CHANDRASEKARAN, Sujatha

Continuity and Destruction in the Greek East: The Transformation of Monumental Space from the Hellenistic Period to Late Antiquity - 1st - Oxford British Archaeological Reports 2015 - BAR International Series 2765 .

This edited volume was borne of the 2011 international academic conference 'Continuity and Destruction in Alexander's East: the transformation of monumental space from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity", which took place at the University of Oxford.

Introduction / Sujatha Chandrasekaran Space and/as conflict in the Hellenistic Period / John Ma Public squares for Barbarians? The development of Agorai in Pisidia / Rob Rens From performance to quarry: the evidence of architectural change in the theatre precinct of Nea Paphos in Cyprus over seven centuries / Craig Barker Christian transformations of pagan cult places: the case of Aegae, Cilicia / Ildiko Csepregi Lord of two lands, statues of many types: style and distribution of royal statues in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt / Elizabeth Brophy The Hellenistic public square in Europos in Parapotamia (Dura-Europos, Syria) and Seleucia on the Tigris (Iraq) during Parthian and Roman times / Gaelle Coqueugniot Development, change, and decline of urban spaces: Gadara (Jordan) from the 2nd century BC to the 8th century AD as demonstrated by the theatre-temple-area / Claudia Buhrig Conclusion / Anna Kouremenos.

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Archaeology and Art--Mediterranean Region
Cities and towns, Ancient--Mediterranean Region--History
Mediterranean Region--Antiquities--Congresses
Mediterranean Region--Civilization--Greek influences--Congresses
Public spaces--Mediterranean Region--History--Congresses