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Searching for the roots of Western ecotheology : Pliny the Elder, Paul the Apostle, Boethius
The main aim of this study is to discern, reconstruct, and make visible the historical roots of Western ecotheology, with particular (but not exclusive) attention to the contributions of Christian theologians. We mainly focus on three thinkers: Pliny the
Corbally, Christopher +2 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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The Question of the oppida veteris Latii in Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia
This article attempts to provide a plausible explanation of a series of expressions used by Pliny the Elder to designate a significant number of communities in Hispania: [oppida] Latio antiquitus donata, [oppida] Latinorum ueterum, oppidani Latii ueteris,
Espinosa Espinosa, David
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The Entomology of Pliny the Elder
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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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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Gemstone networks in the Roman Empire, according to Pliny the Elder's vision
The data in general are gemstones consumed in Roman markets and featured in book 37 of Pliny's Natural History. The data are the result of cleaning processes of the data. These cleaned and processed data have served to elaborate the graphs of networks of
Pèrez González, Jordi
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Classical texts in the art treatises of early Modern Period
This paper discusses the quotation frequency and reference strategies of Leon Battista Alberti, Federico Borromeo, and Gabriele Paleotti. These three Catholic art theoreticians of Early Modern period engaged Classical texts as the point of reference and ...
Tomas Riklius
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La Hispania en época de Augusto vista por los escriores contemporáneos. Estrabón y Trogo Pompeyo
A description of Hispania in time of Augustus has been narrated to us by Strabo and Trogo Pompeius. The first of them, although he did not visit the country, left a description in his third book.
José María Blázquez Martínez
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Ausgestorbene Meeresküstenungetüme τροχοί resp. rotae
The paper discuss Claudius Aelian’s testimony concerning mysterious sea monsters called τροχοί (NA XIII 20). According to Aelian, these gigantic but timid animals swim in droves close to the shore.
Elwira Kaczynska +2 more
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Roy K. Gibson & Ruth Morello (Ed.), Pliny the Elder : Themes and Contexts. Leyde, Brill, 2011
Rochette Bruno. Roy K. Gibson & Ruth Morello (Ed.), Pliny the Elder : Themes and Contexts. Leyde, Brill, 2011. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 81, 2012. pp.
Rochette, Bruno
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