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La sangre en las Etimologías de Isidoro de Sevilla
Pallas, 2020 Commentary on the main passages of the fourth and eleventh books of the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville on blood in relation to Medicine. These passages deal with issues such as the etymology of sanguis, sanitas and sanies, the differences between ...
Joaquín Pascual-Barea
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La finzione del "re" da Ciro il Grande (Erodoto) a Nerone (Svetonio, Tacito)
Mantichora, 2020 Greek and Roman sources depict an ancient children´s game, wherein one was chosen by drawing lots as king (basileus) and his playmates were appointed as servants or soldiers and were obliged to obey him. Herodotus already accounts a story about this game
Salvatore Costanza
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Collectanea Philologica, 2020 The aim of the article is an attempt to present a dichotomic image of the Roman ruler. It is concentrated on traditional features, understood as postulated in relation to person in power, such as justice, honesty, modesty and self-control.
Edyta Gryksa
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Agrippina as prima donna: The reception of Agrippina, mother of Nero, in Handel’s opera Agrippina
In die Skriflig, 2019 This article examines the way in which Agrippina, the mother of the emperor Nero, is depicted in Handel’s opera Agrippina. The opera’s libretto, written by Cardinal Vincenzo Grimani, draws upon the historical information in Suetonius’ biography of ...
Betine van Zyl Smit
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Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México, 2023 When humans discovered agriculture and livestock, they ceased to be nomads and began to settle in towns until they created large cities. From the first human settlements in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Anatolian Peninsula, populations were exposed and ...
Óscar F. Chacón-Camacho +3 more
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Einhard’s Vita Karoli Magni: Dialogue with Classical Genre
СибСкриптVita Karoli Magni (The Life of Charlemagne) was the first medieval biography. It was written by Einhard, a prominent figure of the Carolingian era, who used some biographies of Roman emperors by Suetonius.
Maria R. Nenarokova
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BANKIERZY PUBLICZNI W ŹRÓDŁACH PRAWA RZYMSKIEGO
Zeszyty Prawnicze, 2016 PUBLIC BANKERS IN ROMAN LAW SOURCES Summary The Romans had an extensive terminology for persons who engaged in banking activities; however, only nummularii and mensarii pursued activities on behalf of the State.
Piotr Niczyporuk
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Resisting Hubris: For A Stoic Ethics of Power in Leadership Development
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay advances a philosophical and Stoic reinterpretation of hubris that challenges the reductionist treatment it has received in contemporary management research. Whereas most studies, shaped by a positivist epistemology, have sought to quantify the effects of leader hubris on performance, this essay reclaims the concept's original ...
Valérie Petit, Xavier Pavie
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Mythmakers of Maiden Castle: Breaking the Siege Mentality of an Iron Age Hillfort
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 325-342, August 2019., 2019 Summary The idea that an invading Roman army brought about the end of hillforts in south‐west Britain, using artillery fire to demoralize and defeat their enemy, is one of the most powerful narratives in British archaeology, being a constant element in both academic literature and public discourse.
Miles Russell
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Tertullian’s “On shows” in the context of Ancient and Christian literature of the first centuries
RUDN Journal of World HistoryThe study observes the sources used by Tertullian during the writing of his essay “On the Spectacles” (the end of the 2nd century). This was the time of the domination of the Second Sophistic, where erudition, sophistication in rhetoric and adherence to ...
Aleksey D. Panteleev +1 more
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