Marina Maraković – Tin Turković (eds.), TRANSLATIO IMAGINIS TRIUMPHALIS: Elephant in the Iconography of Power from Antiquity to the Early Modern AgeZagreb 2025ISBN 978-953-379-097-8 484 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 25 x 19 cm; broschiert/softcover The authors address the issue of the translation of political power and the legitimacy of rule over the civilized world from antiquity to the early modern period, focusing on the image of the elephant and its role in triumphal iconography. The elephant is thus recognized as a proper imago triumphalis – the most obvious, most universal, and at the same time, the most easily comprehensible symbol of the idea of translatio. Through the analysis and interpretation of the use of this specific motif across several millennia of human history, a complex historical topic is made approachable and understandable, even to a wider audience.

Marina Ugarković – Ana Konestra – Martina Čelhar – Martina Korić (eds.), Between Global and Local. Adriatic Connectivity from Protohistory to the Roman PeriodProceedings of the Conference Stari Grad, 28th-29th October 2022(Zbornik Instituta za Arheologiju / Serta Instituti Archaeologici 21)Zagreb 2024ISBN 978-953-6064-73-1 244 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Sanja Ivčević, Rimska vojna oprema iz doba principata u međuriječju Krke i Cetine / Roman Military Equipment of the Principate Era between the Krka and Cetina Rivers(Katalozi i monogafije / Catalogues and Monographs 7)Split 2024ISBN 978-953-7633-48-6 340 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcoverzweisprachig kroatisch - englisch / bilingual croatian - english

Gabriel Mircea Talmațchi,Greeks, Romans and local population in the territory between Danube and the Black Sea (2nd century BC-1st century AD). An economic history from monetary perspective Iaşi 2024ISBN 978-606-714-878-7468 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm; broschiert/softcover

Jana Horvat – Benjamin Štular – Anton Velušček,Trnovo near Ilirska Bistrica in the Early Iron Age / Trnovo pri Ilirski Bistrici v starejši železni dobi(Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 49)Ljubljana 2025ISBN 978-961-05-0952-3 288 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Yelyzaveta I. Akhypova, Icons from the 10th–13th centuries in Stone, Bone and Ceramics from Ukraine.A catalogueCluj – Napoca 2025ISBN 978-606-020-907-2256 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 22 cm; kartoniert/hardcover This book is devoted to a very special circle of works that have reached us from the art of Kyiv Rus of the late 10th-11th centuries, and from the artistic heritage of those principalities, which after the collapse of the vast Kyiv state were formed in the southern and south-western parts of its territory. These principalities continued to exist in the 12th-13th centuries, until the invasion of the Tatar-Mongol hordes in 1230-40s, i.e. in the pre-Mongol period, and partly survived in the following decades. When it comes to the artistic culture of that vast world, we usually remember, first of all, the ecclesiastical architecture, the mosaics and the frescoes of the churches of Kyiv and Chernihiv, the enormous 11th-century icons of Novgorod, made, apparently, by artisans then visiting Kyiv, the miniatures of the 1056-57 Ostromir Lectionary, the decorations of other outstanding illustrated manuscripts, as well as the precious gold and silver jewelry, decorated with cloisonné enamel and other exquisite methods of jewelry art. The monumental sculpture also existed in that world: carvings in white stone (limestone) on the facades of some churches, narrative and ornamental plastic of certain interior elements such as remarkable reliefs(both patterned and narrative) on the slate slabs that decorated Kyiv’s churches. However, monumental sculpture and relief played relatively a modest role in that artistic world. This assessment of the role of sculpture will not change much even if we recall the existence of wooden sculpture, the art inherited from pagan times and known to us from the few surviving relatively late works of the north-east and north-west of Rus, which being largely primitive in nature have reached us only in small numbers due to the poor preservation of the material employed. (Foreword by Engelina Smirnova).

Bianca Preda-Bălănică, Bronze Age Kurgans in Southern Romania(The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe 6)Budapest 2025ISBN 978-615-5766-72-5302 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Utilising a systematic methodology, this volume offers an in-depth analysis of various aspects of mortuary practices, including kurgan stratigraphy, the orientation of the deceased, bioanthropological and genetic evidence, grave goods, and chronological assessments. The research identifies distinct phases of burial rituals, categorising them into pre-Yamnaya, Early and Late Yamnaya, Katakombnaya, Middle Bronze Age/Mnogovalikovaya, and Late Bronze Age/Sabatinovka-Noua-Coslogeni, spanning the time from the 4th to the 2nd millennia BC. The insights gleaned from this research reveal the intricate relationships between local customs and the influences of steppe populations over time. The study sheds light on the complexities of mobility, interaction, and cultural admixture, as well as the evolution of burial practices and material culture during the Bronze Age. Bronze Age Kurgans in Southern Romania is poised to become a vital resource for scholars interested in the dynamics of prehistoric societies, offering perspectives on how cultural identities were shaped and transformed across centuries.

Stefan Alexandrov – Piotr Włodarczak (eds.),From the Steppes to the Balkans. Yamna Culture in Upper Thrace.(The Yamnaya Impact on Prehistoric Europe 5)Budapest 2024ISBN 978-615-5766-71-8332 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Five burial mounds were investigated near the Tundzha River, on the outskirts of Tundzha and Elhovo, in 2018 and 2019. The detailed assessing and chronological evaluation of the recovered finds and observed phenomena improves greatly the existing knowledge of the life and burial customs of the earliest Yamna communities inhabiting this land.

Dorotty Nyulas, Ironwork Hoards in Roman DaciaCluj – Napoca 2024ISBN 978-606-020-841-9336 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 22 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The present volume is an improved and slightly rearranged version of the author’s doctoral thesis, which was publicly defended at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, in September 2023. The objective of the thesis was the in-depth analysis of hoarding and depositing ironwork in Roman Dacia through a detailed re-examination and comparative study of the known assemblages. While the terminology regarding hoards is far from settled, in this work, ‘hoard’ and ‘deposition’ were used as general terms denoting collections of objects found as a group, associated with a single context. The word ‘hoard’ was mainly used to refer to assemblages that were rather clearly concealed, whereas I preferred ‘deposition’ as a more neutral term in the case of collections where a ritual background might be supposed. However, every time I wished to indicate an interpretation, this was emphasised through adjectives, such as safety hoards, votive depositions etc. Occasionally, to further stress the inclusion of all assemblage types, both terms were listed (‘hoards and depositions’), but mainly they are used as synonyms. ‘Ironwork’ is more easily defined; it stands for any type of object or fragment made of iron, ranging from tools and household items to scrap. Consequently, ironwork hoards are collections discovered as closed assemblages consisting of (almost exclusively) iron objects and fragments.

Cristian Găzdac – Radu Zăgreanu,Minted by Romans, Hoarded by Non-Romans. The Arcalia Hoard(Coins from Roman Sites and Collections of Roman Coins from Romania, vol. XX)Cluj-Napoca 2025ISBN 978-606-020-909-6120 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover

Andrei Opaiț, The Sacred Area Sector Roman Coarseware (1st - 7th centuries) (Histria XVI)Cluj – Napoca 2024ISBN 978-606-020-839-6184 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The history and evolution of the old Milesian colony Histria is quite well known from numerous articles and an impressive series of monographs that have discussed many archaeological discoveries from the Archaic to the Roman era. There is no need, therefore, to summarize their contents here. This study of the coarseware ceramics from the Sacred Area sector called also “sector T”, at Histria seeks to bring to light an archaeological material generally neglected by the publications of this sector. Because Roman ceramics were not usually retained in the course of excavations in the Sacred Area sector, the number of pieces in this study is smaller than the number analyzed in a relatively recent monograph focusing on more thoroughly-collected Roman ceramics from other sectors. We can add numerous other ceramic publications that have appeared since this monograph especially in recent years. In turn, the “Sacred Area sector “ sector has been discussed in numerous publications, and summarized in two recent articles published by A. Avram and his collaborators, and one published by F. Munteanu. Although the focus of the former article is on the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods, when the temples in this area were in use, several pages are also dedicated to the Roman period when this sector changed its sacred character and became, for a short period, an artisanal area and then until the 7th century AD a residential district. The second article pays more attention to the Roman quarter, which featured a large “Constantinian house” covering 380 m², with four rooms and an internal court with peristyle, built perhaps during the second half of the 4th century. During the 6th century this edifice was repurposed and subdivided into many rooms with storage functions. Perhaps also in the 6th century, a series of other buildings-perhaps simple houses-were constructed to the south of this edifice, containing dolia, mortaria, and many vasa potatoria, coquinatoria and amphorae.

Lawrence McCrank, The Tarragona Vortex Volume 2. Tarraco. The Ancient Heritage: Roman Hispania in Cultural Memory. 2nd c. BC - 3rd c. ADBudapest 2024ISBN 978-615-6405-48-7 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-6405-31-9 (softcover)632 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 24 x 17 cm;

Şerban George Paul Drugaş, Mapping Ptolemaic DaciaBudapest 2020ISBN 978-615-6405-17-3 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-81353-6-8 (softcover)242 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm;Inhalt/contents: CHAPTER 1. General Ptolemaic Principles CHAPTER 2. Ptolemaic and Modern Earth Models. Initial Methodological Framework CHAPTER 3. Ptolemaic Poleis and Places in Dacia and in Adjacent areas. What We Know Download PDF CHAPTER 4. Establishing Local Working Algorithms CHAPTER 5. Calculating the Coordinates of Some Dacian Poleis from the Established Grid CHAPTER 6. A Synthesis on the Local Ptolemaic Patterns in Dacia CHAPTER 7. SWOT Analysis CHAPTER 8. Limits, Rivers, Tribes and Neighbours of Ptolemaic Dacia Conclusive remarks Bibliography List of Figures List of Tables Index

Elizabeth Ann Pollard – Fabrizio Conti (eds.), Nemo non metuit. Magic in the Roman WorldBudapest 2022ISBN 978-615-6405-43-2 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-6405-44-9 (softcover)554 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm; CHAPTER 1 Magical Gems. A Roman development of Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician scarab amulets (8th – 5th c. BCE) Ronaldo G. Gurgel Pereira CHAPTER 2 Change and Continuity in Curse Tablets from the Roman World Charlotte Spence CHAPTER 3 Pursuing Health by Pursuing Disease. The Use of Spells and Amulets to Address Malaria in Roman Antiquity Yvette Hunt CHAPTER 4 “Erotic” Spells, Stalking, and the Exclusus Amator in Ancient Rome Elizabeth Ann Pollard CHAPTER 5 Magic to steal, magic to love, magic to heal: veneficia, defixiones, devotiones in the Naturalis historia by Plinius the Elder Alfredo Viscomi CHAPTER 6 Cursing Patterns and Religious Belief. Studying the Prevalence of “Judicial Prayers” in Roman Britain Madeline Line CHAPTER 7 How Lucan Kills Magic. Magic and the vates in Book Six of Lucan’s Bellum Civile Caolán Mac An Aircinn CHAPTER 8 Abjection and Anxiety: The Metamorphosis of the Roman Literary Witch Nicole Kimball CHAPTER 9 Foreseeing the Future: The Role of Women between Magic and Divination Angelica Flandoli CHAPTER 10 Orpheus and the Evolution of the Roman Witch Britta Ager CHAPTER 11 Memories of Apollonius of Tyana: Sorcerer, Holy Man and Rival of Jesus Christ Semíramis Corsi Silva CHAPTER 12 Si Crimina Demas: Necromancy in Roman Literature and Statius’ Transgressive Manto Anna Everett Beek CHAPTER 13 The Magic of Isis-Fortuna in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses Ashli Baker CHAPTER 14 Pagan and Christian Identities in the Later Roman Empire: Maximus of Turin and His Sermons on Magic and Superstition Fabrizio Conti CHAPTER 15 A World Imbued with Sorcery? The Fight between Christian and non-Christian Powers in Fourth- and Fifth-Century Christendom Andrea Maraschi

Nikola Teodosiev, The Tholos Tombs in Ancient Thrace / Куполните гробници в Древна Тракия Sofia 2024ISBN 978-954-07-5990-6 182 S./pp., 7 Farbtaf. und zahlr. S/W-Abb./ 7 colour pls. and num. b/w-figs., 28 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverin bulgarischer Sprache mit einer englischen Zusammenfassungin Bulgarian with summary in English The monograph examines the tholos tombs in Ancient Thrace. Their complex origins are examined in detail. Their typology and chronology are clarified. The political, social and religious context of the tombs is presented. So far, 40 tholos tombs are known in Ancient Thrace. The catalogue analyses 15 of them in detail, and the remaining 25 are included in a separate list.

Éva Garam, Das awarenzeitliche Gräberfeld in Zamárdi-Rétiföldek, Teil III(Monumenta Avarorum Archaeologica 12)Budapest 2018ISBN 978-963-508-884-3 416 S./pp., 19 Farbtafeln und 200 S/W-Abb. / 19 colour plates and 200 b/w-figs., Faltpläne / folding maps, CD-ROM, 28 x 20,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Zoltán Niederreiter (ed.), Mesopotamia. Kingdom of Gods and DemonsBudapest 2024ISBN 978-615-6595-33-1496 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 30 x 23,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The comprehensive and representative catalogue accompanies the exhibition „Mesopotamia. Kingdom of Gods and Demons“ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (4 October 2024 – 2 February 2025) and includes contributions from some of the most eminent Hungarian and international experts on the subject. The large-scale exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts takes visitors to Mesopotamia in the first half of the first millennium BCE, where they can see magnificent reliefs from Assyrian palaces, such as the shining blue snake-dragon from the Ishtar Gate in Babylon and the glazed brick lions that adorned the procession route. The Mesopotamian world of gods and demons is brought to life through cylinder seals, statues and amulets made of minerals and rocks, but we also evoke the story of the flood from Mesopotamian mythology, the legendary figures of Nimrod and Ninus, and the Tower of Babel.The artefacts from Aššur, Babylon, Dūr-Šarrukīn and Kalḫu excavated in Mesopotamia come from major European collections, including the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin, the Musée du Louvre and the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen (in addition to the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts).

Benjamine Štular – Manfred Lehner – Mateja Belak, Settlement of the Eastern Alps in the Early Middle Ages(Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 48)Ljubljana 2024ISBN 978-961-05-0877-9 248 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb. / num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Sorin Nemeti, Le syncrétisme religieux en Dacie romaineCluj – Napoca 2019ISBN 978-606-020-112-0374 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 23 x 16 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

Coriolan Horaţiu Opreanu – Vlad-Andrei Lăzărescu, Landscape Archaeology on the Northern Frontier of the Roman Empire at Porolissum(Corpus Limitis Imperii Romani, Dacia Porolissensis (I); Porolissum)(Porolissum monographs 2)Cluj – Napoca 2016ISBN 978-606-543-787-6354 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 26 x 18 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The frontiers of the Roman Empire, over 5000 km long, stretch from the Atlantic coast of Scotland, along the Rhine and the Danube, also enclose the Banat region and Transylvania, then going down along the Oriental Carpathians to the Black Sea; from the southern coast of the Black Sea they continue towards the Near East until the Red Sea; then, in North Africa, they line the edge of the Sahara desert until the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Over this entire area, visible traces of fortifications, roads and settlements are still preserved, but numerous monuments still lay hidden underneath the earth. Despite the fact that the Roman frontiers crossed regions with different relief and climate, they constitute a whole in that they were designed to protect Roman territories. The research of these monuments and the preservation policy regarding them was and is unequal in the various presentday states on whose territory traces of the Roman frontier are to be found. Consequently, in the ‘80s of the 20th century, the idea of globally protecting the Roman frontiers, viewed as a unitary monument, was met. In 1987, Hadrian’s Wall in United Kingdom was declared a UNESCO monument. It was followed in 2005 by the German-Raetian sector, on which occasion the UNESCO committee decided to set up the ‘Frontiers of the Roman Empire’ site. This project through its complexity generated an interdisciplinary approach of the proposed subject stimulating such future attempts in the archaeological research field. By using the latest technical methods of non-destructive investigation the project did not damage the stratigraphy of the archaeological site obtaining instead a high amount of data otherwise time consuming judging from the archaeological excavations perspective contributing also to the preservation of the cultural heritage.

Lyubava Konova, Red-figure pottery from the necropolis of Apollonia Pontica (Sozopol) from the collection of the National Museum of History / Червенофигурна керамика от некропола на Аполония Понтика (Созопол) от фонда на Националния исторически музейVeliko Tarnovo 2024ISBN 978-619-00-1808-7472 S./pp., zahlr. Farb-Abb. / num. colour figs., 30 x 22 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverbulgarisch mit englischer Zusammenfassungbulgarian with a summary in english The monograph examines 103 painted vessels discovered during the excavations of the necropolis of ancient Apollonia Pontica in the 1990s. The ceramic forms and images are examined in their archaeological and cultural-historical context. Created in classical Athens in the 5th-4th centuries BC, pictorial narratives on vessels played the role of one of the most influential media in the dissemination of the values of Athenian society. At the same time, they clearly capture the identity of the multicultural community that was formed on the territory of the Pontic city as a result of contacts with various centres in the Mediterranean world, with the inhabitants of Inner Thrace and with the powerful Thracian kingdoms in the area. The edition contains 233 illustrations and 10 tables with data on the context of the objects, the composition of the clay and statistical information.

Kay Boers – Becca Grose – Rebecca Usherwood – Guy Walker (eds.), Erasure in Late AntiquityBudapest 2024ISBN 978-615-6696-25-0 (hardcover) ISBN 978-615-6696-26-7 (softcover) 293 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm; broschiert/softcover

Anna Aklan, Land of Buddhas – Gandhāra. Catalogue of the Gandhāran Sculptures of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic ArtsBudapest 2024ISBN 978-615-81396-7-0 248 S./pp., zahlr. Farb-Abb./num. colour figs., 32 x 23 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverThe Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest, holds eighty-one Gandhāran statues. Exquisite Buddha and bodhisattva statues are included in this collection, which comprise a representative group of this unique Hellenistic style Buddhist school of sculpture. Almost the entire collection was gifted to the institution by Imre Schwaiger, a Hungarian-born, internationally acclaimed art dealer and connoisseur in the first half of the twentieth century. Although the most outstanding statues have been exhibited at the museum since they arrived, the first occasion when the entire collection was put on display took place only this year, in 2024, when the temporary exhibition Land of Buddhas – Gandhāra opened its doors to the visitors. Accompanying the exhibition, for the very first time, a comprehensive catalogue of all the artworks of the Gandhāran collection, illustrated with fresh and artistic photographs, is published.The catalogue includes the description of each Gandhāran sculpture in the collection, which is complemented by a study on conservation of the statues written by Zoltán Hering, stone conservator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, who handled the statues and conducted material analyses. A detailed study on the life of Imre Schwaiger is also placed in the present volume to give an account of this generous art expert and his interesting life, starting out from Hungary and building a successful art dealership in India and in London.

Emilio Marin, Mursa. Hadrijanova kolonija uz limes Rimskog carstva = Colonia Aelia at the limes of the Roman Empire(Mursa Aeterna IV)Zagreb - Osijek 2018ISBN 978-953-347-224-9302 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 30 x 24 cm; kartoniert mit Schutzumschlag/hardcover with dust jacketzweisprachig kroatisch – englisch / bilingual croatian – english