Agrippina as prima donna: The reception of Agrippina, mother of Nero, in Handel’s opera Agrippina
In die Skriflig, 2019 This article examines the way in which Agrippina, the mother of the emperor Nero, is depicted in Handel’s opera Agrippina. The opera’s libretto, written by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani, draws upon the historical information in Suetonius’ biography of ...
Betine van Zyl Smit
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New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi
Gephyra, 2023 In this paper, four new honorific inscriptions from Aizanoi are presented. All of the inscriptions have been found in Çavdarhisar during the excavation seasons of 2021 and 2022 and excluding n.
Pınar Özlem Aytaçlar
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Tacitus se uitbeelding van Agrippina Minor
Literator, 1999 Tacitus’ portrayal of Agrippina Minor Ancient historiography has more in common with the historical novel than with modem historiography. The Annals of Tacitus should be seen as an artistic, narrative text which demands active participation by the reader
M. Dircksen
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Roman citizenship of Italian *Augustales : evidence, problems, competitive advantages [PDF]
, 2017 The title * augustalis was used during the first three centuries A. D., to refer to an honorary position in local society. It was mostly bestowed on wealthy freedmen who, because of their servile birth, could not partake in the official cursus honorum ...
Vandevoorde, Lindsey
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Landsscape diachronic reconstruction in the Tiber Delta during historical time. A holistic approach [PDF]
, 2018 The sensitivity of deltas in response to evolutionary factors makes them important archives of the events that occurred in the entire river basin.
Bellotti, Piero +2 more
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Un tonto entre los dioses. Vilipendio del monarca [PDF]
, 2008 El presente artículo explora el contradictorio mundo en el que un mortal es convertido en dios por sus congéneres y la perplejidad que los propios congéneres pueden experimentar e incluso ocasionalmente transmitir sobre dicho fenómeno.
Alvar Ezquerra, Jaime +1 more
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The Emperor Claudius and the Chiefs of the Aedui [PDF]
The Classical Review, 1895 n ...
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At the crossroads of different traditions. Social and cultural dynamics in Roman Thrace through the epigraphic practice [PDF]
, 2019 Il presente articolo studia i processi di integrazione della Tracia nel mondo romano attraverso l'analisi di tre fenomeni tra loro correlati: diffusione della lingua latina; diffusione della cittadinanza romana; diffusione dei nomi romani. Per illustrare
Francesco Camia
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Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus (PIR² F 373): l’aspirazione imperiale di un senatore “degno”
Storicamente, 2018 T. Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus, senator and father-in-law of Emperor Pertinax (January-March 193), after Pertinax’s killing, he plotted to become himself worthy of the highest dignity.
Elena Gritti
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La datation des aqueducs lyonnais : un état des lieux
Gallia, 2023 The dating of the Roman aqueducts which served Colline de Fourvière, site of the Roman colony of Lugdunum, is a subject regularly addressed in the scientific literature.
Aldo Borlenghi, Catherine Coquidé
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