3D imaging dataset of the human skeletal collection from Lucus Feroniae (Rome, Italy, 1st-3rd century CE). [PDF]
Coletti B +5 more
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The "merveilleux" as represented in Roman historiography of the Imperial period
The ubiquity of the merveilleux in the historiography of the roman Empire cannot be explained away as the ravings of a so-called "primitive mentality". Historiographers consistently exhibited their scepticism by submitting marvellous events to rational critique.
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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia
Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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Environmental change and globalization dynamics in Roman Anatolia: Stabilizing an accelerating system. [PDF]
Doğan M +6 more
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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)
Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani +2 more
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Protective effect of ursodeoxycholic acid upon the post-myocardial infarction heart. [PDF]
Reilly-O'Donnell B +8 more
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The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west
This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
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Uniparental analysis of Deep Maniot Greeks reveals genetic continuity from the pre-Medieval era. [PDF]
Davranoglou LR +8 more
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ABSTRACT We study the effect of royal status—a historically rooted legal privilege enjoyed by hereditary monarchs and their families—on human longevity, a proxy of individuals' health capital. We disentangle the effect of royal status that encompassed serving as heads of state from that of other royal family members and compare it to their contemporary
Alberto Batinti +2 more
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Multidisciplinary study of human remains from the 3rd century mass grave in the Roman city of Mursa, Croatia. [PDF]
Novak M +4 more
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