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Chapter 27 - Earthquakes and State Response at Antioch

Hellenistic to Early Byzantine

from Part V - Crises and Resilience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2024

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Jordan Pickett
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Andrea U. De Giorgi
Andrea U. De Giorgi
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Florida State University
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Summary

This chapter considers the nature of state aid and intervention after earthquakes at Antioch between the Hellenistic period and Late Antiquity.

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AntiochEarthquakesStateRelief
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Antioch on the Orontes
History, Society, Ecology, and Visual Culture
 , pp. 433 - 450
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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