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Seen and named in narratives: denizens of hell in the early Middle Ages

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 474-502, November 2024.
This article discusses a special type of narrative: encounters with named individuals in hell. The catchment is broad (Homer to Dante) but the focus is on the early Middle Ages. Philological and literary techniques elucidate and reinterpret a number of important visionary texts, Anglo‐Saxon, Merovingian, and Carolingian. Boniface, Ep. 115 re‐emerges as
Danuta Shanzer
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Этнические перемещения в западных провинциях поздней Римской империи в IV в.: к вопросу об истории некоторых войсковых подразделений / Ethnic movements in the western provinces of the late Roman Empire in the 4th century: on the history of certain military units

Материалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2020
During the 4th century a central government of the Later Roman Empire usually attracted different external tribes to Roman military service, with respect to Western provinces this policy inevitably was applied to German tribes, which lived at the Roman ...
Mekhamadiev E.A.
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A Few Remarks on the Ransom Paid for Releasing Captives in Selected Early Byzantine Hagiographic Texts [PDF]

, 2017
The article analyzes certain early Byzantine hagiographic texts concerning various forms of brigandage (both maritime and land-based). Two such accounts are studied in detail, one by Gerontius of Jerusalem and another by Theodoret of Cyrus. The instances
Dybała, Jolanta, Jagusiak, Krzysztof, Kokoszko, Maciej   +2 more
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 284-305, August 2024.
The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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Julian the Apostate’s religious policy and renovatio imperii morumque in the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus

Classica Cracoviensia, 2020
This article deals with Julian the Apostate’s religious policy and its relationship with the renewal of both the Roman state and the morals of Roman society during the emperor’s reign.
Anna Mleczek
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Roman-Gothic Foedus in the 3rd and 4th Century Sources [PDF]

Historijska Misao
This paper explores the complex relationship between the Roman empire and Gothic people from 238 to 382 C.E., focusing on the classification and understanding of Roman-Gothic foedus agreements.
Ivan Križič
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Álvaro Sánchez-Ostiz, Beginning and End: From Ammianus Marcellinus to Eusebius of Caesarea, Anejo VII de Exemplaria Classica, Huelva: Universidad de Huelva, 2016 (ISBN 978-84-16872-02-2)

Talia dixit, 2017
RESEÑA A: Álvaro Sánchez-Ostiz, Beginning and End: From Ammianus Marcellinus to Eusebius of Caesarea, Anejo VII de Exemplaria Classica, Huelva: Universidad de Huelva, 2016 (ISBN 978-84-16872-02-2)
María Luisa Harto Trujillo
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Almost Everything about Ammianus Marcellinus. Review of: Jenkins, F. W. (2021). Ammianus Marcellinus: An Annotated Bibliography 1474 to the Present. Leiden: Brill. xviii, 665 p.

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
This review reveals the meaning, content, and main advantages and disadvantages of a unique bibliographic compendium presenting scholarly materials concerning the Res Gestae (Acts), i.e.
Aleksandr Sergeevich Kozlov
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Paideia and imperial power in Ammianus Marcellinus [PDF]

, 2014
En un estudio muy reciente de la imagen de los reinados de Valentiniano y Valente en la obra de Amiano Marcellino, el investigador holandés Jan Willem Drijvers considera que una de las principales razones que impulsan al historiador tardoantiguo a ...
Sánchez, Darío Néstor
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Historia, retórica y la ficcionalización de la historia: El episodio del Rey Papa de Armenia (AM, "Res gestae" 27.12.9-30.1) [PDF]

, 2015
Lo que analizamos en el episodio del rey Papa de Armenia es cómo Amiano describe un contexto político-religioso complejo, utilizando un planteamiento retórico y un registro narrativo-dramático muy variado: una trama novelesca, repleta de peripecias, que ...
Moreno Ferrero, Isabel
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