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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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Εὐχαί ὑπὲρ τῶν παίδων: Augustus and some honors for Gaius and Lucius in the Roman east [PDF]
, 2015 Augustus felt an urgent need to justify the honours conferred on his adoptive sons, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, and the positions attributed to them, before the period of time provided by law, on the basis of merit (… he never recommended his sons for ...
Caliri, Elena
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 170-186, August 2020., 2020 Abstract In the Sepik, names feature centrally in political and religious contexts. Esoteric knowledge about totemic names enables Nyaura men to achieve status and power and can set them in contact with spirits. A recently arrived Pentecostal/evangelical movement—Operation Joshua—claims to have found the true name of God, whom it presents as being ...
Christiane Falck
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Australian Economic History Review, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 105-121, March 2020., 2020 During their occupation of Sri Lanka (1640–1796) and following Sinhalese and Portuguese practices, the Dutch created an elaborate registration of people, estates, and labour services. The administrative records known as the thombos are incomparable in their level of detail, yet they have hardly been used for the purposes of demographic or economic ...
Jan Kok
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Whose Time? Which Rationality? Reflections on Empire, 1 Peter, and the “Common Era” [PDF]
, 2018 The Roman imperial cults and the early Christians articulated different constructions of time, each offering its version of history built around a particular axis.
Wei Hsien Wan
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The government–robber comparison: A long‐standing tradition beyond avowed libertarianism
Economic Affairs, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 41-58, February 2026.Abstract A government differs from a robber, but they share the common feature of initiating coercion. This similarity has been noticed by libertarians as well as within a distinct scholarly tradition and as a recurring theme throughout Western philosophy.
Brian Mandeville
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Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 157-176, June 2025.Maria Iwanaga Maki (1849–1920) was 23 years old in 1873 when she returned home after a community exile and persecutions of more than 3000 people carried out by the Meiji government. Historians in the public record refer to Iwanaga as otoko‐masari (man‐nish) when she stood up to a representative of the Shogun, while in her public work she became known ...
Gwyn McClelland
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Government centralization in late second and third century A.D. Asia Minor: a working hypothesis [PDF]
, 2009 This paper offers the working hypothesis that increased central government intervention in civic and provincial affairs in the late second- and third-century A.D.
Zuiderhoek, Andries Johan
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Private participation in ruler cults : dedications to Philip Soter and other Hellenistic Kings [PDF]
, 2017 Hellenistic ruler cult has generated much scholarly interest and an enormous bibliography; yet, existing studies have tended to focus on the communal character of the phenomenon, whereas the role of private individuals (if any) in ruler worship has ...
Jim, Suk Fong
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Anglophone Literature in Bangladesh and Malaysia: Challenges and Prospects
Future Humanities, Volume 3, Issue 1, May 2025.ABSTRACT This article focuses on the historical trajectory and development of Anglophone literature in Bangladesh and Malaysia—two predominantly Muslim countries and previously British colonies categorised as “Outer Circle” countries in Braj Kachru's model of English‐speaking communities.
Mohammad A. Quayum
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