Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia, 550 BC-AD 562

Braund, David

ISBN 10: 0198144733 / ISBN 13: 9780198144731

Published by Clarendon Press, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2003

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis ...

Publisher: Clarendon Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

David Braund is Reader in Greek, Roman, and Georgian History at Exeter University.