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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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Stemflows and Preferential Flows: A Historical Review and Challenges for the Future
Possible implementation of stemflow in the MIPS model where all water in the system is represented as particles in pathways of specified velocity. Stemflow (green particles) can be treated as a localised input with probabilities of entering higher velocity pathways than throughfall, depending on the input rates.
Keith Beven, John T. Van Stan
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The Journey of Oral Hygiene: The Past, the Present, the Future
This review traces the evolution of personal oral hygiene from ancient chewing sticks to modern powered toothbrushes and interdental devices, linking historical developments with contemporary evidence on efficacy, safety, and behavior. Despite technological advances, periodontal health relies on consistent biofilm removal, highlighting the need for ...
Fridus van der Weijden
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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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CINNAMON, CASSIA AND ANCIENT TRADE
: There is a widespread assumption that ancient “cinnamon” and “cassia” were the same as the spices now known by those names; that is, products obtained from trees of the genus Cinnamomum.
Stephen George Haw
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New Light on the Beginning of the Pecos Conference
Recently James E. Snead, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, encountered in the department archives a letter from A. V. Kidder to Pliny E. Goddard .
Richard B. Woodbury
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An Encyclopedia entry on "Arabia" in Pliny the Elder's _Natural History_ for the Thematic Dictionary of Ancient Arabia.
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Pecunia otiosa i ryzykowny plan biznesowy Pliniusza Młodszego (ep. 10.54)
Two letters that have survived in a collection of correspondence between Pliny the Younger and Emperor Trajan constitute a fascinating source for the study of the financial policies of the Roman state at the beginning of the second century AD.
Maciej Jońca
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