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Abstract The patrician Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454) is well known for having been both a first‐class humanist and a figurehead of the Venetian government in the new territories of the Stato da Terra. This article explores the pioneering use of humanist culture in the official praises he received during his political career, which helped shape a ...
Clémence Revest
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How a native gecko manages to coexist with an alien rodent in the Mediterranean since thousands of years? What kind of eco-ethological adaptations or evolutionary adjustments enables this gecko to persist?
Michel-Jean Delaugerre +5 more
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Saluto del prof. Attilio Mastino, Direttore del Dipartimento di Storia dell'Università degli Studi di Sassari, in apertura dell' 11.
Mastino, Attilio
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Irony, historiography, and political criticism : The Porcaria coniuratio [PDF]
This article examines Leon Battista Alberti’s 'Porcaria coniuratio', the historical epistle on Stefano Porcari’s conspiracy against Nicholas V, which was discovered by the pope before the conspirators could carry out the plot, in January 1453.
Celati, Marta
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Sulle ragioni geografiche della Storia romana
Filippo Porena
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: This article describes the preliminary survey conducted on field by the author in Serri in the sanctuary of Santa Vittoria, as part of the activities of Greek and Roman Archaeology of the University of Cagliari.
Dario D'Orlando
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Prospettiva sulla storia della Sardegna e della Corsica: i rapporti delle due isole con Roma risalgono ad alcuni secoli prima della nascita della provincia romana e sono legati ai tentativi di colonizzazione lungo la costa orientale della Corsica e anche
Mastino, Attilio
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Natural history museums are irreplaceable tools to study and preserve the biological diversity around the globe and among the primary actors in the recognition of species and the logical repositories for their type specimens.
Franco Andreone +43 more
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The New Science of Virtues [PDF]
Although Vico\u2019s New Science (NS) has been interpreted from the standpoint of practical philosophy, his treatment of moral virtues has largely been overlooked.
Bassi, Romana
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Rutilius Namatianus’ poem De reditu suo was written a few years after the devastation of Rome in 410. It has been read as nostalgia for Rome’s past greatness written in a climate of senatorial escapism. This article revises this reading, instead analysing the poem as the literary expression of resilience on the part of the traditional western ...
Sophie Kultzen
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