Edward Dąbrowa Libros

Papers published in this volume are dealing with different aspects of relations between politics and religion in the Mediterranean world in period from IV c. B.C. to III c. A.D. In individual papers are discussed and interpreted various examples of interference of politics, philosophy, and religion. Four papers are focused on Greece and the Hellenistic world, seven on republican and imperial Rome. Papers are published in English (6), German (3) and Italian.

Studia Graeco-Parthica is a volume of collected studies written by Edward Dąbrowa over years concerning different aspects of mutual relations of the Parthian Empire, founded by dynasty of Arsacids, with the Greek population living on areas east of Euphrates, starting from the times of Seleucids. All the texts can be divided into three groups. One group consists of studies presenting facts and events which seriously affected relations between the Parthians and the Seleucids in 2nd to 1st centuries BC. The next group of studies is focused on questions of political and cultural relations between the Parthians and the Greek inhabitants of Central Asia, Media and Mesopotamia after conquest of these regions by the Arsacids in 2nd century BC. The third group of studies presents observations concerning the impact of the Hellenistic culture on the Parthian political institutions, cultural traditions and religious practices. The book is addressed to readers and scholars interested in history of Iran and Mesopotamia in Antiquity, history of Hellenistic period, history of ancient civilizations and religions.

Die 10. Legion mit Beinamen Fretensis bildete während Jahrhunderten die Hauptkraft der römischen Palästina-Armee. Ihre Garnison war lange in Jerusalem, später in Elat am Golf von Akaba. Vom Offizierskorps kennen wir heute aus Inschriften und literarischen Belegen 18 Kommandanten (darunter in vespasianischer Zeit den späteren Kaiser Traian), 19 Miltärtribunen, 43 Centurionen, etwa doppelt so viele, wie die klassische Legionsgeschichte von Ritterling (1924) aufzählt. Der Verfasser diskutiert das Quellenmaterial über jede Person, erwägt seine Heimat und Herkunft und bespricht die Gründe des militärischen Avancements.