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The tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: violence and rhetoric in Ancient Rome
Cuadernos de Literatura, 2021 Of the thirty-seven works attributed to the English author William Shakespeare, six of them deal with themes related to ancient Rome. We will studyThe Tragedy of Julius Caesar, which represents the death of the Roman leader (44 BC) at the hands of Brutus
María Angelina Cazorla
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The Ancient Roman Family in the Context of Antiquity
The Person and the Challenges, 2020 This article discusses the every-day family life in ancient Rome and its functioning throughout the period of royal, republican, and imperial Rome. The article draws attention to the roles played by Roman family members of antiquity.
Stanisław Sojka
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In Situ, 2011 Work on developing a virtual model of the city of Rome in the fourth century A.D. began in Caen in 1994. The project is based on a 70-square meter model of ancient Rome that was made by the architect P.
Sophie Madeleine, Philippe Fleury
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Tracing the evolutionary history of the morpho‐anatomy of baculum in primates
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Animal morphology reflects both evolutionary history and present‐day adaptation. Male mammal copulatory structures such as the baculum (penile bone) are ideal for studying these processes because of their complexity and high interspecific variability. In primates, however, research has focused mostly on baculum length.
Federica Spani +3 more
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thersites. Journal for Transcultural Presences & Diachronic Identities from Antiquity to DateGangster films contain several references to ancient Rome. In the historical reality of the Italian-American Mafia, at least one mobster, Salvatore Maranzano, was fascinated by ancient Rome and used it as a model for his gang.
Simone Rendina
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Lead poisoning in ancient Rome
Acta Theologica, 2005 Lead was known to the ancients from at least the 4th millennium BC, but its use increased markedly during Roman times, to the extent that it became a health hazard.
Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers
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Genealogy, 2023 The chronological period from the beginning of the Chalcolithic Age to the end of the Bronze Age on the Iberian northern sub-plateau of the Iberic Peninsula involves interesting social and cultural phenomena, such as the appearance of the Bell Beaker and,
Sara Palomo-Díez +4 more
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The fossil record stays silent: Confusions and conundrums for hominin pelvis evolution
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The evolution of the hominin pelvis is commonly modeled as a series of stages driven largely by the requirements of bipedal locomotion, reproduction, thermoregulation, and pelvic floor muscular support. These patterns are complicated by variation in canal dimensions in relationship with different changes in overall pelvic breadths. To quantify
Helen K. Kurki, Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler
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Romanization 2.0 and its alternatives
, 2014 This essay argues that Romanization revolves around understanding objects in motion and that Roman archaeologists should therefore focus on (1) globalization theory and (2) material-culture studies as important theoretical directions for the (near ...
Woolf, Greg
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