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A Tortured Image: The Biography of Lucullus' Dying Hercules
This essay explores a Roman triumphal monument put up at the heart of Rome by the triumphator Lucullus in the 1st c. BCE, and its Imperial afterlife after the fall of the Republic.
Ann Kuttner
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Pliny/Trajan and the Poetics of Empire [PDF]
A series of recent articles have challenged literal and realist readings of the tenth book of Pliny the Younger's Letters.
Woolf, Greg, Greg Woolf
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Edulitin 2 is a ribotoxin‐like protein exhibiting a potent antiproliferative activity towards Caco‐2 and HT29 cells by programmed cell death. However, edulitin 2 does not affect gut microbiota growth, despite damaging fungal ribosomes. ABSTRACT Porcini (Boletus edulis Bull.) are a reservoir of pharmacological biomolecules with health‐promoting ...
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Pliny and the letters of sidonius: From constantius and clarus to firminus and fuscus
Despite Sidonius's explicit assertion that his Letters are modeled on the correspondence of Pliny, critics have found the harvest of Plinian material in Sidonius's text rather thin.
Gibson, Roy
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Economic Strategies of a Roman Landowner – Pliny the Younger [PDF]
We have more detailed information on the life and career of Pliny the Younger than any other Roman author. The information preserved in his letters provides us with insight into his literary and economic activity as well. Pliny was a famous lawyer of his
Takács, Levente
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Cultic Allusions in the Heraklitos Mosaic
The Heraklitos mosaic, which dates to the second century ad and is displayed today at the Vatican Museums, depicts the theme of the asàrotos òikos (‘unswept floor’) alongside allusions to Dionysian and Isiac mystery cults. The mosaic is
Ehud Fathy
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Domitian\u27s Lightning Bolts and Close Shaves In Pliny [PDF]
Pliny\u27s portrayal of his public life under Domitian has often come under fire from both those who approach Pliny\u27sLettersfrom a historical perspective and those who study them as a literary production.
Strunk, Thomas E.
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Biologia e nomenclatura in Plinio
A careful reading of some books of the Naturalis Historia provides a surprising insight into the naming needs of the zoologist Pliny.
Andrea Guasparri
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In Pliny’s description of Ariana there is a brief mention of the fish-eating Orites, a tribe dwelling on the coast of Makran – the Orites were encountered by Alexander during his march from the Indus river to Persia.
Pierre Schneider
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Estoicismo e imperium: a virtus do homem político romano = Stoicism and imperium: the virtus of the roman political man. [PDF]
Esse artigo tem como objetivo estudar as relações entre o Estoicismo e o Principado, a partir da leitura da correspondência pliniana. Plínio, o Jovem era originário de uma família equestre que ascendeu ao senado.
Renata Lopes Biazotto Venturini
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