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While Human-Animal Studies is a rapidly growing field in modern history, studies on this topic that focus on the Ancient World are few. The present volume aims at closing this gap. It investigates the relation between humans, animals, gods, and things with a special...
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Springer VS
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2019-03-11
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Roman Republican Augury: Freedom and Control proposes a new way of understanding augury, a form ofRoman state divination designed to consult the god Jupiter.
Previous scholarly studies of augury have tended to focus either upon its legal-constitutional effects or upon...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-03-07
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Roman Republican Augury: Freedom and Control proposes a new way of understanding augury, a form ofRoman state divination designed to consult the god Jupiter.
Previous scholarly studies of augury have tended to focus either upon its legal-constitutional effects or upon...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-03-07
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This book examines the impact that Athenian Old Comedy had on Greek writers of the imperial era. It is generally acknowledged that imperial-era Greeks responded to Athenian Old Comedy in one of two ways: either as a treasure trove of Atticisms or as a genre defined by...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-02-01
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Servilia is often cited as one of the most influential women of the late Roman Republic. Though she was a high-born patrician, her grandfather died disgraced and her controversial father was killed before he could stand for the consulship; she herself married twice, but...
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OUP Oxford
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2019-01-03
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Servilia is often cited as one of the most influential women of the late Roman Republic. Though she was a high-born patrician, her grandfather died disgraced and her controversial father was killed before he could stand for the consulship; she herself married twice, but...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-01-03
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Sappho, a towering figure in Western culture, is an exemplary case in the history of classical receptions. There are three prominent reasons for this. Firstly, Sappho is associated with some of the earliest poetry in the classical tradition, which makes her reception...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-12-17
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Sappho, a towering figure in Western culture, is an exemplary case in the history of classical receptions. There are three prominent reasons for this. Firstly, Sappho is associated with some of the earliest poetry in the classical tradition, which makes her reception...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-12-13
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Throughout his narrative of Julio-Claudian Rome in the Annals, Tacitus includes numerous references to the gods, fate, fortune, astrology, omens, temples, priests, the emperor cult, and other religious material. Though scholars have long considered Tacitus' discussion...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-12-12
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Throughout his narrative of Julio-Claudian Rome in the Annals, Tacitus includes numerous references to the gods, fate, fortune, astrology, omens, temples, priests, the emperor cult, and other religious material. Though scholars have long considered Tacitus' discussion...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-11-29
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As a speechwriter, orator, and politician, Demosthenes captured, embodied, and shaped his time. He was a key player in Athens in the twilight of the city's independence, and is today a primary source for its history and society during that period. The Oxford Handbook of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-11-15
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As a speechwriter, orator, and politician, Demosthenes captured, embodied, and shaped his time. He was a key player in Athens in the twilight of the city's independence, and is today a primary source for its history and society during that period. The Oxford Handbook of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-11-08
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The concept of kinship is at the heart of understanding not only the structure and development of a society, but also the day-to-day interactions of its citizens. Kinship in Ancient Athens aims to illuminate both of these issues by providing a comprehensive account of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-11-08
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The concept of kinship is at the heart of understanding not only the structure and development of a society, but also the day-to-day interactions of its citizens. Kinship in Ancient Athens aims to illuminate both of these issues by providing a comprehensive account of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-11-08
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Miniature and fragmentary objects are both eye-catching and yet easily dismissed. Tiny scale entices users with visions of Lilliputian worlds. The ambiguity of fragments intrigues us, offering tactile reminders of reality's transience. Yet, the standard scholarly...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-10-16
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Sotto la direzione di John Scheid, Olivier de Cazanove, Filippo Coarelli e Adriano La Regina, lo studio dei luoghi di culto dell’Italia antica è un progetto di ampia portata che si concretizza nella pubblicazione della serie di fascicoli che vanno sotto il nome di Fana,...
Editeur :
Collège de France
Parution :
2018-10-02
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Institut des civilisations
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Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (also Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. But sources for her life and career are scarce. This book situates...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-10-02
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Perpetua was an early Christian martyr who died in Roman Carthage in 203 CE, along with several fellow martyrs, including one other woman, Felicitas. She has attracted great interest for two main reasons: she was one of the earliest martyrs, especially female martyrs,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-09-17
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The Eastern Desert of Egypt extends over a vast area of mountains and sandy plains between the Nile and the Red Sea. Its natural riches –gold, gems and high quality stones (such as granite from Mons Claudianus, Tiberianè or Ophiatès, porphyry from Porphyritès, basanites...
Editeur :
Collège de France
Parution :
2018-09-13
Collection :
Institut des civilisations
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Building Mid-Republican Rome offers a holistic treatment of the development of the Mid-Republican city from 396 to 168 BCE. As Romans established imperial control over Italy and beyond, the city itself radically transformed from an ambitious central Italian settlement...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-08-16
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