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Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean [PDF]
Science, 2019 A 10,000-year transect of Roman populations Rome wasn't built (or settled) in a day. Antonio et al. performed an ancestral DNA analysis to investigate the genetic changes that occurred in Rome and central Italy from the Mesolithic into modern times.
Mauro Rubini, Olivia Cheronet, Ziyue Gao
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Reconstructed remains from the Temple of Rome and Augustus (1C-CE - bears witness to the loyalty of Ostia to the rule of Rome); Ancient town and the port for Rome at the mouth of the Tiber River; founded in the 4th century BCE; rivalled Puteoli (Pozzuoli)
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Fertility control in ancient Rome. [PDF]
Womens 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.
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Historijski 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
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'Representing Rome. The influence of Rome on aspects of the public arts of early Anglo-Saxon England (c. 600-800)' [PDF]
, 2010 This thesis focuses on the influence of Rome – both as a place and as a concept – on the public arts of early Anglo-Saxon England. It considers the visual culture of Late Antique and Early Christian Rome (and the Classical world from which these emerged)
Izzi, Luisa
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Molecules, 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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Discovering commercial hospitality in ancient Rome [PDF]
, 2007 Commercial hospitality in Ancient Rome, argues Kevin O'Gorman, was complex and sophisticated. He is concerned that over-reliance on the surviving texts can lead to confusion: it is important to examine physical historical sites, like Pompeii, to get a ...
O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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Annals 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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Remote 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
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Scientific 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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