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Nero’s Nubian Nile, India and the rubrum mare (Tacitus, Annals 2.61) [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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An Archaeometallurgical Investigation on Some Archaeological Metal Finds From the Sasanian Site of Jahāngir, Western Iran

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Twelve metal artifacts from recent excavations at the Sasanian archaeological site of Jahāngir in western Iran have been analyzed. These items include both decorative and utilitarian artifacts. The samples were examined using micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (μ‐XRF), scanning electron microscopy with energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (SEM‐EDS), and
Omid Oudbashi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The “Courtesy” (Comitas) of king Vononès

open access: yesBanber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti, 2023
The Parthian king Vononès (8-12), being full of benevolence and courtesy towards his subjects, was however driven out by his nobility. This fact was the consequence of the opposites of thepolitical mentality of the Roman and Parthian societies. Vononès,
Ruben Manaseryan
doaj   +3 more sources

An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The new cult of Pax Augusta 13 BC – AD 14 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
As Augustus returned to Rome in 13 BC, the Senate passed a constitutio to build in his honor a lasting altar of peace, the Ara Pacis Augustae, to signal with a major ceremony the new peace all over the Roman world, Gibbon’s Pax Romana.
Stern, Gaius
core   +1 more source

The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE PARTHIAN POLICY OF MARK ANTHONY: DEFENSE - OFFENSIVE -BORDER SECURITY

open access: yesГуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021
The article deals with the question of the stages of the Parthian policy by Mark Antony. It is believed that he went to the Orient with the intention of making a campaign in Parthia, but the facts draw a more complex picture of the Roman-Parthian ...
Eugeny Smykov
doaj  

Syrie romaine (70 av. J.-C.-73 apr. J.-C.)

open access: yesPallas, 2014
Annexed by Rome at the end of the mithridatic wars, Syria shows an odd feature in the territorial organisation, mixing during more than 150 years the administration by Roman officials and by some “clients” Kings.
Maurice Sartre
doaj   +1 more source

Lability in Hittite and Indo‐European: A Diachronic Perspective

open access: yesStudia Linguistica, Volume 80, Issue 1, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Lability is defined as the possibility of a verb to enter a valency alternation without undergoing any change in its form. Labile verbs were common in ancient Indo‐European languages, including Hittite, which mostly features anticausative lability, with reflexive and reciprocal lability being less prominent.
Guglielmo Inglese
wiley   +1 more source

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