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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Late Roman Fine Pottery from North-Western Asia Minor Found in Nea Paphos: The Evidence from Maloutena

Études et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
This paper presents Eastern Sigillata C and Late Roman C ware vessels, discovered during the excavations in two residence buildings in the south-western area of Nea Paphos (Maloutena): the Villa of Theseus and the House of Aion.
Krzysztof Domżalski, Monika Miziołek
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Defiant pride: Origins and consequences of ethnic voting

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do voters often remain loyal to ethnic parties despite receiving little in terms of material welfare? I develop a theory focused on the role of dignity concerns in explaining within‐group variation in ethnic party loyalty. Group members who face discrimination from state agencies dominated by outgroups respond with defiant pride, which ...
Mashail Malik
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Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
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At the crossroads of different traditions. Social and cultural dynamics in Roman Thrace through the epigraphic practice [PDF]

, 2019
Il presente articolo studia i processi di integrazione della Tracia nel mondo romano attraverso l'analisi di tre fenomeni tra loro correlati: diffusione della lingua latina; diffusione della cittadinanza romana; diffusione dei nomi romani. Per illustrare
Francesco Camia
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The Struggle for Apostolic Authority: The Easter Controversy in the Late Second Century

Religions
The Easter controversy of the late second century unveiled a profound theological and cultural debate within early Christianity. Originating from differing practices regarding the calculation of Easter dates, the dispute pitted the churches of Asia Minor
Shushun Gao
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Liv og død i Hierapolis Norske utgravninger i en hellenistisk–romersk–bysantinsk by i Lilleasia

Viking, 2016
Life and Death at Hierapolis. Norwegian excavations in a Hellenistic–Roman–Byzantine town in Asia Minor  From 2007 to 2015 the University of Oslo, invited by The Italian Archaeological Mission at Hierapolis in Phrygia, conducted archaeological research ...
Rasmus J. Brandt, S. Ahrens, C. C. Wenn, E. Hagelberg, G. Bjørnstad, K. Bortheim, H. Kiesewetter, H. Russ, E. Cappelletto, H. Indgjerd, M. Wong, M. Richards, I. Ringheim Selsvold, D. Hill, A. Nyquist   +14 more
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Foreword to John\u27s Gospel in New Perspective

, 2015
Over the last half century or more of Johannine scholarship, three issues have been of primary critical concern. One subject of interest has been the literary origin and composition of the Fourth Gospel.
Anderson, Paul N.
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Medicine for the Material World

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
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A LAMP-BEARER (?) IN THE FORM OF DIONYSOS FROM ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS MUSEUM

Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology
A rare and nearly life-size bronze statue of Dionysus is displayed in the Classical Artifacts section of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. The piece, whose origin of discovery is unknown, was broken into pieces and smuggled abroad.
Deniz Berk TOKBUDAK
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