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This study examines the problem of ancient statehood perception in the political theory by Niccolò Machiavelli, known as an exceptional thinker, historian and diplomat of the Italian Wars era. Machiavelli’s key works, such as “Discourses on the first ten
Pavlov Kirill Vladimirovich
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The religio externa crisis examined in the article belongs to Rome’s religious framework and presents the relationship between the national interest and new unofficial trends.
Todaro, Giovanna
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'Eastern' Elegy and 'Western' Epic:reading 'orientalism' in Propertius 4 and Virgil's Aeneid [PDF]
This article explores the extent to which the genres of epic and elegy can be considered ‘occidental’ and ‘oriental’ respectively. Such a polarity is apparently constructed in the ‘epic’ and ‘elegiac’ movements of Propertius 4.1, but it is also ...
O'Rourke, Donncha
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Mitochondrial genome datasets for the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius elegantulus (Coleoptera: Brentidae), collected in the United States. [PDF]
Andreason SA +7 more
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Modern hospitality: lessons from the past [PDF]
This article presents a summary of findings from a continuing investigation into the historical origins of hospitality in the ancient and classical worlds, focusing mainly on the Greek and Roman civilisations.
O'Gorman, Kevin D.
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Strings, Triangles, and Go-betweens: Intertextual Approaches to Silius’ Carthaginian Debates
This article examines a case study in Silius Italicus’ Punica using two distinct but complementary approaches to Flavian epic intertextuality: a methodological move to expand and further incorporate computational tools within philology, and a literary ...
Pramit Chaudhuri +2 more
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The focus of this paper is on two relatively well-known and high-profile texts (Judges 11:30–40, and Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 8.6.15–8.8.1), which belong to different cultural circles and also to different time periods.
Aleš Maver, Mateja Vindiš
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Machiavel, la guerre, les anciens. Les "antichi scrittori" dans l'"Arte della guerra" [PDF]
This article examines Machiavelli’s borrowing from ancient writers in L’Arte della guerra, focusing on some emblematic passages: the section of the first book dealing with military conscription, permeated with echoes of Vegetius, Livy, and Polybius; the ...
Jean-Claude Zancarini
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A PERFORMATIVE APPROACH TO WOMEN AND POWER DURING THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
The objective of this paper is to investigate the involvement that women in Republican Rome could have had in matters alleged to be enjoyed exclusively by men, concerns such as politics and finances, with the ulterior aim of revealing actual social ...
Coré Ferrer-Alcantud
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Eurêka, eurêka. Archimède et la naissance de la mythologie de la science
Just as Archimedes’ scientific work is devoid of any resort to mythology, likewise does the image of his genius, as created by the literature of Antiquity, fall within the province of mythology.
Mireille Courrént
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