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Abstract The Hellenic forearc is one of the least understood forearc systems globally due to limited availability of high‐resolution imagery of its deep structure, especially landward of the Mediterranean Ridge. Here, we combine widely spaced high‐resolution multichannel seismic‐reflection profiles with seafloor morpho‐bathymetric analysis and ...
Vasiliki Mouslopoulou +7 more
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Opus Signinum, Terrazzo, Mortier et Béton de Sol : Un Etat de la Question
After a brief presentation of the various materials used in these pavements and the description of their decorative repertoires, we discuss the question of vocabulary.
Véronique VASSAL
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take notes for Pliny the Elder? Surely he had a secretary to assist him with his writing, or did he take his own notes? He left a huge body of material in his Historia Naturalis.
Nathalie Roy
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The Impact of DNA as a Chemical Admixture for Cementitious Materials
DNA molecules are added to cement pastes and their effects on rheology and hydration time are studied. DNA's chemical structure is composed of polysaccharide and phosphate groups, which are active functional groups in different commercial chemical admixtures: Viscosity modifiers and superplasticizers.
Alexander Mezhov +4 more
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Augusto e il tentato suicidio: una interpretazione filosofica di Plin. nat. 7.150
This paper investigates Emperor Augustus’ alleged suicide attempt through starvation, as detailed by Pliny the Elder in a brief passage of Naturalis Historia 7.150.
Fernicola, Fabio
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Phalerae from the Mound Sadovy and the Image of the ‘Tarandrus’
This paper is devoted to the content of the composition on the phalerae from the mound Sadovy and to the related issue about the existence of the ‘tarandrus’ image in the art of Eurasian nomads. L. S.
Irina P. Zasetskaya
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Abstract We constrain the contribution of driving and resistive regional forces to the observed surface deformation in the Nubia‐Eurasia plate boundary region. We use a viscoelastic mechanical model with fault zones representing regional active faults. Deformation is driven by velocities of surrounding plates and by lateral variations in gravitational ...
Rob Govers +3 more
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Spalaeos Плиния Старшего. Автор показывает, что они не связаны друг с другом, так как Spalaeos – это всего лишь греческое «кабинетное» определение, данное сатархам («пещерники»).
Жих М.И. / Zhih M.I.
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Servilio Damocrate: un medico poeta alla corte giulio-claudia?
Servilio Damocrate, medico e poeta ricordato da Plinio il Vecchio e da Galeno, viene menzionato anche in un’iscrizione da Blaundos in Lidia. Il confronto con altre testimonianze – epigrafiche, numismatiche e letterarie – consente di ipotizzare che egli ...
Margherita Cassia
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Ethical Matters: Pliny the Elder on Material Deception [PDF]
The chapter highlights the intellectual dimension of the Roman discourse on materials by discussing the ideological and moral implications of a set of passages from Pliny’s Natural History dedicated to golden surfaces. In these passages, Pliny explores the ethical implications of golden veneers in the decoration of inner environments as well as in the ...
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