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A sample of roman glass vessels from York: the fortress and canabae sites [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Research into a sample of Roman glass vessels represented in the York assemblages from the fortress, garrisoned cAD 71-c410, and from the canabae - the industrial area outside the fortress - provides both an insight into the usage and function of the ...
Sheard, Christine Margaret
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Erwin Schrödinger und die Versuchungen der (Wissenschafts‐)Biografik: Vorurteilsgefüge und Mechanismen der Skandalisierung

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Since late 2021, serious allegations have been made against physicist Erwin Schrödinger, ranging from pedophilia to serial sexual abuse. These accusations have significantly tarnished the Nobel Prize winner's public reputation. The ongoing debate has repeatedly raised the question of whether, and to what extent, these grave allegations are justified ...
Magdalena Gronau, Martin Gronau
wiley   +1 more source

MONTESQUIEU A RZYMSKA DYSCYPLINA WOJSKOWA: POGLĄDY, INTERPRETACJE I ŹRÓDŁA POZNANIA

open access: yesZeszyty Prawnicze, 2016
Montesquieu and Roman Military Discipline: Opinions, Interpretations, and Sources Summary Montesquieu’s influence on the development of modern public law is undisputed, but he also played a very important role in shaping the perception of the Roman art ...
Michał Norbert Faszcza
doaj   +1 more source

The Art of Memory and Roman Art

open access: yesActa ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia, 2012
This article takes as its point of departure sculptures in late Antique Constantinople and Rome and their use as possible “memory markers”, which the viewers would associate with specific areas in the cities. The lack of written street names made such “memory markers” an invaluable aid for the citizens to find their way around.
openaire   +2 more sources

Plautus and the Sentimental Ideal of the Roman Family [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In 1991 Suzanne Dixon published an article that suggested that, from the late Republic onwards, it is possible to detect a sentimental ideal of family life at Rome.
BARBER, HELEN,ESTHER
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some aspects of its post-roman influence on the landscape [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
Hadrian's Wall is the longest single stone built ancient monument in the United Kingdom and its influence on the man-made landscape has been greater than that of any other surviving structure.
Whitworth, Alan Michael
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Char Layer Thickness Evolution During Structural Timber Fire Experiment and Final Density Profile

open access: yesFire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper evaluates several non‐destructive experimental methods for determining the char layer thickness and its density profile in structural timber samples exposed to standard ISO 834 fire curve experiments. Microwave echo pulse, ultrasonic echo pulse, X‐ray computed tomography, and resistance drilling were evaluated.
Fernando Pérez Pérez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From the Concept of Praeparatio Euangelica to the Christianization of Art, Especially in the Choice of Iconographic Subjects of the Roman Mosaic

open access: yesJournal of Mosaic Research, 2017
As the Latin phrase in the above title says, the passage from paganism to Christianity does not arise ex machina, but it is also prepared through the continuous experience of religiosity in pagan contexts.
M. Justino Pinheiro MACIEL
doaj   +1 more source

Les transferts et les remplois de l’art grec à Rome dans l’Antiquité et le cas de Lucius Mummius [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Hercynia, 2022
The spoils of art represented massively between the end of the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD in the public space of the Roman capital the memory of a territorial domination, associated with cultural appropri ation of the conquered territories ...
Karolina Kaderka
doaj  

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