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Colleagues with rules. Censorship and the principles of holding office in Republican Rome
Studia Prawnicze KULThe article discusses the principles of holding office of censor. Even though it seems that such principles were respected, there were some deviations from the general rules due to the peculiarities of this magistracy.
Anna Tarwacka
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The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
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El mundo amoroso de Catulo y de la Roma de finales de la República
Gerión, 2007 The poet Catullus decribes the love affaires of a Roman high society woman, Lesbia, the Clodia, sister of the deputy of Caesar. Lesbia was a married woman, elegantly and rich. She had many lovers at the same time.
José María Blázquez Martínez
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The Legal Status of Plebiscita from 494-287 BC
New Classicists, 2019 This article explores the problems arising from the apparent similarity between the leges Valeriae Horatia (449), the leges Publiliae Philonis (339) and the Lex Hortensia (287).
Ben Salisbury
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Does an optimistic tone in annual reports predict better financial and non‐financial performance?
European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract In the current paper, we investigate whether management adopts an optimistic disclosure tone to impress the corporate audience or to provide incremental information (II) by anticipating positive corporate performance. Specifically, we test whether an optimistic tone in annual reports (ARs) is a positive predictor of better financial and non ...
Francesco Gangi +3 more
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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The Integration of phoenician communities in the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman Empire from a postcolonial perspective [PDF]
, 2015 The goal of this paper is to research on the analysis of the process of integration experienced by the Phoenician-Punic communities of the Iberian Peninsula in the Roman world, from the end of the Second Punic War (206 BCE) until Flavian times (mid-1st ...
Machuca Prieto, Francisco
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The Past Requires Reconciliation
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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Republican Virtues: Merits and Morals in Polybius’ Constitutional Analysis of the Histories, Book 6
HistoriesJohn Adams asserted that the historical summation of republican political thought can be found in one writer: Polybius of Megalopolis. More clearly than any other, Polybius articulated those qualities that define good statesmen and citizens and make ...
Steele Brand
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False Idles: The Politics of the "Quiet Life" [PDF]
, 2008 The dominant Greek and Roman ideology held that the best human life required engaging in politics, on the grounds that the human good is shared, not private, and that the activities central to this shared good are those of traditional politics.
Brown, Eric
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