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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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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 History
The 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, Marina V. Ponikarovskaya   +1 more
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Nero: Política externa e defesa do império

Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos, 1989
Néron, le moins belliqueux des empereurs romains du premier siècle, s’est trouvé aux prises avec des problèmes militaires. L’historiographie moderne étudie et analyse de nouveaux aspects de son gouvernement, que l’antique historiographie. appuyée sur des
Daniel Valle Ribeiro
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Networking in the Early Roman Empire: Pliny the Younger

Journal of Historical Network Research, 2020
Living during the heyday of the Roman Empire, the senator Pliny the Younger (ca. AD 61/62 – 113/114) was in contact with the social and political elite of his time: several Emperors, fellow senators like Cornelius Tacitus, Sosius Senecio, and Arulenus ...
Fabian Germerodt
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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 489-506, June 2026.
Abstract This article reframes Antonio da Sangallo the Younger's oft‐overlooked cappella Cesi nave façade in Santa Maria della Pace not as an isolated design deviation but as part of a broader architectural and artistic conversation among major players in early sixteenth‐century Rome.
Alexis Culotta
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The Rule of Law and Full‐Bodied Promulgation

The Modern Law Review, Volume 88, Issue 3, Page 502-526, May 2025.
Promulgation is a fundamental component of most theories about the rule of law yet remains an under‐theorised aspect of the concept. This article makes two contributions concerning the functions of promulgation in the rule of law. First, promulgation can be broken down into formal promulgation, the process of formally publishing rules, and full‐bodied ...
James Milton
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The Standardisation of ‘Classical Latin’: The Case of Terence's Text

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 122, Issue 3, Page 479-487, November 2024.
Abstract This short piece aims to provide further evidence supporting two of Adams's main claims: (1) the situation of late Republican Latin cannot be isolated from other diachronic varieties, and (for the purpose of my analysis) earlier Latin in particular, as regards both the absence of systematic standardisation and the presence of sporadic and ...
Giuseppe Pezzini
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Antikyran hellebore in the time of Caligula

Proceedings (European Academy of Sciences and Arts)
Caligula is the only emperor of Rome whose name is connected both to the plant hellebore and the ancient Greek town of Antikyra. These connections are reported by Suetonius and concern a Roman senator of praetorian rank, who had been granted a leave of ...
Trevor S. Luke, Andrew J. Koh
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Keep taking the tablets: how Prudentius’ account of St Cassian shaped medieval school stories

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 503-517, November 2024.
In about 400 Prudentius visited the shrine of St Cassian at Imola and wrote a poem describing his martyrdom. Cassian, a schoolmaster, had been killed by his own pupils using their styli and wax tablets. The story was popular throughout the Middle Ages and its medieval reception has attracted attention.
Julia Barrow
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