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Edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider (Antiquity) and Manfred Landfester (Classical Tradition).
English translation edited by Christine F. Salazar (Antiquity) and Francis G. Gentry (Classical Tradition)
Brill´s New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996. The encyclopaedic coverage and high academic standard of the work, the interdisciplinary and contemporary approach and clear and accessible presentation have made the New Pauly the unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world. The section on Antiquity of Brill´s New Pauly are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand. The section on the Classical Tradition is uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. Brill´s New Pauly presents the current state of traditional and new areas of research and brings together specialist knowledge from leading scholars from all over the world. Many entries are elucidated with maps and illustrations and the English edition will include updated bibliographic references.
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English translation edited by Christine F. Salazar (Antiquity) and Francis G. Gentry (Classical Tradition)
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Brill´s New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996. The encyclopaedic coverage and high academic standard of the work, the interdisciplinary and contemporary approach and clear and accessible presentation have made the New Pauly the unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world. The section on Antiquity of Brill´s New Pauly are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand. The section on the Classical Tradition is uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. Brill´s New Pauly presents the current state of traditional and new areas of research and brings together specialist knowledge from leading scholars from all over the world. Many entries are elucidated with maps and illustrations and the English edition will include updated bibliographic references.
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Rusazus
(135 words)
[German version] Name of Cape Corbelin and a Punic base to the south, modern Azeffoun (in Algeria). Evidence:
R. Colonia Augusti, Plin. HN 5,20; Ῥουσαζοῦς/
Rhousazoûs, Ptol. 4,2,9;
Rusazu municipium, Tab. Peut. 2,3;
Rusazis municipium, It. Ant. 17,2;
Ruseius mune, Geogr. Rav. 40,42. According to [1. 379] the name can be explained as follows:
Rš-(
h)z(
z) = 'Cap (du) Fort'. Inscriptions: CIL VIII 2, 8985-8991. A bishop is mentioned for the year AD 484 (
Rusaditanus, Notitia episcoporum Mauretaniae Caesariensis 69). Remains of embankments, temples, thermae and a necropolis survive. H…
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Ruscino
(192 words)
[German version] [1] River in the Pyrenees River with its source in the Pyrenees (Pyrene [2]) which flows past R. [2] into the Mediterranean (Str. 4,1,6: Ῥουσκίνων/
Rhouskínōn; Pol.
apud Ath. 8,332a: Ῥόσκυνος/
Rhóskynos; Ptol. 2,10,2: Ῥουσκίων/
Rhouskíōn; Avien. Ora maritima 567:
Roschinus). Plin. HN 3,32 calls the river Tetum (Mela 2,84:
Telis); modern Têt. Lafond, Yves (Bochum) Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart) [German version] [2] Celtic oppidum (Ῥουσκίνων/
Rhouskínōn). Celtic
oppidum in the territory of the Volcae Tectosages (Ptol. 2,10,9: Ῥουσκινόν/
Rhouskinón) on the R. […
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Rusellae
(352 words)
[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Umbri, Umbria | Coloniae | Etrusci, Etruria | Etrusci, Etruria Etruscan town and excavation site on a hill on the left bank of the Umbro (present-day Ombrone) close to the point where it flows into the Mare Tyrrhenum,
c. 15 km to the northwest of Grosseto, present-day Roselle. The first evidence of human activity comes from the Villanova culture (Pozzetto tombs) and the orientalizing culture (Fossa- and tumulus graves burial structures C.1.). The finds show a striking similarity wi…
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Rusguniae
(223 words)
[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Coloniae Name of Cap Matifou, which encloses the Bay of Algiers in the northeast, and the Punic base near the cape, modern Tamentfoust. [1. 379] explains the name with
Rš-gnj = 'Cap du Francolin'. Evidence:
Ruthisia (?), Mela 1,31;
colonia Augusti R., Plin. HN 5,20; Ῥουστόνιον/
Rhoustónion, Ptol. 4,2,6;
R. colonia, It. Ant. 16,1;
Rusgume, Geogr. Rav. 40,43;
Rugunie, Geogr. Rav. 88,13;
Rusgimia, Guido, Geographia 132,22. R. became a
colonia through
deductio of
legio IX Gemella before AD 27 [2]. Inscriptions: CIL VIII…
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Rusicade
(192 words)
[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Theatre | | Coloniae Name of a promontory and the Punic base built nearby (in the later Roman province Numidia), modern Skikda in Algeria (Mela 1,33:
Rusiccade; Plin. HN 5,22:
R.; Ptol. 4,3,3: Ῥουσικάδα/
Rhousikáda; Tab. Peut. 3,3:
R. colonia; Vibius Sequester, Geographia p. 151:
Rusiccade; Iulius Honorius, Cosmographia A 44:
Rusiccade oppidum; Geogr. Rav. 39,12:
Russicade; 88,22:
R.; Guido, Geographia 132,32:
Rusicada). [1. 379] explains the name with
R(
)
š-(
h)
kd = 'Cap de la Cruche'. Numerous stelae indicate …
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Ruspina
(135 words)
[German version] Name of foothills on the southern shores of the bay of Hammamet (in eastern Tunisia) and of a Phoenician or Punic settlement founded near these, modern Monastir (Bell. Afr.
passim:
R.; Str. 17,3,12: Ῥουσπῖνον/
Rhouspînon; Plin. HN 5,25:
R.; Sil. Pun. 3,260:
R.; Ptol. 4,3,9: Ῥουσπίνα/
Rhouspína; Cass. Dio 42,58,4: Ῥούσπινα/
Rhoúspina; Tab. Peut. 6,2:
R.); explanation in [1. 380] of the name as
Rš-pn(t) = 'Cap d'Angle'. In 46 BC, R. was the first city in Africa to ally itself with Caesar (Bell. Afr. 6,7; 9,1). From the time of Diocletianus on,…
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Russia
(7,900 words)
Gavrilov, Aleksandr [German version] A. 9th to 15th Centuries: Old Rus' (CT) Beginning in the 9th cent., the East Slavs came into contact with Byzantium on the route 'from the Varangians to the Greeks' (
iz varjag v greki). The first expedition of the (Varangian) Rus' to Constantinople (Tsargrad) has been dated to ca. 860. For the first half of the 10th cent., there are documented agreements between the ruling clan of the Rus' and the Byzantines. Not long afterwards, according to legend, princess Olga was baptised in Constantinople …
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Rustam
(108 words)
[German version] Son of the Chorasanian governor Farruḫ-Hormizd, who overthrew Azarmiducht in AD 631 and effected the recognition of Yazdgird III in 633. As supreme commander he tried to fend off an Arab incursion. Under R.'s leadership, for example, a Persian army advanced as far as the border fortification of Al-Qādisīya on the edge of the Syrian Desert. In the spring of 636 or 637 a battle of several days developed there, in which the Persians were defeated after R. had fallen (PLRE 3B, 1100). Schottky, Martin (Pretzfeld) Bibliography B. W. Robinson, s. v. R., EI2 8, 1995, 636-638 B. Spu…
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Rusticus
(528 words)
Roman
cognomen; Antistius [II 4], Fabius [II 19], Iunius [II 27-28]. Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [German version] [1] Theologian from Rome, from 547 in Constantinople and Egypt Deacon of the city of Rome, resided at Constantinople with his uncle Pope Vigilius from AD 547. Became a ferocious defender of the 'Three Chapters' (Synodos), for which reason Vigilius excommunicated him in 550. Banished after the 5th Ecumenical Synod (553), initially to Egyptian Thebes, he wrote
Contra Acephalos against the Monophysites (Monophysitism). Subsequently in exile in the Akoimet…
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Rustius
(110 words)
[German version] Cn. Marcius R. Rufinus. Equestrian who began his career as the
centurio of a legion, then became
primus pilus of the
legio III Gallica in Syria, tribune among the
vigiles, the
cohortes urbanae and the praetorians in Rome;
primus pilus for the second time with the
legio III Cyrenaica in Arabia. He then transferred into a procuratorial career: procurator of Syria (Coele?), praefect of the two Italic fleets,
praepositus annonae probably during the Parthian War in AD 198; finally praefect of the
vigiles in 205-207 with the title of
eminentissimus vir. Eck, Werner (Cologne) Bib…
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Rusuccuru
(212 words)
[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Christianity Promontory and Punic city near the mouth of the Oued Sebaou (in the later Mauretania Caesariensis), modern Dellys (Bell. Afr. 23,1:
Ascurum (?); Plin. HN 5,20:
Rusucurium; Ptol. 4,2,8: Ῥουσουκκόραι/
Rhousoukkórai or Ῥουσοκκόρου/
Rhousokkórou; It. Ant. 16,4 and 39,2:
R.; 36,3 and 39,1:
Rusuccurru; Tab. Peut. 2,2:
R.; Mart. Cap. 6,668:
R.; Geogr. Rav. 40,43:
Rusicuron; 88,13:
Rusucurus; 88,15:
Rusucurum; Guido, Geographia 132,22:
Rusicorus). [1. 380] explains the name with
Rš-hqr = 'Cap de la Perdrix…
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Ruteni
(245 words)
[German version] Celtic people in the south of the Massif Central [1] between the Arverni in the north, the Cadurci in the west, the Gabali in the east and the Volcae in the south. Because they were vassals of the Arverni, part of their territory was taken by the Romans (
R. provinciales) after the defeat of King Bituitus in 121 BC. In 52 BC, they sent 12,000 men to Alesia (Caes. B Gall. 7,75). Under Augustus, Segodunum became the main town of their
civitas [2]. It first belonged to Aquitania, after the provincial reform of Diocletianus to Aquitania I. Segodunum was connected …
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Rutilius
(2,145 words)
Name of a widely-branched Roman plebeian family who became well known from the beginning of the 2nd cent. BC on, but only achieved the consulate for the first time at the end of the cent. I. Republican Period [German version] [I 1] R. Lupus, P. Consul in 90 BC Praetor no later than 93 BC; consul in 90. During the Social War [3], he received the command of the northern army; against the advice of his legate C. Marius [I 1], he was lured into an ambush by the Marsi and was killed in the valley of the Tolnus (modern Turano; Liv. Per. 73; App. B Civ. 1,191-194; Oros. 5,18,11 f.). MRR 2,25. Elvers, Karl-Ludwig…
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Rutilus
(41 words)
[German version] Roman cognomen ('red haired') found in several noble families (Cornelii, Marcii, Nautii, Sempronii, Verginii) in the Republican Period. It became very common in the Imperial Period in the fuller form
Rutilianus. Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) Bibliography Kajanto, Cognomina, 230.
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Rutuli
(531 words)
[German version] Tribe of southern Latium in the region of Ardea (Str. 5,3,2-5: Ῥούτουλοι/
Rhoútouloi; Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 1,43,2; 57,2; 59,2: Ῥοτόλοι/
Rhotóloi; Ael. NA 11,16: Ῥουτουλοί/
Rhoutouloí; Sil. Pun. 8,359:
R.) where the Fosso Molo and the Fosso Acquabona flow into the Fosso Incastro, which in turn flows into the sea at Castrum [1] Inui. Its legendary King Turnus, like Aeneas [1], sought the hand of Lavinia, daughter of King Latinus, and fell in single combat (Cato Orig. fragments 9-11; Verg. Aen. 7-12 passim; Liv. …
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Rutupiae
(242 words)
[German version] Harbour town in far southeastern Britannia, modern Richborough (Kent), on the now silted-up channel between the island of Tonatis (modern Isle of Thanet) and the mainland of Kent [1]. The settlement, captured by the invading army of the emperor Claudius [III 1] in AD 43, was used as a central military supply base until the late 1st cent. AD. Between AD 80 and 90, a triumphal arch was erected here, probably to celebrate the northern conquests of the Flavian governors [1. 40-73]. Th…
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