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Ostia Antica [site]

open access: yes
Reconstructed remains from the Temple of Rome and Augustus (1C-CE - bears witness to the loyalty of Ostia to the rule of Rome), view looking up; Ancient town and the port for Rome at the mouth of the Tiber River; founded in the 4th century BCE; rivalled ...
unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Fertility control in ancient Rome. [PDF]

open access: yesWomens Hist Rev, 2021
This paper surveys and evaluates the range of methods recommended mostly to promote but also to prevent pregnancy in ancient Rome, and then discusses the practices of adult adoption and infant exposure in more detail in order to interrogate the notion of 'fertility control' from an ancient historical perspective.
Flemming R.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Slavery in Ancient Rome [PDF]

open access: yesHistorijski pogledi, 2023
The institution of slavery was characteristic of all the civilizations from Mediterranean basin in ancient times. However, slavery had its widest application in the Roman state, for which it was of immense importance, since slaves were seen as the ...
Sead Bandžović
doaj   +1 more source

How Does Diet Influence Our Lives? Evaluating the Relationship between Isotopic Signatures and Mortality Patterns in Italian Roman Imperial and Medieval Periods

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
The present research investigates the relationship between dietary habits and mortality patterns in the Roman Imperial and Medieval periods. The reconstructions of population dynamics and subsistence strategies provide a fascinating source of information
Marica Baldoni   +4 more
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Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1st–3rd cent. CE): a genetic junction in the Roman Empire

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 2021
Background Rome became the prosperous Capital of the Roman Empire through the political and military conquests of neighbouring areas. People were able to move Romeward modifying the Rome area’s demographic structure. However, the genomic evidence for the
Flavio De Angelis   +7 more
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Use of Time-Series NDWI to Monitor Emerging Archaeological Sites: Case Studies from Iraqi Artificial Reservoirs

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Over the last 50 years, countries across North Africa and the Middle East have seen a significant increase in dam construction which, notwithstanding their benefits, have endangered archaeological heritage.
Andrea Titolo
doaj   +1 more source

Multipronged dental analyses reveal dietary differences in last foragers and first farmers at Grotta Continenza, central Italy (15,500–7000 BP)

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
This paper provides results from a suite of analyses made on human dental material from the Late Palaeolithic to Neolithic strata of the cave site of Grotta Continenza situated in the Fucino Basin of the Abruzzo region of central Italy.
Alessia Nava   +13 more
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Rome and Iberia

open access: yes, 2021
The monograph book Rome and Iberia. Inspirations and Connections throughout History tries to fill a gap in the market of scientific publications, showing the connections between ancient Rome and the Iberian Peninsula.
Jiménez Juliá, Tomás   +16 more
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«Onora la Madre». Riflessioni tra “ecologia” e “genere” a margine di una recente iniziativa scientifica

open access: yesStoria delle Donne, 2020
Is there an ancient “ecological awareness” and is it conceivable to refer to it as a legacy that feeds contemporary efforts to innovate in environmental protection? Following an interdisciplinary approach, an innovative research project (ERA - Ecology of
Cecilia Pedrazza Gorlero
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