Pavlina Vladkova,Novae. Sector VIII А. Buildings extra murosComplexes During the Roman and Late Antiquity Periods /Novae. Сектор VIII А. Сгради extra muros. Комплексите през римската и късноантичната епохиSofia 2025ISBN 978-619-7763-02-7 374 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 28,5 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverbulgarisch mit einer ausführlichen englischen Zusammenfassung /bulgarian with an extended summyary in English Volume 2 presents the results of the excavations of the complexes from the Roman and Late Antique periods: from the early 2nd to the late 4th - early 5th century. This is the time when life was most intense and the buildings had a representative character. Attention has focused on the architectural structures: well preserved walls, some with frescoes, mortar floors and hypocausts. Space is given over to lead and ceramic water pipes and to numerous miscellaneous sewage structures. Three periods of construction have been distinguished, the second being a residence in which high government officials, the provincial governor, merchants and others who visited the camp of the First Italian Legion stayed. Movable finds are included insofar as they support the dating of the architectural remains and are important in refining the chronology. All the epigraphic monuments discovered over the years have been collected, the rare seals on building ceramics, diptychs and graffiti are presented, the data on the frescoes found have been systematized, etc.

Zsusanna Szántó,From Ioudaioi to Hebraioi.The Evolution of Ethnic Designations in Late Antique Egypt(István Hahn Lecturers IX)Budapest 2025ISBN 978-963-489-778-1ISSN 2061-734898 S./pp., 20 x 13 cm; broschiert/softcover

Tamás Góczon,Death as Image-Building.Cato's Suicide and the Evolution of a Legend(István Hahn Lecturers X)Budapest 2025ISBN 978-963-489-798-9ISSN 2061-7348132 S./pp., 20 x 13 cm; broschiert/softcover

Imre Áron Illés, Vespasian's Edict and the Flavian Municipal Charters(István Hahn Lecturers V)Budapest 2016ISBN 978-963-284-769-6ISSN 2061-7348112 S./pp., 20 x 13 cm; broschiert/softcover

Bilyana Marinova Torbatova, Pagan Cult Sites in the Lands Between the Danube and the Balkan Mountains (early-1st – late-4th Century AD) /Езически култови обекти в земите между Дунава и Балкана (началото на I - края на IV в.)Sofia 2024ISBN 978-619-7712-19-3 836 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./ num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 22 cm; broschiert/softcoverin bulgarischer Sprache mit einer englischen Zusammenfassungin Bulgarian with summary in English The appearance of this work is due to the absence in the previous historiography of a generalized study on the pagan cult infrastructure from the period 1st - 4th century AD in the lands between the Danube and the Balkan Mountains, and is based on the availability of sufficient information in the scientific literature and museum funds, allowing identification according to established criteria of a very large number of temples, shrines and cult places. The available information includes data from archaeological excavations, finds of votive reliefs and other votive monuments, epigraphic evidence, numismatic data and a limited number of ancient written records. In different periods of time, the lands covered in this study included parts of (or, less commonly, entirely) different Roman administrative units: in the first half of the 1st century AD – parts of the province of Moesia and the client kingdom of Thrace; from the end of the 1st century AD – part of the provinces of Upper Moesia and Thrace, as well as the entire province of Lower Moesia; from the second half of the 3rd century – part of Riparian Dacia province and the entire Lower Moesia; from the very end of the 3rd/beginning of the 4th century these lands were already divided between the provinces of Riparian Dacia, Second Moesia and Scythia. Several cases of changing the route of the borders between the different provinces were also documented, with a tendency in the 2nd century to expand Lower Moesia at the expense of Upper Moesia (to the west) and Thrace (to the south), and in the 3rd century – to reduce the territory of this administrative unit in order to create initially one, and subsequently two new provinces in its lands. The purpose of this work is to present as complete a picture as possible of the pagan cult infrastructure in the lands between the Danube and the Balkan mountain range during the 1st - 4th century. The study covers sites of all types, located in cities, military camps, settlements of different ranks, villa mansions and individual rural households, as well as those with roadside character and isolated location in the then settlement system. The fulfilment of the set goal implies in the first place the identification of the sites of pagan cult ritual. The aim is to present as much information as possible about each of the recognized cult sites, and this also determines the direction of the specific research tasks: ۰ accurate location data, with particular attention to the topographic characteristics of the terrain; ۰ clarification of the location in the settlement system, with a brief overview of the main points in the development of the settlement unit to which some of the sites are related; ۰ data on the organization of the cult space; ۰ typological definition; ۰ history of use; ۰ analysis of the votive material in order to establish the revered cults and attempt to determine the leading one among them, as well as the ethnic and social composition of the users of each particular cult site.

Lyudmil Vagalinski – Milena Raycheva (eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Roman and Late Antique Thrace Conference “Conflicts and Catastrophes in Roman and Late Antique Thrace” (Burgas, 12th – 16th October 2020)(Bulletin of the National Archaeological Institute, vol. 50) Sofia 2024ISBN 978-619-254-041-8 218 S./pp., zahlr. Farb. und S/W-Abb./ num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover The fourth edition of the International “Roman and Late Аntique Thrace” (RaLATh) Conference was carried out in a hybrid format in Burgas, Bulgaria, in 2020. It proved a challenging undertaking in a year marked by COVID-19 restrictions, which was nevertheless fulfilled successfully thanks to the traditionally excellent partnership between Burgas Municipality and the National Archaeological Institute with Museum (Sofia). This time, the conference theme focused on conflicts and catastrophes – a rather thought-provoking topic in our opinion, the discussion of which is crucial for the deeper understanding of turbulent events that shaped the fate of ancient Thrace, and for the establishment of chronologies. We are grateful to all participants who contributed to this discussion in various ways and especially to those who submitted their manuscripts for publication in the present volume.

Kostadin Rabadijev (ed.), The Apogee of the Triballian Dynasty: The Triballoi and Their Neighbours in the Classical and Early Hellenistic TimesProceedings of the conferences “The apogee of the Triballian dynasty. 50 years since the discovery of the Mogilanska Mogila and Vratsa Tombs”, Vratsa, 12th-13th November 2015 and “The Rogozen Treasure in the Ancient world. 30 years later”, Vratsa, 3rd-4th November 2016(Studia Archaeologica Universitatis Serdicensis. Supplementum VII / 2024) Sofia 2024ISBN 978-954-07-6047-6 264 S./pp., zahlr. Farb. und S/W-Abb./ num. colour and b/w-figs., 28 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcover

The Lords of Salt: Provadia-Solnitsata 5600-4350 BC.(National Archaeological Museum. Catalogues, volume 39)Sofia 2025ISBN 978-619-254-045-6 ISSN 2367-8860 200 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 25 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover The exhibition catalogue presents over 530 finds discovered during the excavations of the salt-production and urban centre. The exhibits date from Late Prehistory, Late Hellenistic period and Antiquity.

Iliana Borisova-Katsarova / Илиана Борисова-Кацарова,The Western Gate of Serdica. Archaeological survey and socialization / Западната порта на Сердика. археологическо проучване и социализацияSofia 2024ISBN 978-954-07-5994-4 336 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./ num. colour and b/w-figs., 28,5 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcoverin bulgarischer Sprache mit einer englischen Zusammenfassungin Bulgarian with summary in EnglishThe monograph presents the results of the archaeological excavations of the Western Gate of Serdica in 2011-2016 and the subsequent establishment of the archaeological park. The first part of the study adds new insights and discussion to what is known so far about Serdica in the Roman and Late Antique periods. The second part focuses on the management of archaeological monuments in the city and seeks to locate the archaeological park in the context of Sofia's ancient heritage.

Peter Berzobohaty-Gastl,The Mosaic of the Great Palace of Constantinople. Meaning, technique and conservation = Mozaicul Marelui Palat din Constantinopol. Semnificatie, tehnica si conservare Bukarest 2024ISBN 978-606-8922-29-4 358 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 23 x 17 cm; kartoniert/hardcover Through his book, Peter Berzobohaty-Gastl invites us to a captivating journey in the world of the mosaic. History, tradition, and iconography – the book puts together an extremely valuable material for both mosaic artists and restorers, as well as the wider public. For all of them, it is only a detailed and deep understanding of the techniques and materials used in the past that can ensure the selection of the most suitable and correct methods of conservation of a work of art, regardless of its nature. In his professional milieu, Peter Berzobohaty-Gastl is a widely-known restorer of mural painting and historic plaster with an emphasis on mosaics, having a remarkable professional experience. He was the main coordinator of the international projects of conservation for the mosaics of the Great Palace of Constantinople and Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, as well as a visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Peter Berzobohaty-Gastl is extremely passionate about the production technique of Late-Antique and Byzantine mosaics, and this book presents the results of his research spanning over more than 30 years.

Nikolina Maraković – Tin Turković, 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., 24 x 17 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.

Nikola Cesarik – Maja Grisonic – David Štrmelj – Inga Vilogorac-Brčić, Calpurnia and the Egyptian Deities in Caska on the Island of PagZagreb 2025ISBN 978-953-379-221-7 96 S./pp., zahlr. Farbabb./num. colour figs., 23,5 x 16,5 cm; kartoniert/hardcover The Caska Bay near Novalja represents a unique archaeological complex, not only on the island of Pag but also in the wider eastern Adriatic region, due to its historical significance and beautiful landscape. Its historical secrets, mostly from the ancient period, are gradually being revealed through the persistent work of several generations of archaeologists and historians. With the exception of urban areas, or Roman colonies and municipalities, nowhere in the rural area along the entire eastern Adriatic coast has such a large amount of epigraphic material mentioning people from the highest circles of Roman society been found. Caska is also the site that hides the oldest evidence of the cult of Isis on the entire eastern Adriatic coast. Inscriptions dedicated to the Egyptian goddess from the Hellenistic-Roman period were carved on four altars at the beginning of the 1st century AD by Calpurnia, a member of the aristocratic family Calpurnii Pisones from Rome. Her father owned a maritime villa, or rather a coastal country estate in Caska, which, in addition to a luxurious (but still undiscovered) residential area, also had its own production facilities for various types of food. Calpurnia inherited the estate in Caska from her father and worshipped the goddess Isis and other gods of her circle there. She did all this at a time when, by all accounts, the ban on Egyptian cults, initiated by the Roman emperor Tiberius in 19 AD, was still in effect. This is the story of her, her family, and how and why Calpurnia Piso came to Caska in the first place, but also the story of the gods that, despite the bans, Calpurnia worshipped on her estate.

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 978-953-7633-48-6 352 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 29,7 x 24,5 cm; broschiert/softcoverzweisprachig kroatisch - englisch / bilingual croatian - english

Yanislav Tachev, The Coinage of King Cavarus – The Ruler of ThraceSofia 2024ISBN 978-619-91692-6-1190 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm; kartoniert / hardcoverEnglisch mit Zusammenfassung in Bulgarisch /English with a summary in Bulgarian

Yanislav Tachev, Who is Skostokos and all about his Coins Sofia 2024ISBN 978-619-91692-7-8186 S./pp., zahlr. S/W-Abb./num. b/w-figs., 21 x 15 cm; kartoniert / hardcoverEnglisch mit Zusammenfassung in Bulgarisch /English with a summary in Bulgarian The proposed study is devoted to the bronze and silver coins on the reverse seals of which the name ΣKOΣTOKОY is inscribed. The work includes all the coins (bronze rulers and silver city coins) known to date. The study is divided into two parts. The first part consists of two chapters. The first chapter deals with the individual aspects of the earliest coins. These are the bronze ruler coins of the type "head of Apollo / horseman, running right", inscription ΣKOΣTOKOY inscribed above horseman. In the second chapter of the first part, all known posthumous autonomies are covered Lysimachus tetradrachms and drachms signed in the cut with the inscription ΣKOΣTOKOY. In the second part of the study, the problems of the late ruler bronze coins of the type "bust of the ruler / horseman, walking right", inscription ΣKOΣTOKOY are examined. Over the past two centuries, many researchers have published specimens of both the bronze and silver coins with the inscription ΣKOΣTOKOY on the reverse stamps.

Yanislav Tachev, The Provincial Coinage of SerdicaSofia 2020 (2025)ISBN 978-619-90409-6-6450 S./pp., 206 S/W-Taf./206 b/w-pls., 21 x 15 cm; kartoniert / hardcoverEnglisch mit Zusammenfassung in Bulgarisch /English with a summary in Bulgarian Serdica is the only city on the territory of today's Bulgaria that issued coins in three different chronological periods. The city mint goes through three radically different phases. Initially it was created as a provincial mint, after a century of operation it was transformed into a branch of the central Roman mint (the end of the reign of Emperor Gallienus (253 – 268) and finally minted Ottoman coins (XVI – XVIII centuries)1. The subject of the proposed work is the provincial coinage of the city. The provincial coinage of Serdica began during the joint reign of the emperors Marcus Aurelius (161 – 180) and Lucius Verus (161 – 169) and with hiatuses of different lengths continued until the period of the independent (260 – 268) rule of Emperor Gallienus (253 – 268). During this one hundred and seven year period, coins were issued in the city for six emperors and their family members. From the conducted research, it is clear that the most intensive coinage was during the sovereign reign of Emperor Karakala (212 – 217).

Maria-Magdalena Stefan,Morminte tumulare la Dunărea de Jos în secolele V-III a. Chr.Bukarest 2024ISBN 978-606-537-690-8 298 S./pp., Farb- und S/W-Abb./colour and b/w-figs., 29 x 20,5 cm; broschiert/softcover Müssten die Völker der Balkanhalbinsel heute ein gemeinsames Emblem wählen, das ihre natürliche, kulturelle und historische Landschaft zum Ausdruck bringt, so wären die mehr oder weniger großen anthropogenen Grabhügel, die auf den Hügeln oder Hochwasserterrassen des gesamten Gebiets von der Bugevac-Steppe bis zum Ägäischen Meer verstreut sind, zu Recht eine der geeignetsten Entscheidungen. Sie sind nicht nur zahlreich, Zehntausende von ihnen, sondern in einigen Regionen, wie zum Beispiel in Dobrudscha, sind sie sogar zur Landschaft geworden. Man kann sich die Straßen zum Meer ohne diese hügeligen Horizonte gar nicht vorstellen, die Oreste Tafrali 1927 in Bezug auf Mangalia als „un des plus beaux et des plus étranges paysages de la Dobroudja méridionale“ bezeichnete.

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

Jasna Jeličić Radonić, MARTIA IVLIA VALERIA SALONA FELIXSplit 2024ISBN 978-953-163-559-2 254 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 27 x 21 cm; broschiert/softcover zweisprachig kroatisch - englischbilingual croatian - english Das Buch von Jasna Jeličić Radonić ist eine zusammenfassende Monographie über Salona, die in mehrere Kapitel unterteilt ist (Urbs vetus, Urbs orientalis, Urbs occidentalis, die Stadtentwicklung, die Nekropolen von Salona und die Kulte in den antiken Nekropolen), die den aufeinanderfolgenden Phasen der Entwicklung der Stadt entsprechen. Noch heute sind sich Forscher einig, dass erst etwa 20 Prozent der antiken Stadtfläche erforscht sind und man sich über die Größe und Bedeutung der einstigen Metropole keine genaue Vorstellung machen kann. Dieses Buch vereint zum ersten Mal die Ergebnisse der Forschungen und Überlegungen der Autorin zu einzelnen Funden. Besondere Bedeutung haben dabei die einzelnen Beispiele hochwertiger Skulpturen, die in Salona und/oder Dalmatien gefunden wurden und heute in Museen und Privatsammlungen auf der ganzen Welt verstreut sind. Durch das Buch von Jasna Jeličić Radonić erhalten wir Einblicke in eine städtebaulich ambitionierte Metropole der römischen Provinz, aber auch in das reiche, oft verstreute Erbe der antiken Metropole, das uns dieses Buch besser verstehen hilft.

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.