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Deconstructing the symbolic city:Jerome as guide to late antique Rome [PDF]

, 2012
This article considers the writings of Saint Jerome as a source for writing a cultural history of the city of Rome in late antiquity. Jerome is of course, in many respects, an unreliable witness but his lively and often conflicted accounts of the city do
Grig, Lucy
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A ‘Wholly Unjustifiable Treatment of British Subject’? The Detention of W. T. Goode in the Baltic, 1919

History, EarlyView.
Abstract In the summer of 1919, W. T. Goode, the Manchester Guardian’s special correspondent in Russia and the Baltic, was arrested in the Estonian capital Tallinn and briefly detained aboard a British warship. Goode's detention caused a furore, leading to accusations of kidnap, heated commentary in the press and questions in parliament.
Colin Storer
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La necropoli di Mitza Salida - Masullas - Oristano (OR) [PDF]

The necropolis of Mitza Salida lies near the little country of Masullas, 35 km distant from the city of Oristano, in Sardinia. This necropolis had a frequency of 2 centuries, from the first to the third d.C., in a full Roman imperial ...
Floris , Rosalba, Manos, Alberto
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Portraits, Power, and Patronage in the Late Roman Republic [PDF]

, 2000
Recent work in ancient art history has sought to move beyond formalist interpretations of works of art to a concern to understand ancient images in terms of a broader cultural, political, and historical context.
Tanner, J
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Winston Churchill and France: A Certain Ideal

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines relations between Winston Churchill and France. It argues that Churchill was sympathetic to France and, in particular, unusual among Englishmen of his generation in being sympathetic to its political system, but also that this sympathy did not make Churchill consistent in his relations with France.
Richard Vinen
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Ancient coins in the classroom: using the OCRE imperial coin database to support Year 12 students’ learning of Roman imperial image

The Journal of Classics Teaching
This study concerns how the Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE) database of imperial coins can support Year 12 students to learn about Roman imperial image on coins for their Classical Civilisation Imperial Image paper.
Giles Thomas Penman
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Gallo-Roman Relations under the Early Empire [PDF]

, 2013
This paper examines the changing attitudes of Gallo-Romans from the time of Caesar's conquest in the 50s BCE to the start of Vespasian's reign in 70-71 CE and how Roman prejudice shaped those attitudes.
Walsh, Ryan
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Churchill and Germany: A ‘Special’ Relationship

History, EarlyView.
Abstract No other country defined the trajectory of Churchill's political career more than Germany, a country of which he had little direct knowledge but which he either sought to emulate, accommodate or oppose throughout his time in politics. This article traces Churchill's relationship with Germany from his entry into politics at the beginning of the
T. G. Otte
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The Beginning of the Imperial Cult in Hispania in the Augustan Era

Gerión, 2017
Contrary to the assertions which linked the beginnings of the imperial cult in Hispania to the influence of indigenous traditions, evidence of Augustan period stresses the role of Roman authority and, in particular, of military commanders, with the ...
Francisco Marco Simón
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Pro-Secular? Luke\u27s Relationship with Roman Imperial System and Culture [PDF]

, 2018
In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. He has…rescued [us] from the hands of our enemies, [so that] without fear we might worship him in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Santandreu, Peter
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