royal court the Library of Alexandria grew to be a matchless monument to Greek intellectual life. In Egypt the Ptolemaic régime consolidated its power by encouraging immigration and developing settlement in the Fayum. This book examines Philadelphus' reign in a comprehensive and refreshing way. Scholars from the fields of Classics, Archaeology, Papyrology, Egyptology and Biblical Studies consider issues in Egypt and across Ptolemaic territory in the Mediterranean, the Holy Land and Africa.
This is an exploration of the law and life of Rome - in which contributors respond to John Crook'... more This is an exploration of the law and life of Rome - in which contributors respond to John Crook's injunction to "think like lawyers" by ranging as far as Ancient Greece, Ancient Persia and modern Denmark to expound their themes and draw comparisons. An opening section focuses on civil law, more or less conventionally conceived, with chapters on the peculium, on municipal law at Irni in Roman Spain, on advisers of Roman provincial governors, and on violent crime. Roman perceptions of the physical and human worlds are the focus of a second section, and comparisons between Greek, Roman and modern ways of thinking about law and government come into the third section. In the final section, contributors argue the history of law and life from refractions of real and imagined Rome.
In this accessible and interesting thematic study, Paul McKechnie examines what early Christians ... more In this accessible and interesting thematic study, Paul McKechnie examines what early Christians did and what happened to them, from the time of Jesus until AD313, when the Emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire.
Papers by Paul McKechnie
Dr Leonard Polonsky thesis digitisation, 1985
Chapter 1-Introduction 1. An Outside World City-state life, to most Greeks of the fourth century ... more Chapter 1-Introduction 1. An Outside World City-state life, to most Greeks of the fourth century B.C., was the normative pattern of human existence. Values connected with it were applied in all fields of activity. As A. Momigliano remarks about one particularhighly significantfield of Greek endeavour: 'if we exclude the Cynics, whom nobody except themselves considered wise, the 2 Greek image of wisdom was a higher form of civic virtue.' The city is so central to the Greek consciousness of what being Greek was that it may perhaps seem perverse to make a study of the people who lived outside it. Superficially, there was little in common between the exiles, mercenaries, raiders, physicians, builders, sculptors, courtesans, cooks
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2001
The gravestone of Flavia Sophe, found in the Via Latina in or before March ... Museo Nazionale Ro... more The gravestone of Flavia Sophe, found in the Via Latina in or before March ... Museo Nazionale Romano,1 is 'without doubt the securest of the heretical monuments ... Gnostic Truth and Christian Heresy (1996).3 Yet this much-quoted ... Its relation to the detailed subject-matter of ...
Greece & Rome, Oct 1, 1981
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](Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity, 1993
Heir of Ptolemy son of Lagus, Alexander the Great's general (who took Egypt over in 323BC), Ptole... more Heir of Ptolemy son of Lagus, Alexander the Great's general (who took Egypt over in 323BC), Ptolemy II Philadelphus reigned in Alexandria from 282 to 246. The greatest of the Hellenistic kings of his time, Philadelphus exercised power far beyond the confines of Egypt, while at his glittering royal court the Library of Alexandria grew to be a matchless monument to Greek intellectual life. In Egypt the Ptolemaic régime consolidated its power by encouraging immigration and developing settlement in the Fayum. This book examines Philadelphus' reign in a comprehensive and refreshing way. Scholars from the fields of Classics, Archaeology, Papyrology, Egyptology and Biblical Studies consider issues in Egypt and across Ptolemaic territory in the Mediterranean, the Holy Land and Africa.
This is an exploration of the law and life of Rome - in which contributors respond to John Crook'... more This is an exploration of the law and life of Rome - in which contributors respond to John Crook's injunction to "think like lawyers" by ranging as far as Ancient Greece, Ancient Persia and modern Denmark to expound their themes and draw comparisons. An opening section focuses on civil law, more or less conventionally conceived, with chapters on the peculium, on municipal law at Irni in Roman Spain, on advisers of Roman provincial governors, and on violent crime. Roman perceptions of the physical and human worlds are the focus of a second section, and comparisons between Greek, Roman and modern ways of thinking about law and government come into the third section. In the final section, contributors argue the history of law and life from refractions of real and imagined Rome.
In this accessible and interesting thematic study, Paul McKechnie examines what early Christians ... more In this accessible and interesting thematic study, Paul McKechnie examines what early Christians did and what happened to them, from the time of Jesus until AD313, when the Emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire.
Dr Leonard Polonsky thesis digitisation, 1985
Chapter 1-Introduction 1. An Outside World City-state life, to most Greeks of the fourth century ... more Chapter 1-Introduction 1. An Outside World City-state life, to most Greeks of the fourth century B.C., was the normative pattern of human existence. Values connected with it were applied in all fields of activity. As A. Momigliano remarks about one particularhighly significantfield of Greek endeavour: 'if we exclude the Cynics, whom nobody except themselves considered wise, the 2 Greek image of wisdom was a higher form of civic virtue.' The city is so central to the Greek consciousness of what being Greek was that it may perhaps seem perverse to make a study of the people who lived outside it. Superficially, there was little in common between the exiles, mercenaries, raiders, physicians, builders, sculptors, courtesans, cooks
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 2001
The gravestone of Flavia Sophe, found in the Via Latina in or before March ... Museo Nazionale Ro... more The gravestone of Flavia Sophe, found in the Via Latina in or before March ... Museo Nazionale Romano,1 is 'without doubt the securest of the heretical monuments ... Gnostic Truth and Christian Heresy (1996).3 Yet this much-quoted ... Its relation to the detailed subject-matter of ...
Greece & Rome, Oct 1, 1981
Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity, 1993
Classical Review, Sep 12, 2013
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2000
Classical World, 1991
Dr McKechnie considers the effect of the migration out of the Greek city-states from the beginnin... more Dr McKechnie considers the effect of the migration out of the Greek city-states from the beginning of the fourth century on the nature of the "polis" . This important study was awarded the Croom Helm Ancient History Prize for 1986. This book should be of interest to advanced students of classical studies and ancient history.
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Aug 1, 2019