Open Access Journal: Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies

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Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
ISSN: 2159-3159

GRBS is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal devoted to the culture and history of Greece from Antiquity to the Renaissance, featuring research on all aspects of the Hellenic world from prehistoric antiquity through the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods, including studies of modern classical scholarship.

Vol. 66 No. 3 (2026) 

Published: 2026-10-10

Full Issue

• GRBS 66.3 Front Matter

Articles

• Another Fragment of Euripides' Oedipus

  Enrico Emanuele Prodi

  • Prodi GRBS 66.3.pdf

• Agyrrhios’ Grain-Tax Law: Micro-Finance in 4th-Century Athens

  Andrew Foster

  • Foster GRBS 66.3

• Collective Voice in the Gospels

  CHRYSANTHOS CHRYSANTHOU, BYRON WALDRON

  • Chrysanthou and Waldron GRBS 66.3.pdf

• The Original Structure, Function, and Typology of Philemon’s Atticist Lexicon

  Roberto Batisti

  • Batisti GRBS 66.3.pdf

• The Two Senses of Plinthion as a Technical Term in the Greek Magical Handbooks

  Chris Faraone

  • Faraone GRBS 66.3.pdf

• Paris, BnF, grec 2423: Α Newly Discovered Witness to Ps.-Proclus’/Ps.-Libanius’ Treatise on Letter-Writing in a Byzantine Amplified Recension

  Argyro Lithari

  • Lithari GRBS 66.3.pdf

• The Literary Journeys of Gregory of Nazianzus and Synesius of Cyrene

  Mathijs Clement

  • Clement GRBS 66.3.pdf

• The Recipe for Beer in Codex Marcianus Graecus 299: A New Critical Text with Historical and Linguistic Commentary

  Kevin Solez

  • Solez GRBS 66.3.pdf

• Slavery, Gender, and Divine Justice in Byzantium: Re-Assessing an Anecdote in Nikephoros Gregoras’ Roman History

  Nathan Leidholm

  • Leidholm GRBS 66.3.pdf

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Victims of Violence from the early Roman fort Velsen 1 (Netherlands): Scenarios for a cold case review

Victims of Violence from the early Roman fort Velsen 1 (Netherlands): Scenarios for a cold case review

Edited by Mark Driessen and Carol van Driel-Murray

In 1977, a remarkable discovery was made at the early Roman fort of Velsen (Netherlands): on the bottom of a well lay the skeleton of a man with traumatic injuries. Who was he, how did he die, and what circumstances led to his deposition? This book revisits this 2,000-year-old ‘cold case’, combining archaeological, historical, and scientific evidence to reconstruct the final moments of the victim and the events surrounding his death.

Renewed research, prompted by preparations for a museum exhibition, brought together a wide range of analytical approaches. Isotope analysis revealed that the man, as well as two others found in a nearby well, were not local to the region. Detailed study of skeletal trauma, supported by 3D imaging and experimental reconstructions, sheds new light on the nature of the injuries and the weapon used, fundamentally altering earlier interpretations. Additional finds from the well, including a military dagger, belt, and decorated sheath, provide further clues to the man’s identity and status.

Set against the historical backdrop of the Frisian rebellion of AD 28, as described by Tacitus, this multi-authored volume presents the results of interdisciplinary research, including pathology, environmental analysis, and site interpretation. Rather than offering a single definitive answer, the book invites readers to evaluate six plausible scenarios, highlighting the tensions between historical sources and archaeological evidence in reconstructing past violence.

 Paperback ISBN: 9789464264609 | Hardback ISBN: 9789464264616 | Imprint: Sidestone Press | Format: 210x265mm | ca. 200 pp. | Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 56 | Series: Analecta | Language: English | 48 illus. (bw) | 105 illus. (fc) | Keywords: Roman archaeology; fort Velsen (castellum Flevum); Frisian rebellion AD 28; forensic archaeology; isotope analysis; 3D skeletal reconstruction | download cover | DOI: 10.59641/j84776mv | CC-license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Chapter 1. The Man in the Well of Velsen revisited : introduction
Mark Driessen and Carol van Driel-Murray

Chapter 2. Well 2: structure, contents and human remains
Mark Driessen and Carol van Driel-Murray with contributions by Frans Diederik, Johannes Huijbregts, Michael H. Field and Bert Verleijsdonk, Maarten Sepers and Hayley Mickleburg

Box 1. The excavation
Frans Diederik

Box 2. The botanical remains
Michael H. Field and Bert Verleijsdonk

Box 3. The insect remains
Johannes Huijbregts

Box 4. Burnt Daub
Mark Driessen and Maarten Sepers

Box 5. Decomposition and bone movement in a seated burial
Hayley Mickleburgh

Chapter 3. Artefacts associated with the corpse
Carol van Driel-Murray

Chapter 4. The decorated dagger sheath: a question of dating
Michael Johannes Klein

Chapter 5. The analysis of the man in the well at Velsen
Sarah Inskip

Chapter 6. Joined in Death. The two males from Well S190 in Velsen I
Rachel Schats

Chapter 7. Stranger in a Strange Land? Isotopic Determination of the Birthplace of a Renowned Roman Soldier from Velsen, The Netherlands
Andrea L. Waters-Rist and Jessica L.A. Palmer, with a contribution by Lisette Kootker

Chapter 8. 3D analysis of the pathological punctures of the man in well 2
Maarten Sepers and Mark Driessen

Chapter 9. A Soldier’s Face
Maja d’Hollosy

Chapter 10. Exhibiting the soldier from Velsen in the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden
Jasper de Bruin

Chapter 11. An ancient cold case in six scenarios
Mark Driessen and Carol van Driel-Murray

 

Reading Greek Deeply: A Linguistic, Exegetical, and Fluency-Based Introduction

Reading Greek Deeply: A Linguistic, Exegetical, and Fluency-Based Introduction

Kevin Grasso 

 

This book is in the series

De Gruyter Studium

Reading Greek Deeply offers a new approach to the study of Biblical Greek drawing on the latest linguistic research in second language acquisition, syntax, and semantics. This open access textbook supplements the Biblingo app with each chapter paired with exercises in the app, creating an immersing learning experience where students develop fluent reading through meaningful language use.

Introductions to key linguistic concepts – phonology and pronunciation, basic word order, lexical semantics, tense and aspect, voice and valency, mood and modality, and more – provide readers with tools to engage deeply with the Greek text. Exegetical sections demonstrate how these linguistic categories can be used to come to a better understanding of difficult interpretive questions.

While covering all the basic morphology for students just beginning their language journey, this textbook also incorporates cutting-edge syntax and semantics categories, making Reading Greek Deeply an essential resource for students and scholars alike.

To learn more about the language-learning app, go to Biblingo — Read the Bible with Ancient Eyes.

eBook published on:

November 2, 2026

eBook ISBN:

9783111713632

Paperback published on:

November 2, 2026

Paperback ISBN:

9783111712840

Front matter:

18

Main content:

602

Illustrations:

2

Tables:

443

 

 

New Open Access Journal: Didaktik des Hebräischen

Didaktik des Hebräischen 

Über die Zeitschrift

Zielgruppe der Leser- wie der Autorenschaft sind all jene, die einen Praxisbezug zum Hebräischunterricht haben. Das kann sowohl Lehrpersonen an jüdischen Grundschulen und Gymnasien, allgemeinbildende Gymnasien als auch in der Hochschullehre sein. Die DdH soll sowohl in der theoretischen Ausbildung der Lehrpersonen als auch in der praktischen Umsetzung des Unterrichts brauchbar sein.

In der DdH sollen wissenschaftlich fundierte, fachdidaktische Beiträge (Artikel) zum Themengebiet der Vermittlung der hebräischen Sprache veröffentlicht werden. Personen, die einen Praxisbezug zu dieser Lehrtätigkeit haben, also Lehrkräfte an jeder möglichen Schule mit Hebräischunterricht sowie Hochschullehrende, können Aufsätze einreichen. Der primäre Fokus liegt auf fachdidaktischen Fragen, verwandte Themengebiete (etwa Pädagogik) können ebenfalls berücksichtigt werden. Der Umfang des Aufsatzes ist frei, solange er dem jeweiligen Thema angemessen ist. Wissenschaftlich reflektierte Unterrichtsentwürfe sind ebenfalls erwünscht.

Kürzere Beiträge (Notizen) von maximal drei Seiten zu speziellen Beobachtungen oder kleineren didaktischen Hinweisen sind ebenfalls möglich.

Daneben sind Rezensionen von Büchern und e-Ressourcen (Lernmaterial, Videos usw.) aus dem thematischen Bereich der Zeitschrift erwünscht.

Gerne können bereits Beiträge (unformatiert) als E-Mail bei David Bindrim eingereicht werden.

The Danish System

Marin G. Ehrensvärd

S. 1-4

• DdH.2026.Notiz 01.Ehrensvärd.The Danish System (English)

 

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Pyrrhus’ Legacy: Socio-Political Interactions, Mobility, and Identity Formation in South Italy

Pyrrhus’ Legacy: Socio-Political Interactions, Mobility, and Identity Formation in South Italy

Edoardo Bianchi 

 

This book is in the series

Volume 434 | Beiträge zur Altertumskunde

This edited volume presents research pursued within the PRIN‑2022 project Mediterranean Multipolarity and Roman Unipolarity: Power Competition and Collaboration in Graeco‑Roman Geopolitics (3rd–2nd century BCE).

The contributions first investigate how the upheavals of the Pyrrhic War affected the relations of the Greek communities of southern Italy with Rome. They also explore how the new political situation in the peninsula was reflected in historiographical writing, which intensified in the 3rd century and counted Timaeus of Tauromenium among its most important exponents. Further chapters pay due attention to episodes of coercive mobility in Italy after the war and demonstrate that the conflict influenced the construction of identities, primarily civic and ethnic ones, as can be traced through literary and archaeological evidence. The final contributions examine how the memory of Pyrrhus was exploited in Roman political discourse of the Late Republic. To this end, relevant passages from Greek and Roman authors such as Polybius and Cicero are considered, which will interest scholars and students from various fields of Classical studies.

eBook published on:

August 31, 2026

eBook ISBN:

9783112236604

Hardcover published on:

August 31, 2026

Hardcover ISBN:

9783112236598

Front matter:

11

Main content:

319

Illustrations:

3

 

Excerpting History in the Syriac World: The Miaphysite Collections (6th–10th c.)

Excerpting History in the Syriac World: The Miaphysite Collections (6th–10th c.)

Giorgia Nicosia 

 

This book is in the series

Volume 119 | Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies

This book examines five Syriac historiographical excerpt collections from Miaphysite milieus (6th-10th c.), preserved in MSS Deir al-Surian Syr. 28A, British Library Add. 12155, 14533, 12154, and Vat. Sir. 145. The collections draw chiefly on the Syriac translations of the Ecclesiastical Histories of Socrates and Theodoret, while also transmitting passages from Flavius Josephus’ Jewish War and the histories of Eusebius, Pseudo-Zachariah, and John of Ephesus. The volume traces the formation and circulation of the collections and studies their composition, showing how – unlike their Byzantine (Greek) counterparts – they resist strict taxonomies. Copyists adopted individual excerpting techniques, ranging from simple cut-and-paste to more substantial reworking. Moreover, several collections focus on accounts of the anti-Arian struggles and thus present the Miaphysites as the new Nicenes. Finally, the book provides the hitherto largely unedited texts of the corpus, both in Syriac and in English translation. By combining literary and historical analysis and placing Syriac texts within a wider context, the volume brings renewed attention to this overlooked genre and illuminates the role historiography played in forging communal identity.

eBook published on:

August 31, 2026

eBook ISBN:

9783112244135

Hardcover published on:

August 31, 2026

Hardcover ISBN:

9783112244128

Front matter:

13

Main content:

706

Tables:

40

 

 

Das Bild der Schrift in der griechischen Plastik: Materialität und Intermedialität schrifttragender statuarischer Monumente von archaischer bis hellenistischer Zeit

Das Bild der Schrift in der griechischen Plastik: Materialität und Intermedialität schrifttragender statuarischer Monumente von archaischer bis hellenistischer Zeit

Johannes Fouquet 

 

This book is in the series

Volume 27 | Image & Context

Inscriptions are a fixed component of statuary monuments in Greek sculpture. Unlike their textual content, their materiality and aesthetics were long overlooked in classical studies. This study is thus the first to examine questions relating to the design of statuary inscriptions and the associated social practices between the Archaic and Hellenistic periods.

eBook published on:

August 31, 2026

eBook ISBN:

9783112212202

Hardcover published on:

August 31, 2026

Hardcover ISBN:

9783112205518

Front matter:

12

Main content:

580

Illustrations:

158

Coloured Illustrations:

14