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The misuse of power: the pumpkinification of Claudius [PDF]
, 2014 As the Spring Undergraduate Research Day approaches, I and fellow members of my Honors 201: Interdisciplinary Studies course wish to present our research on select pieces of work from Classical Greece and Rome.
Campion, Bradford G.
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Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 267-281, March 2025.Abstract This article explores a series of newspaper articles from 1908, describing Miss C. – a Copenhagen woman who, apparently, hosted carnal orgies in which she ‘converted’ young women into sapphism. While most historical sources only hint at female same‐sex relationships or describe women's romantic (platonic) feelings for one another, these ...
Rikke Andreassen
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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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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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Saint Valentine: Patron of lovers and epilepsy
Repertorio de Medicina y Cirugía, 2017 St. Valentine of Terni a third-century Roman saint was known as the patron saint of lovers. He had the reputation of healing the sick and is said to have restored the sight of Julia the daughter of Asterius his jailer.
Leonardo Palacios-Sánchez +2 more
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Searching for neurological diseases in the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the Roman Empire
Arquivos de Neuro-PsiquiatriaThe 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 +1 more
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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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Nero’s Nubian Nile, India and the rubrum mare (Tacitus, Annals 2.61) [PDF]
, 2015 This paper considers ancient and some modern thought about the general characteristics of ‘client kings.’ Arguably exceptional cases (especially Parthians) and key issues (especially succession) are examined in the larger framework of Roman ...
Braund, David
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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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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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