ARTICLES

PALLAVIDINI, MARTA (DAAD P.R.I.M.E Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin / KU Leuven): The Hittite Word kuri/ewana-, kui/erwana-: A New Assessment (1–11)

HEKSTER, OLIVIER (Institute for Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies, Radboud Universiteit): Religion and Tradition in the Roman Empire: Faces of Power and Anchoring Change (13–34)

KIDSON, LYN M. (Macquarie University): Anonymous Coins, the Great Persecution and the Shadow of Sossianus Hierocles (35–53)

RESEARCH SURVEY: THE ANCIENT ECONOMY – NEW STUDIES AND APPROACHES

GÜNTHER, SVEN (IHAC, NENU, Changchun): Introduction (55–67)

GÜNTHER, SVEN (IHAC, NENU, Changchun): Ancient Greece (69–81)

REINARD, PATRICK (University of Trier): Ancient Rome (Including Greco-Roman Egypt) (83–105)

FORUM: COMPARATIVE STUDIES – CHANCES AND CHALLENGES

MUTSCHLER, FRITZ-HEINER / SCHEIDEL, WALTER (TU Dresden & Peking University / Stanford University): The Benefits of Comparison: A Call for the Comparative Study of Ancient Civilizations (107–121)

GÜNTHER, SVEN (IHAC, NENU, Changchun): Ad diversas historias comparandas? A First, Short and Droysen-based Reply to Mutschler and Scheidel (123–126)

Abstracts (127–129)