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Anatolia: Land, Men, and Gods in Asia Minor Volume I: The Celts in Anatolia and the Impact of Roman Rule (Celts in Anatolia & the Impact of Roman Rule)
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This is the first comprehensive study of the history of Asia Minor in antiquity to be written for nearly fifty years and the first attempt to treat Anatolian history as a whole over the millenium from the time of Alexander the Great to the peak of the Byzantine Empire. The first volume is in two parts. The first examines the region in the Hellenistic period, when it was dominated by Celtic tribes who settled in the interior of Asia Minor in the first half of the third century B.C. The second covers the period of the Roman Empire and looks in detail at the changes brought about by imperial rule.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1921190 in Books
- Published on: 1995-08-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 266 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"Immediately takes it place as one of the best books about the eastern Roman empire....These two folio-sized volumes contain thousands of up-to-the-minute footnotes, eighteen excellent maps, and sixty-five photographs...as well as over a quarter of a million words of text. Amazingly, it is all very readable; even more amazing is that it is all worth reading."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Mitchell's excellent 2-volume work aptly fills important needs for the study of Anatolia....The writing is clear and often exciting, the arguments sound, and the supporting evidence more than ample....Will remain standard for many decades."--Choice
About the Author
Stephen Mitchell is at University College of Swansea.
Customer Reviews
History brought to life.
This title, in two volumes, covers the vast sweep of Asia Minor's history, from Alexander to the height of the Byzantine Empire. The first volume concentrates on two major periods; the early part of the 3rd century BC when Celtic tribes settled throughout the interior, and the coming of the Romans and their colonisation of the eastern flank of their empire. Mr Mitchell has crafted an enormously readable history of the region. The detail is extraordinary but the prose never becomes turgid or obtuse. By examining the intertwined complexities of people's relations to the land and their Gods, Mr Mitchell has broken new ground and produced a book that is that most unusual of beasts, both readable and scholarly.
