The destruction of cities in the ancient Greek world : integrating the archaeological and literary evidence / edited by Sylvian Fachard, University of Lausanne; Edward M. Harris, University of Durham.

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"From the Trojan War to the sack of Rome by Alaric, from the fall of Constantinople to the bombing of European cities in World War II and now the devastation of Syrian towns filmed by drones, the destruction of cities and monuments and the slaughter of civilian populations are among the most dramati...

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Corporate Author: Destruction, Survival, and Economic Recovery in the Greek World (Conference) American School of Classical Studies at Athens)
Other Authors: Fachard, Sylvian (Editor)
Harris, Edward Monroe (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Cities and towns, Ancient > Greece > Congresses.
War and society > Greece > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Postwar reconstruction > Greece > History > To 1500 > Congresses.
Archaeology and literature > Greece > Congresses.
Greece > Antiquities > Congresses.
Antiquities.
Archaeology and literature.
Cities and towns, Ancient.
Postwar reconstruction.
War and society.
Greece.
To 1500
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Genre:
Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Partial Contents:
  • Destruction, Abandon, Reoccupation : What Microstratigraphy and Micromorphology Tell Us / Panagiotis Karkanas
  • The Destruction of Cities in Northern Greece during the Classical and Hellenistic Periods: the Numismatic Evidence / Christos Gatzolis and Selene Psoma
  • Epilogue. the Survival of Cities after Military Devastation: Comparing the Classical Greek and Roman Experience / John Bintliff.