Tønnes Bekker‐Nielsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4990638 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tønnes Bekker‐Nielsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tønnes |
| FAMILY NAME | Bekker‐Nielsen |
| SIGNATURE | NIELSEN T B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4628-5411 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Topography and narrative in the ‘Danişmendname’
The Danişmendname, “Book of Danişmend”, is one of the oldest preserved epics in the Turkish language and the only one to provide a narrative of events around the turn of the twelfth century, the time of the First Crusade. Its protagonist, Ahmed Danişmend (“the wise”) is a historical figure, but the accounts of his battles against the Byzantines are largely fictional, replete with hyperbole and embellished with loans from other epic traditions, ev…
Ancient roads in the copper mining region of north central Cyprus
This article presents the findings of the fieldwork carried out by the authors in November 2023 as part of the field campaign of the multidisciplinary landscape-archaeological project, “Life at the Furnace: Copper producing settlement ecosystems in the north-western Troodos”. Based on recent hypotheses on the correlation between Roman necropoleis, early Christian basilicas and the road network, the route of the trans-island highway between Tamass…
Were Spartan Boys Whipped to Death
During the Roman period, the whipping contest at the altar of Artemis Orthia attracted numerous visitors who flocked to Sparta in order to witness the spectacle of young boys being whipped till the blood flowed, the last boy standing being declared the winner. Among the visitors was Plutarch, who, in his biography of the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus, relates how he has seen boys dying under the whip at Artemis’ altar. Cicero, too, has witnessed the …
Textual Problems in the Danişmendname
Danişmendname, günümüze ulaşabilmiş en eski Türk destanlarından biridir. Aslen sözlü anlatım için bestelenmiş olan eser, ilk olarak 13. yüzyılda Selçuklu sarayında kaleme alınmış, ardından bir asır sonra Tokat Valisi Arif Ali tarafından düzenlenip genişletilmiştir. Kendisini bütünlüklü bir anlatı ve başka bir destanın (Battalname’nin) devamı olarak sunsa da, şu anki haliyle metin, Tevrat anlatıları ve Hıristiyan hagiografisi de dahil olmak üzere …
Cassius Dio’s Bithynian Background
Located at the interface of Europe and Asia and blessed with a favourable climate, Roman Bithynia was a prosperous province with a diverse economy and home to important cities, one of which was Dio’s hometown Nicaea at the eastern end of lake Ascanius. For generations the Cassii had ranked among the leading families of Nicaea. Yet Dio does not have a great deal to say about events in Bithynia and when he does, the action more often takes place in…
North Anatolian Rivers and the Chronology of Xenophon s Anabasis
The dating of the expedition of the Ten Thousand to Persia and their long march home to Greece described in the Anabasis of Xenophon has been debated for over a century. Some researchers now favour a late departure from Sardis over the early date preferred by earlier commentators. One further argument for a late chronology which has failed to attract scholarly attention can be found in the description of four north Anatolian rivers offered by the…
An Ancient Route Through the Tavşan Mountains
Günümüzde, Çorum’dan veya Merzifon'dan Vezirköprü'ye giden bir yolcu, Havza güzergâhını takip eder fakat eski çağlarda Tavşan dağ silsilesi üzerinden daha müstakim bir yol geçiyordu. Bu yolun kökeni Neolitik döneme kadar uzanıyor olabilir ve Tepeören’den geçen bir nehir yakınlarında küçük bir kalenin kurulduğu Eski Hitit Döneminde kesinlikle kullanımdaydı. Burası on yedinci yüzyıla kadar kullanımda kalmıştır zira Evliya Çelebi Seyahatname’sinde b…
Fake News from the Past – Lessons For the Future
There is agreement amongst media commentators that the spread of so-called fake news poses a serious threat to democratic society, and as history educators, we have an obligation to help stem the rising tide of misinformation
Hélène Roelens-Flouneau
Der GNOMON pflegt als kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte Altertumswissenschaft die Verbindung zwischen den verschiedenen Disziplinen der Altertumswissenschaft. Er nimmt dadurch eine Sonderstellung unter den Rezensionsorganen ein und bietet die Möglichkeit, sich über wichtige Forschungen und Publikationen auch in den Nachbarbereichen des eigenen Faches zu orientieren. Die Rezensionen im GNOMON wenden sich an ein internationales Publikum, das au…
Roads, Roman Empire
Compared to other premodern empires, the road network of the Roman Empire is set apart not only by its extent (now estimated at more than 100,000 km) but by its structure.
Thracians in the Roman Imperial Navy
The Roman fleets of the imperial period were crewed by provincials, not by Italians. Of the sailors and soldiers whose names and geographical origin are attested epigraphically (on military diplomas or epitaphs) almost 15 per cent claim a Thracian origin; and among these, the majority identify themselves as Bessi, a tribe in the mountains of southern Thrace that is not known to have had a tradition of seafaring. The explanations proposed by earli…
Dio Chrysostom in Exile
In the opening chapter of his thirty-sixth oration, Dio Chrysostom tells his listeners how in the course of a journey ‘through the lands of the Scythians to that of the Getae’, he stopped over in the city of Borysthenes (Olbia) ‘in the summer after my exile’ (τὸ θέρος ... μετὰ τὴν φυγήν). Dio had been exiled by Domitian, probably in a.d. 83 or 84; since his exile ended after the death of Domitian in September 96, it is generally accepted that his…
Herodian on Greek and Roman Failings
This chapter examines the Herodian as a Greek intellectual living and writing within the Roman Empire. Herodian's ideal society appears to be one where able men can make a career for themselves, provided they perform their tasks capably, mind their business and do not let themselves be led astray by excessive ambition. Time and again, Herodian has been compared to his near-contemporary Dio Cassius, and invariably to the latter's advantage. As an …
Propontis
The Propontis, literally the sea “before the Pontos,” connects the Mediterranean with the Black Sea (Strabo 13.1.1–11; Ptol. 3.9; 5.2.1; Plin. HN 5.142–51).
Roads, Roman Empire
Compared to other premodern empires, the road network of the Roman Empire is set apart not only by its extent (now estimated at more than 100,000 km) but by its structure
Urban Life and Local Politics in Roman Bithynia
Urban Life and Local Politics in Roman Bithynia
De fleste studier af romersk lokaladministration har fokuseret på de formelle rammer: love, embeder osv. Denne bog går tæt på lokalpolitikkens uformelle faktorer - for eksempel sociale fordomme og personlige uvenskaber. Vi følger en række bithyniske politikeres karrierer og går helt tæt på en enkelt, filosoffen, kommunalpolitikeren og projektmageren Dion Chrysostomos (Dion af Prusa). Bogens konklusion er at romersk lokalpolitik kun i ringe grad h…
Voies romaines du Rhône à l'Èbre
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Voies romaines du Rhône à l'Èbre
Urban Life and Local Politics in Roman Bithynia
Urban Life and Local Politics in Roman Bithynia
De fleste studier af romersk lokaladministration har fokuseret på de formelle rammer: love, embeder osv. Denne bog går tæt på lokalpolitikkens uformelle faktorer - for eksempel sociale fordomme og personlige uvenskaber. Vi følger en række bithyniske politikeres karrierer og går helt tæt på en enkelt, filosoffen, kommunalpolitikeren og projektmageren Dion Chrysostomos (Dion af Prusa). Bogens konklusion er at romersk lokalpolitik kun i ringe grad h…
Propontis
The Propontis, literally the sea “before the Pontos,” connects the Mediterranean with the Black Sea (Strabo 13.1.1–11; Ptol. 3.9; 5.2.1; Plin. HN 5.142–51).
Roads, Roman Empire
Compared to other premodern empires, the road network of the Roman Empire is set apart not only by its extent (now estimated at more than 100,000 km) but by its structure
Herodian on Greek and Roman Failings
This chapter examines the Herodian as a Greek intellectual living and writing within the Roman Empire. Herodian's ideal society appears to be one where able men can make a career for themselves, provided they perform their tasks capably, mind their business and do not let themselves be led astray by excessive ambition. Time and again, Herodian has been compared to his near-contemporary Dio Cassius, and invariably to the latter's advantage. As an …
Dio Chrysostom in Exile
In the opening chapter of his thirty-sixth oration, Dio Chrysostom tells his listeners how in the course of a journey ‘through the lands of the Scythians to that of the Getae’, he stopped over in the city of Borysthenes (Olbia) ‘in the summer after my exile’ (τὸ θέρος ... μετὰ τὴν φυγήν). Dio had been exiled by Domitian, probably in a.d. 83 or 84; since his exile ended after the death of Domitian in September 96, it is generally accepted that his…
Thracians in the Roman Imperial Navy
The Roman fleets of the imperial period were crewed by provincials, not by Italians. Of the sailors and soldiers whose names and geographical origin are attested epigraphically (on military diplomas or epitaphs) almost 15 per cent claim a Thracian origin; and among these, the majority identify themselves as Bessi, a tribe in the mountains of southern Thrace that is not known to have had a tradition of seafaring. The explanations proposed by earli…
Roads, Roman Empire
Compared to other premodern empires, the road network of the Roman Empire is set apart not only by its extent (now estimated at more than 100,000 km) but by its structure.
An Ancient Route Through the Tavşan Mountains
Günümüzde, Çorum’dan veya Merzifon'dan Vezirköprü'ye giden bir yolcu, Havza güzergâhını takip eder fakat eski çağlarda Tavşan dağ silsilesi üzerinden daha müstakim bir yol geçiyordu. Bu yolun kökeni Neolitik döneme kadar uzanıyor olabilir ve Tepeören’den geçen bir nehir yakınlarında küçük bir kalenin kurulduğu Eski Hitit Döneminde kesinlikle kullanımdaydı. Burası on yedinci yüzyıla kadar kullanımda kalmıştır zira Evliya Çelebi Seyahatname’sinde b…
Fake News from the Past – Lessons For the Future
There is agreement amongst media commentators that the spread of so-called fake news poses a serious threat to democratic society, and as history educators, we have an obligation to help stem the rising tide of misinformation
Hélène Roelens-Flouneau
Der GNOMON pflegt als kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte Altertumswissenschaft die Verbindung zwischen den verschiedenen Disziplinen der Altertumswissenschaft. Er nimmt dadurch eine Sonderstellung unter den Rezensionsorganen ein und bietet die Möglichkeit, sich über wichtige Forschungen und Publikationen auch in den Nachbarbereichen des eigenen Faches zu orientieren. Die Rezensionen im GNOMON wenden sich an ein internationales Publikum, das au…
North Anatolian Rivers and the Chronology of Xenophon s Anabasis
The dating of the expedition of the Ten Thousand to Persia and their long march home to Greece described in the Anabasis of Xenophon has been debated for over a century. Some researchers now favour a late departure from Sardis over the early date preferred by earlier commentators. One further argument for a late chronology which has failed to attract scholarly attention can be found in the description of four north Anatolian rivers offered by the…
Were Spartan Boys Whipped to Death
During the Roman period, the whipping contest at the altar of Artemis Orthia attracted numerous visitors who flocked to Sparta in order to witness the spectacle of young boys being whipped till the blood flowed, the last boy standing being declared the winner. Among the visitors was Plutarch, who, in his biography of the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus, relates how he has seen boys dying under the whip at Artemis’ altar. Cicero, too, has witnessed the …
Textual Problems in the Danişmendname
Danişmendname, günümüze ulaşabilmiş en eski Türk destanlarından biridir. Aslen sözlü anlatım için bestelenmiş olan eser, ilk olarak 13. yüzyılda Selçuklu sarayında kaleme alınmış, ardından bir asır sonra Tokat Valisi Arif Ali tarafından düzenlenip genişletilmiştir. Kendisini bütünlüklü bir anlatı ve başka bir destanın (Battalname’nin) devamı olarak sunsa da, şu anki haliyle metin, Tevrat anlatıları ve Hıristiyan hagiografisi de dahil olmak üzere …
Cassius Dio’s Bithynian Background
Located at the interface of Europe and Asia and blessed with a favourable climate, Roman Bithynia was a prosperous province with a diverse economy and home to important cities, one of which was Dio’s hometown Nicaea at the eastern end of lake Ascanius. For generations the Cassii had ranked among the leading families of Nicaea. Yet Dio does not have a great deal to say about events in Bithynia and when he does, the action more often takes place in…
Ancient roads in the copper mining region of north central Cyprus
This article presents the findings of the fieldwork carried out by the authors in November 2023 as part of the field campaign of the multidisciplinary landscape-archaeological project, “Life at the Furnace: Copper producing settlement ecosystems in the north-western Troodos”. Based on recent hypotheses on the correlation between Roman necropoleis, early Christian basilicas and the road network, the route of the trans-island highway between Tamass…
Topography and narrative in the ‘Danişmendname’
The Danişmendname, “Book of Danişmend”, is one of the oldest preserved epics in the Turkish language and the only one to provide a narrative of events around the turn of the twelfth century, the time of the First Crusade. Its protagonist, Ahmed Danişmend (“the wise”) is a historical figure, but the accounts of his battles against the Byzantines are largely fictional, replete with hyperbole and embellished with loans from other epic traditions, ev…
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