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Byzantium. The early centuries
Revista de História, 1991 NORWICH, John Julius. Byzantium. The early centuries.
Jonatas Batista Neto
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The mythological and archaeological perspectives on penectomy and orchiectomy: The case of Cybele and Attis. [PDF]
AndrologyAbstract Castration has been a significant theme in mythology, religious traditions, and historical practices, often symbolizing transformation, sacrifice, and divine punishment. While the term is frequently associated with orchiectomy (removal of the testes), this study argues that penectomy (removal of the penis) must also be considered, particularly
Kaya C.
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Oribasius and Medical Tradition of Early Byzantium
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2018 Introduction. The purpose of this article is the attraction of attention to the individual and the heritage of Oribasius, the first known physician of the early Byzantine era. Methods.
Anna M. Bolgova
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An Imaginary Byzantium in Early Islam: Byzantium as Viewed through the Sīra Literature
ReligionsThis article examines the emergence of new representations of Byzantium in early Arabic literature, with a focus on the Sīra, the biography of the Prophet Muḥammad.
Yassine Yahyaoui
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Persian Immigrants in the Armed Forces of Early Byzantium
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2020 Introduction. The article is devoted to Persians who served in the Early Byzantine armed forces. Even during the Principate period, alae and cohortes which were originally recruited from Parthians were part of the Roman imperial army.
Andrey D. Nazarov
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Iatrosophist Zeno and Medical Schools of Alexandria in the Fourth Century [PDF]
Hypothekai, 2022 This article discusses some aspects of the curriculum of medical schools in Late Antiquity, the status of medical schools and the educational space of Late Antique Alexandria in the fourth century AD.
Michael Vedeshkin
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Unexpected Evidence concerning Gold Mining in Early Byzantium
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2013 The prayer in the liturgy of Basil for those condemned to the mines, taken to be a relic of the time of pagan persecutions, is shown by Slavonic mss. to have addressed a continuing practice of the Christian emperors themselves.
Tatyana I. Afanas’eva +1 more
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Bankers and Usurers in the Early Byzantine Hagiographical Texts
Studia Ceranea, 2023 The text discusses accounts from early Byzantine hagiographical texts depicting the activities of bankers and usurers in the period from the early 5th to the second decade of the 7th century.
Ireneusz Milewski
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Family and Authority: Reflections on the dynastic policy of Constantine I [PDF]
Материалы по археологии и истории античного и средневекового Причерноморья, 2022 The article is a polemical review of I.A. Mirolyubov’s monograph “Dynastic Policy of Emperor Constantine the Great”. The book brings to the academic discussion several topics, including the thesis that the dynastic policy of Constantine sharply breaks ...
Vedeshkin, M.A.
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Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2022 This article examines the history behind the writing of the three-volume History of Byzantium (1967). In the 1950s and 1960s, the writing of “meta-narratives” meant covering the history of different states from the standpoint of the Marxist ...
Tatiana Victorovna Kushch
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