Información General

• Autores: Anna Klara Falke (coord.), Florian Neitmann (coord.), Aleksandar Simic (coord.)
• Editores: Brill Schöningh
• Año de publicación: 2025
• Edición: 2ª
• Colecciones: Brill / Schöningh, 26
• País: Alemania
• Idioma: inglés
• ISBN: 978-3-506-79713-1
• Otras ediciones del libro:
  • 1ª Edición, Año 2024. ISBN 978-3-657-79713-4
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Resumen

• For thousands of years, bridges have been built to overcome natural obstacles, facilitating communication, transport and military campaigns. In addition to these central infrastructural functions, bridges can be charged with other meanings, e.g. in religious contexts or as reflecting the relationship between humans and their environment. The present volume sheds light on the diversity of ancient bridges in the Mediterranean and their cultural significance, thus complementing research on ancient roads. The individual contributions offer in-depth insights into the functions and perceptions of ancient bridges in several regions and periods and combine archaeological, historical, philological, and philosophical research. With its wide range of topics and approaches, this collection brings together different perspectives on ancient bridges and inspires new transdisciplinary approaches to future research.

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Listado de artículos

• • Part I. Linguistic and Philosophical Considerations on Bridges

    • Bridges over Troubled Etymologies: On the Lexical Semantics of Crossing Rivers

      Robert Kade

      págs. 3-38

      

    • The Bridge as a Building of Orientation and Dwelling: Martin Heidegger’s Phenomenology of Hermeneutical Space in an Interdisciplinary Perspective

      Michael Boch

      págs. 39-65

      

  • Part II. River Crossings at Different Times

    • Pre-Roman Wooden Bridge Building in the Alpine Region and the German Low Mountain Range Zone

      Ulrike Steinkrüger

      págs. 69-108

      

    • Where to Cross the Tigris River: Dynamics of Mobility across Riversides in the Area of Northern Mesopotamia

      Luca Volpi

      págs. 109-144

      

    • Ancient and Medieval Bridges in Iraq

      Andrew Petersen

      págs. 145-175

      

    • Crossing the River Jordan through the Ages: Fords, Ferries, and Bridges

      Anna Klara Falke

      págs. 177-206

      

  • Part III. Bridges and the Military

    • The Problem of River Crossings in the Campaigns of Alexander the Great

      Miloš Macan

      págs. 209-224

      

    • Crossing the Danube in the Djerdap Region: Challenges and Significance

      Aleksandar Simic

      págs. 225-261

      

  • Part IV. Religious Dimension of Bridges

    • The Jester’s Crossing: Mockery and Apotropaism at the Kephissos Bridge

      Isidora Tolić

      págs. 265-276

      

    • Justinian’s Bridges and the Emperor as a Bridge: Procopius’ De Aedificiis V 3

      Martina Biamino

      págs. 277-297

      

  • Part V. Case Studies of Individual Bridges

    • Construction History and Reconstruction of the Ponte di Augusto at Narni, Italy

      Moritz Reinäcker

      págs. 301-323

      

    • Almería, Nexus of the Connectivity between the "Baetica" and the "Tarraconense" Provinces: The Case of the Historical Bridge of Bayyana on the Roman Road from "Urci" to "Turaniana mansiones"

      Patricia A. Argüelles Álvarez, Enrique Aragón Núñez, María Juana López Medina

      págs. 325-346