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Searching for neurological diseases in the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the Roman Empire

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
The gens Julia was one of the oldest families in ancient Rome, whose members reached the highest positions of power. They made history because Julius Caesar, perpetual dictator, great-uncle of the first emperor, Augustus, passed his name on to the Julio ...
Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive   +1 more
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Transmitting Literature, Preserving Language. Case Studies of Classical Latin from Literary Manuscripts from the Roman East (I bc–II ad)1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 122, Issue 3, Page 463-478, November 2024.
Abstract This paper aims to provide a critical survey of classical Latin literature—with a few insights into slightly later (i.e. Augustan or early imperial) literature—as transmitted in ancient manuscripts dating prior to the third century, i.e.
Maria Chiara Scappaticcio
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La lungimiranza politica di Claudio fra storiografia antica e Ragion di stato dei moderni

Historika : Studi di Storia Greca e Romana, 2019
Il contributo si concentra sul racconto tacitiano del discorso tenuto da Claudio nel 48 d.C. a favore dell’ammissione in senato dei primores della Gallia Comata, esaminando le argomentazioni usate dallo storico per chiarire le reazioni suscitate dalla ...
Ida Gilda Mastrorosa
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Seen and named in narratives: denizens of hell in the early Middle Ages

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 474-502, November 2024.
This article discusses a special type of narrative: encounters with named individuals in hell. The catchment is broad (Homer to Dante) but the focus is on the early Middle Ages. Philological and literary techniques elucidate and reinterpret a number of important visionary texts, Anglo‐Saxon, Merovingian, and Carolingian. Boniface, Ep. 115 re‐emerges as
Danuta Shanzer
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Les Thraces dans l’armée romaine d’après les diplômes militaires. I. Les diplômes de Claude à Domitien

Dialogues d'Histoire Ancienne, 2012
The Thracian in the Roman Army from the evidence of military diplomas. I. Diplomas from Claudius' reign up to Domitian. We present the place of the Thracians in the exercitus romanus from the evidence of military diplomas, up to Domitianus.
Lucreţiu Mihailescu-Bîrliba, Iulia Dumitrache   +1 more
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Who in the world are the Heruli?1

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 284-305, August 2024.
The history of the Heruli represents a historical conundrum. Because of the poor state of the sources, caution is required when analysing this subject. However, the peculiarity of the case encourages us to rethink the way we conceive of and describe migrations in Late Antiquity.
Salvatore Liccardo
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Translation and analogical reasoning

Orbis Litterarum, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 211-224, April 2024.
Abstract This article argues that the dissemination of literatures across historical and cultural divides follow partly random analogical pathways, not least pushed by translations. By contrast, within traditional comparative literature hierarchical centre/periphery models for literary transmissions were to a large extent based on the idea of a ...
Svend Erik Larsen
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“Boletum medicatum”. La seta que mató al emperador Claudio / Boletum medicatum. The mushroom that killed the emperor Claudius [PDF]

Tejuelo: Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura, 2009
Resumen: Mucho se ha escrito a lo largo de los siglos sobre las circunstancias que rodearon la muerte del emperador romano Claudio (10 a. C. – 54 d. C.). El consenso general entre los historiadores antiguos que narran el episodio –Tácito, Suetonio y Dion
Joaquín Villalba Álvarez
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The Mission of Paul in Macedonia: The Proclamation of the Gospel as an Anti$imperial Message

Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2011
"The Mission of St. Paul in Macedonia" examines the essence of the opposition faced by the Apostle Paul when he brought the good news to Europe. Paul was accused that his apostolic international mission was anti-traditional, anti-cultural, and illegal ...
Sergey SOLOKHA
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La carica del cavaliere. L’eco della battaglia del Ticino in Curt. VIII 1, 24

Erga-Logoi
The Horseman’s charge. The echo of the battle of Ticinus in Curt. VIII 1, 24  The episode in which Alexander the Great saves Philip II, narrated by Curtius Rufus, is not supported by other historical sources, raising doubts about its authenticity.
Alessandro Conte
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