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The Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis: The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium comprises the first two volumes of a three-volume presentation of the Augustus Victory Monument. The monument was a magnificent edifice, erected by the Roman Emperpr Octavian Augustus, in commemoration of his victory in the naval battle of Actium on September 2, 31 BC, over the united forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. The dramatic building, built on the hill where Augustus had set up his headquarters on the eve of the naval battle, marks a pivotal event in the history of the ancient world and combines the characteristics of a trophy and a place of worship. The eight chapters of the first volume detail the history of events that took place in this area in 31 BC, the construction of the Monument and the modern research that took place, culminating in the systematic archaeological excavations of the decades 1990–2010, as well as the architecture of the entire building. Chapter 8 presents in detail the Latin dedicatory inscription. The second volume contains six chapters (Chapters 9–14), continuing the numbering of the first volume. In these are presented the many thousands of finds that were scattered across the entire area of the Μonument and recovered during the excavations. These include coins, pottery, planting pots (supplemented by the description of the sacred garden that adorned the Monument), glass finds, architectural terracottas and stamped roof tiles, and the inscriptions.

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Author:   Konstantinos L. Zachos
Publisher:   Schnell & Steiner
Imprint:   Schnell & Steiner
Dimensions:   Width: 24.50cm , Height: 6.60cm , Length: 31.50cm
Weight:   5.086kg
ISBN:  

9786188712508

ISBN 10:   6188712505
Pages:   816
Publication Date:   31 January 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

FOREWORD BY THE STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION PREFACE Konstantinos L. Zachos CHAPTER 1 --   INTRODUCTION: THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE ACTIAN WAR,  Konstantinos L. Zachos CHAPTER 2 --  THE HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON THE VICTORY MONUMENT, Konstantinos L. Zachos & Anastasia Giovanopoulou CHAPTER -- 3 THE LITERARY TESTIMONIA, Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos & Konstantinos L. Zachos CHAPTER --   4 THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE SACRED HILL OF APOLLO, Panagiotis Paschos CHAPTER 5 --   THE RECENT EXCAVATIONS: METHODOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHY AND BUILDING PHASES, Hara Kappa & Konstantinos L. Zachos CHAPTER 6 --   THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MONUMENT, Christos Tsakoumis, Markos Despotidis, Konstantinos L. Zachos CHAPTER 6 – APPENDIX I MULTIANALYTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MORTAR FROM THE MAIN RETAINING WALL, Yorgos Facorellis, Stamatis Boyatzis, Alexis Stefanis & Ioannis Karatassios CHAPTER 6 – APPENDIX II DISJECTA MEMBRA, Μάρκος Δεσποτίδη CHAPTER 7 -- THE DEDICATION INSCRIPTION, William M. Murray CHAPTER 8 -- THE ROSTRATE FAÇADE, William M. Murray CHAPTER 9 -- THE COINS FROM THE VICTORY MONUMENT OF AUGUSTUS, Katerini Liampi CHAPTER 10 -- THE POTTERY, Paul Reynolds CHAPTER 11 -- THE SACRED GARDEN OF THE MONUMENT, Evangelos A. Pavlidis & Paul Reynolds CHAPTER 12 -- GLASS FINDS, Anastassios Ch. Antonaras CHAPTER 13  -- ARCHITECTURAL TERRACOTTAS AND STAMPED ROOF TILES, Hara Kappa CHAPTER 14  -- THE EPIGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE, Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos

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Konstantinos L. Zachos is emeritus curator of Antiquities of the Greek Ministry of Culture. He served as President of the Scientific Committee of Dodona and as President of the Scientific Committee of Nicopolis, which were responsible for the conservation, restoration and promotion of the monuments of these two iconic sites. He established the new Archaeological Museums of Leucas, Nicopolis and Arta (ancient Ambracia), and the renovation of the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina, where he also curated a number of special exhibitions.

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