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Death and Birth in the Urban Landscape: Strabo on Troy and Rome [PDF]

Classical Antiquity, 2017
Although Strabo provides lengthy accounts of Troy and Rome in the Geography, the role of these cities in his geographical thinking has received little attention from scholars.
Pfuntner, Laura
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ON THE ISSUE OF THE PARTHIAN PAHLAVS' SOCIO-POLITICAL NATURE [PDF]

Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti, 2021
The role of the high aristocracy, the so-called pahlavs, is undeniable in the history of the Parthian state. In the second half of III century BC the assistance of the pahlavs to the Arsacid dynasty considerably contributed to the establishment of the ...
ARTHUR MELIKYAN
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On the Question of Circumstances, Reasons and Date of Tigranes the Great Extradition as Hostage to the Parthians. A Revised Armenian Chronology of the Period 215-96 BC

Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti, 2023
This article re-examines the circumstances, reasons and date of taking Tigranes II the Great into hostage by the Parthians from a new perspective. In the light of in-formation from late Babylonian cuneiform, Greco-Roman, ancient Armenian and ancient ...
Ruslan Kobzar
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La función de Posidonio como fuente de Estrabón

Erga-Logoi, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of Posidonius as a source for Strabo. Both were Greek-speaking authors who lived under Roman rule, and both professed Stoic doctrine.
Rafael Sáseta Naranjo
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Language, vocal organs and barbarophonoi

Humanitas, 2021
Strabo (14.2.28), commenting on the Homeric term barbarophonoi, upholds the onomatopoeic origin of barbaros and outlines an history of its usage, which goes from the meaning of “speak roughly” to the one of “mispronunciation” of Greek.
Pedro Redondo Reyes
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LOCALISATION OF THE FOUR ANCIENT SETTLEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT PARORBELIA, MENTIONED BY STRABO (BOOK 7. FR. 36), FOUNDED BY PHILIP II OF MACEDON IN THE 4TH CENTURY BC

Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2020
: A fragment of the seventh book of Strabo’s work Geography contains too important information about the historical geography of the lands along the valley of the Strymon River.
Metodi Yordanov Manov
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The taxonomic position of the Neotropical genus Macrocirca Meyrick, 1931 with new synonymy and description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae, Depressariinae)

SHILAP, 2023
Macrocirca strabo Meyrick, 1931, described in the Hyponomeutidae, is transferred to the Depressariidae, Depressariinae. A new species, Macrocirca moseri Becker, sp. nov., from Brazil, is described. Odonna Clarke, 1982, syn. nov.
Vitor O. Becker
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Gades and the Mediterranean: a Process of Integration [PDF]

, 2019
The impetus for this paper is to present possible contributions of the Network Theory approach to the analysis of the Roman presence in Turdetania by the end of the 1st millennium BC.
dos Santos Silva, Bruno
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Aynuna on the Red Sea [PDF]

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2020
Aynuna was excavated by a Saudi-Polish team between 2014 and 2018. It is a Nabataean port dated to the 1st century BC, with later occupation in the 4th century AD and with some Islamic presence.
Michał Gawlikowski
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The History of the Name \u3ci\u3ePanorpa\u3c/i\u3e Linnaeus (Mecoptera) [PDF]

, 2017
(excerpt) Attempts to understand the origin of Linnaeus\u27 name for the scorpionfly Panorpa have come to nought for a very good reason. The word does not mean anything at all.
Cameron, H. D.
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