Seafaring and Mobility in the Late Antique Mediterranean / [edited by] Antti Lampinen and Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mataix Ferrándiz, Emilia, editor.

Lampinen, Antti, editor.

Series:

Ancient environments

Ancient Environments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seafaring life--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.

Seafaring life.

Migration, Internal--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.

Migration, Internal.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"More than any other type of environment, with the possible exception of mountains, the sea has been understood since antiquity as being immovable to a proverbial degree. Yet it was the sea's capacity for movement -- both literally and figuratively through such emotions as fear, hope and pity -- that formed one of the primary means of conceptualizing its significance in Late Antique societies. This volume advances a new and interdisciplinary understanding of what the sea as an environment and the pursuit of seafaring meant during this period, drawing on a range of literary and archaeological evidence to explore the social, economic and cultural factors at play. The contributions are structured into three thematic parts which move from broad conceptual categories to specific questions of networks and mobility. Part 1 takes a wide view of the Mediterranean as an environment with great metaphorical and symbolic potential. Part 2 looks at networks of seaborne communication and the role of islands as the characteristic hubs of the Mediterranean. Finally, part 3 engages with the practicalities of tackling the sea as an environment for purposes of travel, trade and warfare."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction / Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland) and Antti Lampinen (Finnish Institute at Athens, Greece)

Part I: The Mediterranean as a Conceptual Environment. 2. The Symbolic Conquest of the Mediterranean Sea from Old Babylonian Kings to Rulers of Late Antiquity / Joanna Töyräänvuori (University of Helsinki, Finland) ; 3. Mediterranean Motifs and Mosaic Mobility / Alexandra Grigorieva (University of Helsinki, Finland) ; 4. Contested Mediterranean as a Hostile Environment in Late Antiquity / Antti Lampinen (Finnish Institute at Athens, Greece)

Part II: Networks of the Mediterranean. 5. 'Stepping across thresholds': Islands as Hubs of Mobility in the Passage from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages (c. 500-c. 700) / Luca Zavagno (Bilkent University, Turkey) and Zeynep Olgun (Koç University, Turkey) ; 6. Models and Practices: A Real World Look at Sailing Ship Characteristics and the Impact on Networks of Communication / Doug Forsyth (University of St Andrews, UK) ; 7. Connecting People in the Mediterranean: Mobility and Migration in Ostia and Portus / Arja Karivieri (Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, Finland)

Part III: Braving the Sea in Late Antiquity. 8. Of Cargoes and Men: New Perspectives on Sea Transport and Lease and Hire / Emilia Mataix Ferrándiz (Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finland) ; 9. Naval Warfare in the Military Theory of the Late Roman Empire: An Analysis of Some Passages of Book IV of Vegetius' Epitoma Rei Militaris / Rodrigo Gomes (University of Coimbra, Portugal) ; 10. 14.2.9: Volusius Maecianus on the Lex / Rhodia de iactu Valerio Massimo Minale (Bocconi University, Spain)

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781350201736

9781350201729

OCLC:

1290325014

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.