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Professor Wind's acclaimed work explores pagan mysticism and neoplatonic philosophy in Renaissance art, offering insightful analyses of masterpieces by Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian.
Jean Suttman’s study trip in Rome turns nightmarish when she discovers a murdered student in the Temple of Mithra and realizes someone is out to harm her.
De oorspronkelijke Nederlandse uitgave van 1959 introduceerde het werk van Vermaseren, dat als klassiek geldt in de populaire studie van het mithraïsme en dat de belangstelling voor deze cultus blijvend heeft gevormd.
A Roman centurion investigates a ritual murder and a deadly new weapon, the Fire of Mithras, from the alleys of Lutetia to the battle of Argentoratum.
Cet ouvrage propose une étude d’ensemble du culte de Mithra en Afrique romaine. S’appuyant sur un rigoureux examen croisé des sources épigraphiques, archéologiques et littéraires, il restitue l’histoire et les spécificités de ce culte à mystères sur le sol africain…
Fritz Saxl interprets Mithraism primarily through its images, proposing the cult as a visual cosmology structured around the descent, sacrifice and re-ascent of light, developed in close dialogue with Aby Warburg and Erwin Panofsky.
Aquileia, now a small municipality in north-eastern Italy, was one of the largest cities in the world in the 2nd century AD, with a population of 100,000.
Caere is the Latin name given by the Romans to one of the larger cities of southern Etruria, modern Cerveteri, some 50-60 kilometres north-west of Rome.
Capua is currently a city and comune in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated 25 km north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.
Macerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the county seat of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.
Marino has been inhabited by Latin tribes since the 1st millennium BC. During the Roman Republic it was a summer resort for Roman patricians who built luxurious villas in the area.
Mediolanum, the ancient city where Milan now stands, was originally an Insubrian city, but afterwards became an important Roman city in northern Italy.
Naples has been inhabited since the Neolithic Age. In the 2nd millennium BC, the Mycenaeans settled in the area. During the Roman period, Naples maintained its Greek language and customs, and greatly expanded.
Pescorocchiano is a comune in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about 60 kilometres northeast of Rome and about 30 kilometres southeast of Rieti. Pescorocchiano borders the following municipalities: Borgorose, Carsoli
Ostia may have been Rome's first colony. According to legend, Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome, destroyed the area and founded the colony. An inscription seems to confirm the foundation of the ancient castrum of Ostia in the 7th century BC.
Archaeological evidence shows that the area around Rome has been inhabited since around 14,000 years ago. Excavations support the theory that Rome grew from pastoral settlements on the Palatine Hill, which was built over the area of the Roman Forum.
Sutri is an Ancient town, modern comune and former bishopric in the province of Viterbo, about 50 kilometres from Rome and about 30 kilometres south of Viterbo. The modern comune of Sutri has a few more than 5,000 inhabitants.
