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A new phylogeny and phylogenetic classification for Solanaceae
Abstract Solanaceae are a globally distributed family of considerable economic importance. Recent phylogenetic work on various clades in the family has resulted in a plethora of names at various taxonomic levels. This results in a confusing set of names applied to clades at different ranks, and to the use of informal names that are often not accepted ...
Rocío Deanna +11 more
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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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Arianna's Palette: A Diagnostic Study of the Painting Walls of the Domus of Arianna in Pompeii
ABSTRACT The House of Arianna, also known as the House of Colored Capitals, represents, with its 1700 m2 of floor space, one of the most majestic examples of a residence within the Pompeii archaeological site. The research developed within the project “Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society—CHANGES” reports the outcomes of the ...
Maria Verde +9 more
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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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Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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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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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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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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