Eberhard Sauer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3623847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eberhard Sauer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eberhard |
| FAMILY NAME | Sauer |
| SIGNATURE | SAUER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity's Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran
Largest Ancient Fortress of South-West Asia and the Western World? Recent Fieldwork at Sasanian Qaleh Iraj at Pishva, Iran
Protected by a massive wall, but devoid of permanent buildings in its vast c. 175 ha interior, the rectangular compound of Qaleh Iraj near Tehran must be a military base – and as such, it is arguably the largest fortress in the ancient world to the west of modern Afghanistan. Investigations carried out previously have been based on surface finds and architecture and there had been no agreement on the date and purpose of this monument. Excavation,…
Fulayj: A Late Sasanian fort on the Arabian coast
Sasanian Persia Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia
Details Persia's growing military and economic power in the late antique worldThe Sasanian Empire (3rd-7th centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This mega-empire withstood powerful opponents in the steppe and expanded further in Late Antiquity, whilst the Roman world shrunk in size. Recent research has revealed the reasons for this suc…
Sasanian Persia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia
The Sasanian Empire (third-seventh centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This mega-empire withstood powerful opponents in the steppe and expanded further in Late Antiquity, whilst the Roman world shrunk in size. Recent research has revealed the reasons for this success, notably population growth in some territories, economic prosperity…
Landscape evolution and agro-sylvo-pastoral activities on the Gorgan Plain (NE Iran) in the last 6000 years
The Gorgan Plain (NE Iran) is characterized by fertile soils formed on a loess plateau and is at present primarily exploited for intensive agriculture. However, the timing and intensity of the human impact on the landscape in the past are still unclear. A sediment core, taken from the centre of the eastern Gorgan Plain in the Kongor Lake covering the major part of the Holocene from 6.1 to 0.8 ka (all ages are calibrated before present), has been …
Gorgan, Great Wall of
The “Great Wall of Gorgan,” also, erroneously, known as “Alexander's Wall,” runs from the southeast corner of the Caspian Sea for at least 195 km eastward, into the Elburz mountains.
Mithras and Mithraism
Worshipped in windowless cave‐like temples or natural caves (conventionally called mithraea) across the Roman Empire, by exclusively male congregations (Clauss 1992; Griffith 2006), few ancient deities have aroused more curiosity than the sun god Mithras.
Les guerres daciques de Domitien et de Trajan: Architecture militaire, topographie, images et histoire . By Alexandre Simon Stefan
The aurochs, nature worship and exploitation in eastern Gaul
The unusual assemblage of aurochs horn cores from the baths of Bourbonne-les-Bains suggests votive deposits. But were they? The authors describe the assemblage, date it to the later Roman to early medieval period, discuss its possible environmental and ritual connotations, but also raise the possibility that it relates to craft-workers making use of the hot water supply to work the horn
Forum Germanorum in North‐west Italy: The Home Community and Life of Arguably the Earliest Known Legionary Veteran in Britain
Excavations at Alchester in Oxfordshire in 2003 yielded the remains of a Roman inscription, smashed into fragments and reused in the foundations of the town wall. It proved to be a tombstone of a veteran of the Second Augustan Legion and it is argued that Alchester was probably the main base of this legion and its famous first commander in Britain, Vespasian. However, the emphasis in this paper is on the home community of the veteran, Forum Germa…
Archaeology and Ancient History: Breaking Down the Boundaries
Challenging both traditional and fashionable theories, this collection of pieces from an international range of contributors explores the separation of the human past into history, archaeology and their related sub-disciplines. Each case study challenges the validity of this separation and asks how we can move to a more holistic approach in the study of the relationship between history and archaeology. While the focus is on the ancient world, par…
Roman and Medieval Cripplegate, City of London: Archaeological Excavations 1992–8. By E lizabeth H owe and D avid L akin
Roman and Medieval Cripplegate, City of London: Archaeological Excavations 1992–8. By Elizabeth Howe and David Lakin." Archaeological Journal, 161(1), p. 251
The Roman invasion of Britain (AD 43) in imperial perspective: A response to Frere and Fulford
Few subjects have been more passionately discussed recently than the question of whether the invasion force in AD 43 landed in Kent or on the south coast or simultaneously in both areas. Recently Professor Frere and Professor Fulford joined forces to produce a series of arguments, each independently, supporting a landing in Kent. It is argued here that while archaeological or strategic considerations do not exclude either theory, some of the new …
Roman Fortresses and their Legions: Papers in Honour of George C. Boon. Edited by R ichard J. B rewer
(2001). Roman Fortresses and their Legions: Papers in Honour of George C. Boon. Edited by Richard J. Brewer. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 158, No. 1, pp. 395-397
Die Römer zwischen Alpen und Nordmeer: Zivilisatorisches Erbe einer europäischen Militärmacht. Katalog zur Landesausstellung des Freistaates Bayern, Rosenheim 2000 . By Ludwig Wamser
An Inscription From Northern Italy, the Roman Temple Complex in Bath and Minerva as a Healing Goddess in Gallo‐roman Religion
This article is about a dedication to Minerva by a Roman officer, made in a healing sanctuary in northern Italy, fulfilling a vow he had taken in Britain(?) In both northern Italy and in Britain Minerva was sometimes venerated as a healing goddess, for example at the spa of Bath which had possibly been visited by the officer in search of a cure. It is argued that this cult originated in the equation of pre‐Roman healing goddesses who had similar …
Fulayj: A Late Sasanian fort on the Arabian coast
Sasanian Persia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia
The Sasanian Empire (third-seventh centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This mega-empire withstood powerful opponents in the steppe and expanded further in Late Antiquity, whilst the Roman world shrunk in size. Recent research has revealed the reasons for this success, notably population growth in some territories, economic prosperity…
Largest Ancient Fortress of South-West Asia and the Western World? Recent Fieldwork at Sasanian Qaleh Iraj at Pishva, Iran
Protected by a massive wall, but devoid of permanent buildings in its vast c. 175 ha interior, the rectangular compound of Qaleh Iraj near Tehran must be a military base – and as such, it is arguably the largest fortress in the ancient world to the west of modern Afghanistan. Investigations carried out previously have been based on surface finds and architecture and there had been no agreement on the date and purpose of this monument. Excavation,…
Sasanian Persia Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia
Details Persia's growing military and economic power in the late antique worldThe Sasanian Empire (3rd-7th centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This mega-empire withstood powerful opponents in the steppe and expanded further in Late Antiquity, whilst the Roman world shrunk in size. Recent research has revealed the reasons for this suc…
Landscape evolution and agro-sylvo-pastoral activities on the Gorgan Plain (NE Iran) in the last 6000 years
The Gorgan Plain (NE Iran) is characterized by fertile soils formed on a loess plateau and is at present primarily exploited for intensive agriculture. However, the timing and intensity of the human impact on the landscape in the past are still unclear. A sediment core, taken from the centre of the eastern Gorgan Plain in the Kongor Lake covering the major part of the Holocene from 6.1 to 0.8 ka (all ages are calibrated before present), has been …
The aurochs, nature worship and exploitation in eastern Gaul
The unusual assemblage of aurochs horn cores from the baths of Bourbonne-les-Bains suggests votive deposits. But were they? The authors describe the assemblage, date it to the later Roman to early medieval period, discuss its possible environmental and ritual connotations, but also raise the possibility that it relates to craft-workers making use of the hot water supply to work the horn
The Roman invasion of Britain (AD 43) in imperial perspective: A response to Frere and Fulford
Few subjects have been more passionately discussed recently than the question of whether the invasion force in AD 43 landed in Kent or on the south coast or simultaneously in both areas. Recently Professor Frere and Professor Fulford joined forces to produce a series of arguments, each independently, supporting a landing in Kent. It is argued here that while archaeological or strategic considerations do not exclude either theory, some of the new …
Die Römer zwischen Alpen und Nordmeer: Zivilisatorisches Erbe einer europäischen Militärmacht. Katalog zur Landesausstellung des Freistaates Bayern, Rosenheim 2000 . By Ludwig Wamser
An Inscription From Northern Italy, the Roman Temple Complex in Bath and Minerva as a Healing Goddess in Gallo‐roman Religion
This article is about a dedication to Minerva by a Roman officer, made in a healing sanctuary in northern Italy, fulfilling a vow he had taken in Britain(?) In both northern Italy and in Britain Minerva was sometimes venerated as a healing goddess, for example at the spa of Bath which had possibly been visited by the officer in search of a cure. It is argued that this cult originated in the equation of pre‐Roman healing goddesses who had similar …
Roman Fortresses and their Legions: Papers in Honour of George C. Boon. Edited by R ichard J. B rewer
(2001). Roman Fortresses and their Legions: Papers in Honour of George C. Boon. Edited by Richard J. Brewer. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 158, No. 1, pp. 395-397
Die Römer zwischen Alpen und Nordmeer: Zivilisatorisches Erbe einer europäischen Militärmacht. Katalog zur Landesausstellung des Freistaates Bayern, Rosenheim 2000 . By Ludwig Wamser
The Roman invasion of Britain (AD 43) in imperial perspective: A response to Frere and Fulford
Few subjects have been more passionately discussed recently than the question of whether the invasion force in AD 43 landed in Kent or on the south coast or simultaneously in both areas. Recently Professor Frere and Professor Fulford joined forces to produce a series of arguments, each independently, supporting a landing in Kent. It is argued here that while archaeological or strategic considerations do not exclude either theory, some of the new …
Archaeology and Ancient History: Breaking Down the Boundaries
Challenging both traditional and fashionable theories, this collection of pieces from an international range of contributors explores the separation of the human past into history, archaeology and their related sub-disciplines. Each case study challenges the validity of this separation and asks how we can move to a more holistic approach in the study of the relationship between history and archaeology. While the focus is on the ancient world, par…
Roman and Medieval Cripplegate, City of London: Archaeological Excavations 1992–8. By E lizabeth H owe and D avid L akin
Roman and Medieval Cripplegate, City of London: Archaeological Excavations 1992–8. By Elizabeth Howe and David Lakin." Archaeological Journal, 161(1), p. 251
Forum Germanorum in North‐west Italy: The Home Community and Life of Arguably the Earliest Known Legionary Veteran in Britain
Excavations at Alchester in Oxfordshire in 2003 yielded the remains of a Roman inscription, smashed into fragments and reused in the foundations of the town wall. It proved to be a tombstone of a veteran of the Second Augustan Legion and it is argued that Alchester was probably the main base of this legion and its famous first commander in Britain, Vespasian. However, the emphasis in this paper is on the home community of the veteran, Forum Germa…
The aurochs, nature worship and exploitation in eastern Gaul
The unusual assemblage of aurochs horn cores from the baths of Bourbonne-les-Bains suggests votive deposits. But were they? The authors describe the assemblage, date it to the later Roman to early medieval period, discuss its possible environmental and ritual connotations, but also raise the possibility that it relates to craft-workers making use of the hot water supply to work the horn
Les guerres daciques de Domitien et de Trajan: Architecture militaire, topographie, images et histoire . By Alexandre Simon Stefan
Gorgan, Great Wall of
The “Great Wall of Gorgan,” also, erroneously, known as “Alexander's Wall,” runs from the southeast corner of the Caspian Sea for at least 195 km eastward, into the Elburz mountains.
Mithras and Mithraism
Worshipped in windowless cave‐like temples or natural caves (conventionally called mithraea) across the Roman Empire, by exclusively male congregations (Clauss 1992; Griffith 2006), few ancient deities have aroused more curiosity than the sun god Mithras.
Landscape evolution and agro-sylvo-pastoral activities on the Gorgan Plain (NE Iran) in the last 6000 years
The Gorgan Plain (NE Iran) is characterized by fertile soils formed on a loess plateau and is at present primarily exploited for intensive agriculture. However, the timing and intensity of the human impact on the landscape in the past are still unclear. A sediment core, taken from the centre of the eastern Gorgan Plain in the Kongor Lake covering the major part of the Holocene from 6.1 to 0.8 ka (all ages are calibrated before present), has been …
Sasanian Persia Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia
Details Persia's growing military and economic power in the late antique worldThe Sasanian Empire (3rd-7th centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This mega-empire withstood powerful opponents in the steppe and expanded further in Late Antiquity, whilst the Roman world shrunk in size. Recent research has revealed the reasons for this suc…
Sasanian Persia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia
The Sasanian Empire (third-seventh centuries) was one of the largest empires of antiquity, stretching from Mesopotamia to modern Pakistan and from Central Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. This mega-empire withstood powerful opponents in the steppe and expanded further in Late Antiquity, whilst the Roman world shrunk in size. Recent research has revealed the reasons for this success, notably population growth in some territories, economic prosperity…
Fulayj: A Late Sasanian fort on the Arabian coast
Largest Ancient Fortress of South-West Asia and the Western World? Recent Fieldwork at Sasanian Qaleh Iraj at Pishva, Iran
Protected by a massive wall, but devoid of permanent buildings in its vast c. 175 ha interior, the rectangular compound of Qaleh Iraj near Tehran must be a military base – and as such, it is arguably the largest fortress in the ancient world to the west of modern Afghanistan. Investigations carried out previously have been based on surface finds and architecture and there had been no agreement on the date and purpose of this monument. Excavation,…
Ancient Arms Race: Antiquity's Largest Fortresses and Sasanian Military Networks of Northern Iran
History (15 works) · Archaeology (13 works) · History (12 works) · Ancient history (9 works) · Art (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (6 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (6 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (5 works)