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Ex occidente imperium : Alexander the Great and the rise of the Maurya empire [PDF]
Since the nineteenth century, many authors have seen the campaign of Alexander the Great in the Punjab as a pivotal moment in the history of the Indian subcontinent.
Fauconnier, Bram
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Lucretius' arguments on the swerve and free-action [PDF]
In his version of atomism, Lucretius made explicit reference to the concept of an intrinsic declination of the atom, the atomic swerve (clinamen in Latin), stressing that the time and space of the infinitesimal atomic vibration is uncertain. The topic of
Evangelidis, Basil
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Literary and documentary evidence for lay medical practice in the Roman Republic and Empire [PDF]
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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Starzec w polityce. Zmienne poglądy Plutarcha z Cheronei
Plutarch of Chaeronea (ca. 45-122/125) changed his attitude to on old age in the successive stages of his life and literary production. In the period between AD 85 and 95 the middle-aged author inclined to the Stoic theory on old age.
Ewa Osek
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This paper was presented as part of Rethinking the Postcolonial in the Age of the War on Terror joint symposium, by the MnM Centre in conjunction with the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Diasporas and Reconciliation Studies, at the University of South ...
Barry Hindess
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A History of Dystonia: Ancient to Modern [PDF]
Before 1911, when Hermann Oppenheim introduced the term dystonia, this movement disorder lacked a unifying descriptor. While words like epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy have had their meanings since antiquity, references to dystonia are much harder to ...
Deborah Thorpe +3 more
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History of Neurotrauma in Ancient Greece. [PDF]
Dobran SA, Livint Popa L, Muresanu D.
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Reseña del libro Plutarch and his Contemporaries: Sharing the Roman Empire. Jażdżewska, Katarzyna & Doroszewski, Filip (eds.). Brill, Leiden-Boston, 2024.
Borja Méndez Santiago
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La possessione nella pantomima
The paper aims to explore the relationship between pantomime and possession (enthousiasmos) in particular in the imperial age. The author examines various sources in this regard: the treatise De Saltatione by Lucian of Samosata, excerpts from Dion of ...
Manlio Marinelli
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