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Great expectations: The EU's social role as a great power manager [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Through the case of EU foreign and security policy we reconsider the concept of great power. According to common wisdom, the EU cannot be a great power, whatever the pronouncements of its top officials may be. We argue that ‘great power’ has been miscast
Glencross, A, McCourt, DM
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Alexander the Great and the Athenians

open access: yesKaranos
This paper discusses Alexander’s relations with the Athenians with regard to the issue of his deification in Athens. While the literary evidence is very controversial, a new piece of visual evidence will be introduced.
Olga Palagia
doaj   +1 more source

A MEDICAL-HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

open access: yesJournal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2017
Alexander the Great’s cause of death has been contentious since antiquity. Historians and physicians alike have proposed a multitude of hypotheses. However, neither party is without their analytical flaws.
Nathan Gamble, Edmund Bloedow
doaj   +1 more source

The Flying King: the novelistic Alexander (Pseudo-Callisthenes 2.41) and the traditions of the Ancient Orient

open access: yesClassica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos, 2020
The story of Alexander’s flight is preserved in early Byzantine versions of the Alexander Romance (codex L, recensions λ and γ) but is already mentioned by Rabbi Jonah of Tiberias (4th century AD) in the Jerusalem Talmud.
Ioannis M. Konstantakos
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A Survey on Multisensor Fusion and Consensus Filtering for Sensor Networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Multisensor fusion and consensus filtering are two fascinating subjects in the research of sensor networks. In this survey, we will cover both classic results and recent advances developed in these two topics.
Ding, D   +5 more
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Review of passionate patron : the life of Alexander Hardcastle and the Greek temples of Agrigento by Richardson, A. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Richardson’s 143-page book provides an interesting account on the life of Alexander Hardcastle (London, 1872 – Agrigento, 1933), a rich English patron and archaeologist, who operated in Sicily during the early twentieth century.
Crisà, Antonino
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Recent advances on filtering and control for nonlinear stochastic complex systems with incomplete information: A survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This Article is provided by the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund - Copyright @ 2012 Hindawi PublishingSome recent advances on the filtering and control problems for nonlinear stochastic complex systems with incomplete information are surveyed.
Liang, J, Liu, Y, Shen, B, Wang, Z
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Evening Standard sale: the (delayed) death of newspapers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Evening Standard’s sale to rich Russian Alexander Lebedev is a cause for short-term optimism. The daily paper for one of the world’s great cities is to be revived with fresh investment and an injection of new editorial ...
Beckett, Charlie
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La influencia del modelo de Alejandro Magno en la tradición escipiónica

open access: yesGerión, 2003
The archetype of the conqueror built from the historical figure of Alexander the Great exerted a remarkable influence on the historiography about the Cornelil Scipiones who, this way, turned into Roman versions of the kosmókrotor.
Elena Torrecarav Pagola
doaj   +2 more sources

The Pagan King before the One God

open access: yesClassica Cracoviensia, 2012
The paper is an analysis of the scene in Ant. XI, 8: the supposed meeting between Alexander the Great and the Jewish High Priest, revealing Alexander’s special status as a chosen of God. The analysis concentrates on two issues: the literary character of
Aleksandra Klęczar
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