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Regional Signifiers and the Many Locations of the ‘Land Between the Rivers’ [PDF]

, 2018
Rune RattenborgConfiguring Mesopotamia: Regional Signifiers and the Many Locationsof the ‘Land Between the Rivers’SummaryIt seems a travesty to reiterate exactly what we mean by ‘Meso-potamia’.
Rattenborg, Rune
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Arrian’s Ektaxis in the Roman Empire

Mnemosyne, 2020
This paper proposes to discuss one of Arrian’s so-called ‘minor texts’—the Acies contra Alanos which I prefer to call Ektaxis kata Alanōn—and show how it is not only a military manual, but also allows Arrian to discuss identity, fitting into broader ...
D. Chiriţoiu
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On Anthimus and his work

Vox Patrum, 2022
In the Church Fathers’ teachings there are numerous references to medical knowledge, including those concerning dietetics. They were, however, not meant to be used to heal the faithful but they were a resource of morally elevating metaphors appropriate ...
Maciej Kokoszko
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Alexander the Great: Head to Head with CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) [PDF]

Athens Journal of History, 2017
One of history’s lingering questions involves the dramatic personality and behavior changes of Alexander the Great. How did a man who was regarded as intelligent, charismatic, compassionate, judicious and composed become increasingly irrational, paranoid,
Alexandra F. Morris
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Epicurus on sex, marriage, and children [PDF]

, 1996
Epicurus strongly discouraged sex, marriage, and the rearing of children. This paper looks at some of the primary evidence for these claims, clears up a translation of one passage, and emends another passage.
Brennan, Tad
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The Sinopian Embassy to Darius III [PDF]

Античный мир и археология, 2017
The article deals with the messages of Arrian and Q. Curtius Rufus about the Sinopeʼs embassy sent to Darius III during the Macedonian invasion. After the death of the Persian King, the ambassadors together with the Greek mercenaries ...
Shashlova, Tat'iana Yur'evna
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Vasallenherrscher und Klientelkönige zwischen Rom und Parthien [PDF]

, 2015
In diesem Beitrag werden Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen den parthischen Vasallenkönigreichen und den römischen Klientelstaaten analysiert. Aus der Perspektive der imperialen Peripherie werden sodann die Handlungsspielräume der Klientel- und
Hartmann, Udo
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Meetings with the ‘Naked Philosophers’ as a Case Study for the Greco-Indian Relations in the Time of Alexander [PDF]

Studia Hercynia, 2021
The meetings with Indian gymnosophists (γυμνοσοφισταί) or ‘naked philosophers’ are one of the most popular motifs from the stories of Alexander the Great.
Olga Kubica
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Tacitus, Stoic Exempla , And The Praecipuum Munus Annalium [PDF]

, 2008
Tacitus\u27 claim that history should inspire good deeds and deter bad ones (Annals 3.65) should be taken seriously: his exempla are supposed to help his readers think through their own moral difficulties.
Turpin, William
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.
Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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