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The Making of the Vindolanda Wooden Writing Tablets: A Noninvasive Multianalytical Protocol for the Characterisation of Black Roman Inks. [PDF]
J Anal Methods ChemWithin the ‘Making History’ project, the British Museum investigated the materiality of the Vindolanda ink writing tablets for the first time, with a particular focus on the possible differentiation of the ink sources employed. Thanks to the application of complementary scientific techniques, it was possible to develop an analytical protocol for the ...
Vasco G +4 more
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Acque reflue e rischio ambientale: inquinamento fluviale nella Roma imperiale
Erga-Logoi, 2021 The paper intends to examine a specific area of research concerning the pollution of large rivers – the Tiber above all but not exclusively – and the resulting contamination of water and air as well as the depletion of fish fauna and related food risks ...
Gaetano Arena
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Pliniusz Starszy o zasobach naturalnych Hiszpanii i ich wykorzystaniu [PDF]
, 2019 Many references to Spain found in Naturalis Historia written by Pliny the Elder prove his profound knowledge of the land and culture of Spain, as well as his particular recognition of the wealth and high economic level of this country.
Danek, Zbigniew
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Pline l’Ancien a-t-il cru à ses mythes ?
Pallas, 2009 Book VII of Pliny the Elder’ s Natural History, devoted to man, ends on a curious catalogue of inventors and inventions. It is on the treatment of myth in that inventory that we intend to ponder.
Valérie Naas
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Publica aut peri! The Releasing and Distribution of Roman Books [PDF]
, 2007 This outline of our knowledge of the process of releasing literature in late republican and early imperial Rome addresses the nature of the recitations, the question of ‘publishing’ and distribution of books, from Atticus to Pliny the Younger.
Jon Wikene Iddeng
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Cured Meats in Ancient and Byzantine Sources: Ham, Bacon and Tuccetum [PDF]
, 2014 The present study discusses the role of salt-cured meat in dietetics, medicine and gastronomy demonstrated mainly in ancient and Byzantine medical (Galen, Oribasius, Aetius of Amida, Anthimus, Alexander of Tralles and Paul of Aegina) and agronomic ...
Jagusiak, Krzysztof +2 more
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A New Painting of Calypso in Pliny the Elder
Eugesta, 2017 At Naturalis Historia 35.147, Pliny offers precious information on female artists of Greece and Rome. This article emends Pliny’s text, thereby attributing a more precise subject to a painting by a Greek woman.
Anthony Corbeill
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Literary and documentary evidence for lay medical practice in the Roman Republic and Empire [PDF]
, 2016 The majority of surviving ancient medical literature was written by medical practitioners and produced for the purpose of ensuring the effective diagnosis and treatment of their patients, suggesting an audience of medical professionals ranging from ...
Draycott, Jane
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Pliny the elder on gilding [PDF]
Gold Bulletin, 1979 Abstract The description in Pliny's ‘Natural History’ of gilding bronze by using mercury becomes clearer if it is seen as a process in which mercury is used only as an adhesive for the gold leaf and in which it is not necessary to heat the object after gilding to drive off the excess mercury, as is the case in the more usual fire- or mercury-gilding.
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"The Milk of Birds": A Proverbial Phrase, Ancient and Modern, and its Link to Nature [PDF]
, 2017 A curious phrase from ancient Greek, ὀρνίθων γάλα, finds parallels in Latin as lac gallinaceum and in Modern Greek, as και του πουλιού το γάλα. While the Greek phrases translate as "(and) the milk of (the) bird(s)", the Latin translates as "henʼs milk".
Payne, Martha J.
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