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VALORACIÓN DE LOS PRESAGIOS DE MUERTE EN LAS VIDAS DE LOS DOCE CÉSARES
Suetonius' narrative technique arranges the elements of the report in consonance us the psychological and moral features which the personality and behavior of the characters described require.
José Martínez Gázquez
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Contradictions over the meaning of adoration (adoratio) in Theodulf of Orléans’ Opus Caroli regis contra synodum have been used to minimize the role of mistranslation in the late eighth‐century Greek–Latin dispute over images. This study, however, scrutinizes the contested meaning of adoration in the original manuscript to expose tensions among ...
Huw Foden
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PRZESTĘPSTWO DEZERCJI U SCHYŁKU OKRESU REPUBLIKAŃSKIEGO
DESERTION AS A STANDALONE CRIME IN ANCIENT ROME Summary Desertion as a standalone crime in ancient Rome was penalised since the early republican period.
Tomasz J. Banyś
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The role of the Praenotamenta of Jodocus Badius Ascensius in shaping early modern dramatic criticism
Abstract This article examines the profound and enduring legacy of the treatise on classical drama known as Praenotamenta ascensiana in shaping early modern dramatic poetics. Written by Flemish scholar Jodocus Badius Ascensius (1462–1535) as a preface to his 1502 edition of the Classical plays of Terence, this work has been unjustly overlooked by the ...
Giulia Torello‐Hill
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Abstract The Archivo General de Simancas in Valladolid has preserved a letter attributed to Arthur Tudor, categorized as ‘declarándole su ardiente pasión amorosa’ [declaring his ardent loving passion]. Its recipient has been thought to be Katherine of Aragon.
K. P. S. Janssen, Nadia T. van Pelt
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Caecilia, Calpurnia, and Their Dreams of Political Importance. Patterns of Constructing Gender Relations and Female Scope for Action in Ancient Roman Sources [PDF]
During the crisis of the Roman Republic, ancient sources mention a number of political interventions by women. The paper at hand seeks to investigate two of these occurences in which dreams motivated women to play an active role in political affairs ...
Anna Katharina Romund
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Penal Sanctions Applicable to a Slave Engaged in Banking Activities
Gaius Suetonius in Vitae Galbae, as part of his Vita divi Augusti, described the case of a banker (nummularius) and the penal sanction applied to him by the later emperor Galba.
Piotr Niczyporuk
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Wygląd Zenobii w Historia Augusta: asocjacje i inspiracje [PDF]
(Zenobia’s appearance in the Historia Augusta: associations and inspirations): This paper analyses the description of Zenobia’s appearance in the Historia Augusta (HA Tyr. Trig. 15.8, 30.15).
Radosław Domazet
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In Upington, voor die Kalahari-Oranjemuseum, is daar ‘n lewensgrootte brons standbeeld opgerig vir die donkie om die bydrae, wat hy gelewer het in die ontwikkeling van die Laer Oranjerivier-vallei, te gedenk.
J.P.K. Kritzinger
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Emoción, gesto y actio: la risa en el Ab Urbe Condita (I) [PDF]
Ab Vrbe Condita can be read as a set of rules for political and public responsibilities of the Roman citizen of the 1 st Century B.C. Livy stresses the fixed parameters of dignitas, gravitas and urbanitas, and all the traditional virtues of the ...
Moreno Ferrero, Isabel
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