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This article explores the Roman Inquisition’s interest in the dietary practices of suspected heretics throughout the Roman Catholic Mediterranean.
Eric R. Dursteler
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Our knowledge of galaxy formation and evolution has greatly expanded in recent decades thanks to large survey programs, including those carried out with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
Deustua, Susana +3 more
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Surgery in the Graeco-Roman era
In the Graeco-Roman era medical treatment characteristically consisted of regimen (diet and a healthy lifestyle), medicaments and surgery – the latter being reserved for those cases in which regimen and medicaments had failed. Evidence of primitive surgery dates back to the Bronze Age, and the Homeric epics describe surgical treatment of war wounds ...
François P. Retief, Louise Cilliers
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Orthopedics in the Graeco - Roman era
In this study the evolutionary development of orthopedics (management of diseases of bones and joints), which commenced in early Mesopotamia and Egypt, is followed through Classical times.The Greek infl uence probably commenced in the 6thcentury BC with Democedes of Croton who cured the Persian king’s dislocated ankle. The Corpus Hippocraticum laid the
Louise Cilliers, François Retief
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Roman-era Eurymedon Bridge or the Seljuq-era Köprüpazar Köprüsü, Aspendos
Image of the Roman-era Eurymedon Bridge or the Seljuq-era Köprüpazar Köprüsü in Aspendos. Originally built in the late Roman era over the river Eurymeon (Köprüçay nehri) near Aspendos in Pamphylia, its remains and stone blocks were later used by the ...
Gonnet-Bağana, Hatice
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Analytical study between Greek and Roman furniture
With time and the different ages, furniture has emerged in various forms, bearing the features of the age that belongs to it. Despite numerous studies and encyclopedias that confine the features of each era's furniture, there is still some confusion ...
Najwa Nasser Nassar Al-Hazmi
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The Production of Roman Metal Screw Threads
The production of Roman screws and screw threads is a topic that is largely absent in the archaeological literature. During the Roman period, small metal screw threads were used both as fastenings and to impart motion.
David Sim, Chris Legg
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Previous analysis of the perinatal infant burials from Romano-British Yewden villa, Hambleden, indicated the practice of infanticide at that site.
Hassan, A. +4 more
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Medications and their use in the Graeco-Roman era
As from the 6th century BC Graeco-Roman medical therapy comprised three components, viz. diet and healthy lifestyle (regimen), surgery and medicaments (pharmacotherapy), of which the latter was the oldest. Although the Corpus Hippocraticum (5th century BC), with minor Egyptian influence, contained no text of medicines as such, and seemed to prefer ...
François Retief, Louise Cilliers
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