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Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Saxon Shore and the Maritime Coast : Frontières De L’Empire Romain: Le Litus Saxonicum Et La Côte Maritime
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: The economic and political challenges along the maritime borders of the Roman Empire were multiple. The North Sea coasts were the focus of the attention of traders within the framework of commercial exchanges, of the General Staff preparing for the con...
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Roman Frontiers in Wales : Ffiniau’r Ymerodraeth Rufeinig: Ffiniau Rhufeinig Cymru
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: The frontiers of the Roman Empire together form the largest monument of one of the world's greatest ancient states. They stretch for some 7,500 km through 20 countries which encircle the Mediterranean Sea. The remains of these frontiers have been studi...
Das Imperium Romanum und seine Gegenwelten : Die geographisch-ethnographischen Exkurse in den 'Res Gestae' des Ammianus Marcellinus
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Ammian gilt als der größte Historiker der Spätantike. Doch seine geographisch-ethnographischen Exkurse über Gallien, Ägypten, Persien und über nomadische Fremdvölker wie Sarazenen, Alanen und Hunnen wurden lange als imitierte Gelehrsamkeit und überflüs...
Roman Women’s Dress : Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: The book concerns female dress in Roman life and literature. The main focus is on female Roman dress as it may have been worn in daily life in Rome and in a social environment influenced by Roman culture in the time from the beginnings of the Republic ...
Barbarigenesis and the collapse of complex societies: Rome and after.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): PloS one [PLoS One] 2021 Sep 16; Vol. 16 (9), pp. e0254240. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 16 (Print Publication: 2021).
Abstract: "Barbarism" is perhaps best understood as a recurring syndrome among peripheral societies in response to the threats and opportunities presented by more developed neighbors. This article develops a mathematical model of barbarigenesis-the formation of ...
Naming and Mapping the Gods in the Ancient Mediterranean : Spaces, Mobilities, Imaginaries
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Ancient religions are definitely complex systems of gods, which resist our understanding. Divine names provide fundamental keys to gain access to the multiples ways gods were conceived, characterized, and organized. Among the names given to the gods ma...
Bild und Text auf römischen Mosaiken : Intermediale Kommunikationsstrategien im Kontext der Wohnkultur des 3.–5. Jahrhunderts
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: In der intensiven Nutzung der Kombination von Bild und Text liegt eine zentrale Innovation römischer Mosaiken des 3. bis 5. Jhs. Dabei werden die beiden Teilmedien genutzt, um Themen des Alltags, aber auch außergewöhnliche Ereignisse und kulturelle Bes...
Der Heeresdienst von Christen in der römischen Kaiserzeit : Studien zu Tertullian, Clemens und Origenes
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: Millennium transcends boundaries – between epochs and regions, and between disciplines. Like the Millennium-Jahrbuch, the journal Millennium-Studien pursues an international, interdisciplinary approach that cuts across historical eras. Composed of scho...
At the origin of "Endocrinology and Art": Woman's Head (third century BCE).
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Journal of endocrinological investigation [J Endocrinol Invest] 2020 Nov; Vol. 43 (11), pp. 1673-1674. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 10.
Abstract: In 1911, the Danish physician Hans Christian Gram (1853-1938) sustained to have found signs of hyperthyroidism in a marble head of a Roman woman that he observed in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. It could be one of the first examples of a cl...
A History of the Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 1949-2022 : A Retrospective to Mark the 25th Congress in Nijmegen
Publication Type: eBook
Abstract: In 1949, in the aftermath of a devastating war, Eric Birley organised the First Congress of Roman Frontier Studies. His aim was not only to pursue the study of Roman frontiers but also to take a step towards restoring harmony in international relations...