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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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The Saeculum Augustum: between war and peace, conflicts and traumas [PDF]
Intrinsecamente ambígua, a figura de Augusto (63 a.C.- 14 d.C.) continua a suscitar entre os académicos ou os amantes do passado romano um grande interesse e uma enorme perplexidade.
Pereira, Virgínia Soares
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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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Fate of the Stereotypical Images of the Nomads in Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae
This article proceeds from the fact that the main task of Ammianus Marcellinus’ account on the nomads in book XXXI of the Res Gestae was as not an adequate representation of them as a force completely alien to ancient civilization, but an image of one of
Aleksandr Sergeevich Kozlov
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Presagis funestos per als emperadors i cèsars a les Res Gestae d'Ammià Marcel·lí [PDF]
El determinisme d´Ammià Marcel·lí el porta a creure en el destí, que és anunciat per la divinitat a travésdetota mena de recursos. Així, abans de la mort de cadascú dels emperadors o cèsars que protagonitzen els vint-i-cinc anys d´història que abasten ...
Pomer Monferrer, Luis
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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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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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Piani della memoria nelle Res gestae di Ammiano Marcellino [PDF]
Fin dal titolo le 'Res Gestae' di Ammiano Marcellino rivelano la spiccata tendenza della memoria a dislocarsi su piani diversi, sull’asse del tempo e dello spazio.
Mazzoli, Giancarlo
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Una inscripció de Pere Miquel Carbonell sobre els trofeus de Pompeu [PDF]
En aquest article fem la presentació d’una inscripció, que fou transcrita per l’humanista català Pere Miquel Carbonell, a finals del segle XV. La inscripció ha estat escassament citada i sovint rebutjada pels autors que han tractat la situació i ...
Cobos Fajardo, Antoni +1 more
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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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