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La cartaginesa Sofonisba (c. 218-203 a. C.), un ejemplo de patriotismo, fortaleza de ánimo y dignidad personal / Sophonisba of Carthago (ca. 218-203 B.C.), quite an example of patriotism, strength of spirit, and personal dignity

open access: yesAsparkía, 2014
Resumen En este trabajo hemos intentado analizar, por una parte, la vida de la cartaginesa Sofonisba tomando como referencia el testimonio de tres historiadores de la Antigüedad, Polibio, Tito Livio y Apiano, y por otra, su pervivencia en dos grandes ...
Tomás González Rolán
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Acts and the Historical Monograph

open access: yesTyndale Bulletin, 1992
Despite other recent suggestions, Acts deserves consideration as a ‘historical monograph’. The modern phrase denotes a historical writing, which deals with a limited issue or period and may also be limited in length.
Darryl W. Palmer
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Oratio Recta and Oratio Obliqua in Polybius

open access: yesGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2010
Polybius tends to use direct speech to bring out the character of the speaker or the importance or complexity of the issues, and indirect for preliminary talk, comments on past decisions, or negative advice.
Stephen Usher
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Antifungal activity of low molecular weight chitosan produced from non-traditional marine resources

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2014
The four plants pathogens, Botrytis cinerea, Phytophthora cinnamomi, Cryphonectria parasitica and Heterobasidion annosum are responsible for several diseases affecting different plant species in Portugal, such as pines (H.
Francisco Pires Avelelas   +2 more
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How Does One Understand the Stability of Political Regimes from a Theoretical Point of View?

open access: yesPoliteja, 2019
The investigations of this paper revolve around the concept of stability. We would like to make several analytical distinctions which would allow us to differentiate between various concepts of stability.
Łukasz Perlikowski
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Interpreting Roman world: Rhetoric of Otherness, Audience and Greek Culture in the Histories of Polybius

open access: yesGerión, 2013
Scholars have often undervalued the problem of cultural contact in the Histories of Polybius, reducing the scope of this kind of approach only to the description of Barbarian peoples.
Álvaro M. Moreno Leoni
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Polybius and the Roman State

open access: yesGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2002
Polybius’ account of Roman success uses an evolutionary theory of constitutions, a cycle which culminated in but was stopped by the ideal mixed constitution, from which decline was possible but not inevitable.
Frank W. Walbank
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In the Shadow of the Empire

open access: yesClassica Cracoviensia
Comparing is a base operation in the description of foreigners. Yet, its role in Hellenistic ethnography is still understudied. The paper looks at practices of comparing in the ethnographic texts of Polybius, Posidonius and Strabo in the 2nd and 1st ...
Julian Gieseke
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