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Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 550 BC-AD 562
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by David Braund
Sales Rank: 1471207
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List Price: $178.00
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 384 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA September 8, 1994
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0198144733
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0198144731
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
not only a first - virtually no one else has tried to construct a complete history of Georgia spanning 550 BC - AD 562 This heroic, ground-breaking book is a fine tribute to the cooperation that, almost single-handedly, Braund had brought about between the Georgian and British academic Establishment. Braund, then, has produced a brilliant first.' Peter Jones, Literary Review. Dec '94
`David Braund's presentation of new Georgian archaeological material is invaluable. the great virtue of the book is that Braund looks anew at classical sources for the Caucasus. Braund's analysis is the most extensive and sensible yet' Times Literary Supplement
`This book is a standard for all the works to follow on the eastern part of the Black Sea during 550 BC to 562CE, and acts as as introduction to Russian and Georgian scholarship.' Religious Studies Review
`Braund has much which is new to contribute' Greece and Rome Reviews 42
`written by a British scholar, who has an great knowledge of the Russian and Georgian languages - an exceptionally rare combination amongst academics outside Georgia itself' The Classical Review
`remarkable that it should have been written by a British scholar, who has an great knowledge of the Russian and Georgian languages - an exceptionally rare combination amongst academics outside Georgia itself The book is a beginning for th study of ancient Georgia in modern English language historiography.' Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, Royal Holloway, University of London, The Classical Review, XLV, 2, '95
Product Description
The first full history of ancient Georgia ever to be written outside Georgia itself, this book also serves as a valuable introduction to the substantial archaeological work that has been carried out there in recent decades. Designed to open up ancient Georgia for the world of scholarship at large, it is not only a history of a neglected region, but also a sustained attempt to inform topics and issues that are more familiar to the historians of antiquity. Examples include myths of the periphery; Caucasian mountains and their passes; Greek colonization; the Persian, Athenian, and Selecuid empires; Pompey's conquest of Mithridates' empire; the development of the Roman frontier in the eastern Black Sea region; Roman diplomacy in Iberia; the Christianization of Iberia; Sassanian ambitions in Transcaucasia; and Byzantine warfare there.
Reader Reviews
For non-Georgians it is very difficult to learn anything about the history of Georgia because of the language barrier and lack of recent publications. I recommend buying this book. Beside its merits in filling this gap for western readers, it is an very well written description of the classical period in Georgia. You will find it also an easy read, highly interesting.
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