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(Review) Globalizing Roman Culture: Unity, Diversity and Empire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Reviews Richard Hingley\u27s book entitled Globalizing Roman Culture: Unity, Diversity and Empire. London and New York: Routledge, 2005. Pp. xiii, 208. ISBN 0-415-35176-6.
Adler, Eric
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Andrew Melville, sacred chronology and world history: the Carmina Danielis 9 and the Antichristus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The accepted view of the ecclesiastical reformer Andrew Melville (1545–1622) as the dynamic leader of the Presbyterian movement in Jacobean Scotland has been severely eroded in recent years, with particular criticism of the actual importance of his ...
Backus   +15 more
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Modality Matters: Intact and Enhanced Memory Skills in Children From High‐Stress Environments

open access: yesCognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract Although adverse ontogenetic environments are associated with potential impairments in children's memory, recent research suggests that individuals can develop specialized skills to navigate such settings. We conducted a study on short‐term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) among 357 children (176 females, Mage = 8.23 years, SDage = 1.49 ...
Gabriele Paone   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Considerações sobre o estudo da Antiguidade Clássica no Brasil = Studying classical antiquity in Brazil: an approach

open access: yesActa Scientiarum. Education, 2010
O objetivo central deste artigo é discutir a situação dos estudos acerca do mundo antigo realizados no Brasil, em especial o universo greco-romano.
Pedro Paulo Funari   +1 more
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Pro-Secular? Luke\u27s Relationship with Roman Imperial System and Culture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. He has…rescued [us] from the hands of our enemies, [so that] without fear we might worship him in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Santandreu, Peter
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The Placement of Lucian’s Novel True History in the Genre of Science Fiction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Among the works of the ancient Greek satirist Lucian of Samosata, well-known for his scathing and obscene irony, there is the novel True History. In this work Lucian, being in an intense satirical mood, intended to undermine the values of the classical ...
Viglas, Katelis
core   +2 more sources

A Tale Signifying Much: How Shakespeare's Macbeth Teaches the Lessons of Plato's Republic, and Why Poetry and Philosophy Are Natural Allies

open access: yesMetaphilosophy, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 209-221, April 2026.
Abstract In Plato's Republic, Socrates' account of an ancient quarrel between poetry and philosophy closely concerns the failure of poets to defend justice as good in itself and not merely for its external benefits. No less an exemplum of poetry than Shakespeare's Macbeth does just that.
Mark J. Boone
wiley   +1 more source

The missing link in the history of urology: A call for more efforts to bridge the gap

open access: yesUrology Annals, 2009
With few exceptions, most of the current publications on history of urology still ignore the scientific and technological events of the more than a thousand years between the Greco-Roman times and the modern era.
Abdel-Halim Rabie
doaj  

The Artemis Sanctuary of İnarası Cave (Burdur/Bucak)

open access: yesGephyra
İnarası is located within the borders of Taşyayla village in Bucak district of Burdur province. This place was discovered in 2008 by F. Gülşen from Burdur Museum, who went with the court committee to investigate the illegal excavation incident in İnarası;
Ayşegül Soslu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Venetian Vernacular Lexicon in Eleventh‐ and Twelfth‐Century Latin Documents: Insights from the Codice Diplomatico Veneziano

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 168-199, March 2026.
Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
wiley   +1 more source

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