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Walls that Bridge. Or, What we can learn from the Roman walls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
When, during the latest US electoral campaign, Pope Francis criticized Trump’s idea of building a wall between Mexico and the US, reiterat- ing his favorite point that “we do not need to build walls, but bridges,” the Trump camp retorted that the Pope ...
MARIANI, Giorgio
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10. The Political Thought of Machiavelli

open access: yes, 1958
The national state in Western Europe was a new institution, without precedent in the European World. Its rise and almost immediate conflict with the Church challenged political theorists to reexamine the assumptions of a universal church in a universal ...
Bloom, Robert L.   +6 more
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The Canadian Role in Operation “Charnwood,” 8 July 1944: A Case Study in Tank/Infantry Doctrine and Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
On the morning of 8 July 1944, soldiers of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade (9 CIB) left their startlines near the Norman village of Vieux Cairon heading for Buron and Gruchy; two villages nearly 2,000 yards across open ground to the south.
Wilson, David A.
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5. Rome: The Decline of the Roman Empire

open access: yes, 1958
The decline of the Roman Empire is a theme which has captured the imagination of countless men . The Roman achievement, both in its material and cultural aspects, was of such magnitude that its passing invites consideration on that account alone.
Bloom, Robert L.   +6 more
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Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Data
de Soto P   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Droughts and conflicts during the late Roman period. [PDF]

open access: yesClim Change
Norman C   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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