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Between Disability and Illness in Ancient Rome - The Case of Emperor Claudius. [PDF]
UisahakShin M.
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Riding the monsoon: Geography and Iron Age trade in the Indian Ocean
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 312-341, February 2026.Abstract This paper exploits ancient textual sources to develop a database of ancient trade in the Indian Ocean and model trade in the region during the Iron Age. Wind‐speed data are used to construct a gravity model of trade and are combined with detailed textual data from the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea to analyse historical development trends in ...
Conrad Copeland
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Braiding Fruits and Flowers as a Wish of Prosperity and Victory over Death in the Carved Festoons of Ancient Rome. [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Lazzara A +3 more
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Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 3-33, February 2026.Drawing on the extensive documentary record of northern Italy, available archaeological evidence, and comparative case studies from early medieval Europe, this study demonstrates that mill‐based landscapes in the Po and Friuli‐Venetian plains were shaped by society as a whole.
Marco Panato
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19th Century Writings on the Grand Tour
, 2017 Two collections of writings, found in the glass cabinet on the left wall of our Wonder Cabinet, contain the descriptions of two travelers’ times abroad during the Grand Tour.
Wilcox, Emily E.
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The power of the past: materializing collective memory at early medieval lordly centres
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 34-69, February 2026.The repurposing of earlier sites and monuments is an enduringly popular theme in early medieval archaeology, but in England it has attracted little interest among Late Saxon and early post‐Conquest studies. From the tenth century, however, an increasingly prevalent pattern is discernible of secular lords locating their power centres in relation to ...
Duncan W. Wright +7 more
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From business to legacy: The strategic role of Family Offices in family life
Family Relations, Volume 75, Issue 1, Page 695-711, February 2026.Abstract Objective The purpose of this study was to explore how Family Offices (FOs) function as relational and strategic structures designed by business families to preserve their wealth, values, and cohesion across generations. Background Unlike traditional financial institutions, FOs place the family—not just the assets—at the center of their ...
Mónica Villanueva‐Villar +1 more
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Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 68-92, February 2026.Summary When Rome colonized Britain, it created a transport network spanning the province. This transformed the Iron Age economy, creating large new markets which in turn supported specialized manufacturing. This article explores the impact of transportation on Roman agriculture – the core of the Romano‐British economy.
Rob Wiseman +2 more
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The Fettered and the Flea: A New Poem by Edmund Waller☆
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 41-54, February 2026.Abstract This contribution explores for the first time a 22‐line poem in a British Library manuscript, ‘To a young lady that kept a flea chay’nd in a box’, which can be convincingly ascribed to Edmund Waller. Its most famous relative is Donne’s ‘The Flea’, but its ancestry differs.
Stuart Gillespie
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