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Roman victory propaganda – Revelation’s response: A historical and theological study
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological StudiesThe believers of Christ in the 1st century AD find themselves in a difficult situation. On one hand, they receive the gospel about Jesus’ victory over the world.
Łukasz Bergel
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Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha +2 more
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Internet Archaeology, 2002 It was whilst putting together a piece of work on 'The Romans in South Gloucestershire' for primary school children that I was asked to review Journeys in the Roman Empire.
Richard Osgood
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Dalla Translatio imperii al certamen pro imperio: Dante e l’agonismo della storia [PDF]
Storia e Politica, 2023 The historical reconstruction of the Roman Empire that Dante undertakes in the second book of the Monarchia is grounded on the agonistic similitude of the certamen. As an instrument to ascertain the will of God, the ‘race’ for world domination won by the
Flavio Silvestrini
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Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract The Xiōng‐nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng‐nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It has been argued that the Xiōng‐nú spoke an Iranian, Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic affiliation of the Xiōng‐nú and the ...
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
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War and Peace: Ogawa Takemitsu's Theological Engagement with State and Religion
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.The Manchurian Incident of 1931 marked a pivotal moment in the rise of Japanese fascism. During the period from this incident until the Pacific War's defeat, dissent from the state's control was not tolerated, leading to coercive measures in religious communities. The Christian community, rather than devising theological reasoning to resist the state's
Eun‐Young Park, Do‐Hyung Kim
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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Multilingualität und Recht in der Spätantike
Rechtsgeschichte - Legal HistoryThe present article examines the importance of multilingualism for Roman law via various case studies: The utilisation of Coptic and Syriac in legal documentation, the impact of the Syro-Roman lawbook extending beyond the confines of the Roman Empire up ...
Hartmut Leppin
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Open Archaeology, 2023 This article presents a quantitative analysis of iconographic trends in the depiction of deities in the coinage of the Roman Empire throughout the second and third centuries CE to explore temporal shifts in Roman imperial propaganda in the context of ...
Glomb Tomáš +2 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines ...
Stephanie Lämmert
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