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The Res Gestae in its provincial contexts
This paper demonstrates the importance of viewing the Res Gestae not just as a document intended for an audience at Rome, but as a text that was adapted for display in different provincial urban contexts, via its incorporation into different monumental
A. Cooley
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CAN HISTORY ABSOLVE? CAN HISTORY JUDGE?
ABSTRACT Appealing to history, rather than to God, to provide an ultimate judgment about human actions can have a justificatory or consolatory function. The former grants proleptic absolution for acts that may be morally dubious because of their benign consequences, while the latter enables victims in the present to gain a measure of relief by ...
MARTIN JAY
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Experiences and lessons learned for delivery of micronutrient powders interventions
Abstract An effective delivery strategy coupled with relevant social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) have been identified as central to the implementation of micronutrient powders (MNP) interventions, but there has been limited documentation of what works.
Ietje Reerink +11 more
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The emergence of double entry bookkeeping
Abstract Double entry account books of medieval Italian merchants and bankers have been extensively used as primary sources by historians of several disciplines interested in business, trade, commodities, markets, sources, prices, interest rates, exchange rates, tariffs, taxes, wages, rents, agents, networks, and many other related topics.
Alan Sangster
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Comparing Two Observational Systems in the Assessment of Knee Pain
OBJECTIVE: Research has demonstrated the utility of the Pain Behavior Measurement (PBM) system as a pain index. PBM involves the recording of sighing, rubbing, grimacing, guarding and bracing. A modification of this system has been proposed, focusing on the occurrence of joint flexing, rubbing, unloading the joint, guarding and rigidity, specifically ...
Shannon Fuchs-Lacelle +5 more
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Podoba Julijana Odpadnika v zgodovinopisju Amijana Marcelina
Julijan Odpadnik je bil rimski cesar, ki je v četrtem stoletju, ko se je krščanstvo pod Konstantinom že uveljavilo, skušal preobrniti zgodovino nazaj v čas poganstva.
Ana Bembič
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De Res Gestae en de politieke autobiografie van de Late Republiek
This article places the Res Gestae of Augustus against the background of political autobiographies written during the civil wars of the Late Republic.
J. Klooster
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ABSTRACT This article addresses the charge of “stupidity” leveled at nineteenth‐century thought by recent critical posthumanist and post‐anthropocentric theorists. The article's first section traces a particularistic reading of nineteenth‐century philosophy of history in the writings of Rosi Braidotti and Bruno Latour, both of whom have employed the ...
CALLUM BARRELL, SARA RAIMONDI
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Het selectieve geheugen van de vader des vaderlands 44-43 v.Chr. in de Res Gestae
The present article compares Augustus’ portrayal of the beginning of his political career, in Res Gestae 1-2, with what is otherwise known of the events mentioned or suppressed by the princeps in these chapters.
J. Flinterman
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The ends of history? Jerome, Geruchia, and the Rhine crossings
This article revisits Jerome’s treatment of the Rhine crossings of 406 in his letter to the widow Geruchia, and the broader issue of breaching the Roman limes. It argues that his description of the events in Gaul and on the border was framed to fit his notion of the history of salvation.
Mateusz Fafinski
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