Rus ‘Becomes’ Urbs: Hard and Soft Landscape Elements in the Gardens of Pompeii
New Classicists, 2021 From the late Republic to early Imperial period, the Roman garden occupied a liminal space between the notions of rus and urbs, characterised as the ‘cultural faultline’ by Spencer in her study of Roman landscape in 2006 (p.246).
Jessica Venner
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Römische Geschichte(n) auf der Leinwand : filmwissenschaftliche und historische Perspektiven auf Antike, Kino und Geschlechter ; eine Bibliographie [PDF]
, 2010 Eine Bibliographie, zusammengestellt von Margrit ...
Tröhler, Margrit
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Winning Hearts and Minds: Tactics of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the Early Roman Empire [PDF]
, 2020 The most common strategy for Romanizing a province was through developing connections with elites in the indigenous society coupled with (in many cases) the inclusion of regional gods into the Roman pantheon.
Cline, Wesley C.
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The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
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The Aqueducts and Water Supply of Ancient Rome. [PDF]
Ground Water, 2020 Deming D.
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The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
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The Olympic Buildings as a new typology for architects and engineers [PDF]
, 2008 Integration between Architecture and Engineering is one of the cardinal elements of the IASS activities and is generally perceived either as a ‘starting point’, being a quality of the ancient Master Builders of Medieval and Renaissance times or as a ...
Cresciani, M.
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The Past Requires Reconciliation
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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Pro-Secular? Luke\u27s Relationship with Roman Imperial System and Culture [PDF]
, 2018 In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. He has…rescued [us] from the hands of our enemies, [so that] without fear we might worship him in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Santandreu, Peter
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