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State Counter-Terrorism in Ancient Rome: Toward a New Basis for the Diachronic Study of Terror
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsAccording to both Dionysios of Halicarnassus and Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita, in 460 BCE a rag-tag group of political exiles and rebellious slaves under the leadership of one Appius Herdonius occupied the Roman Capitol -
Other-Centred Love: Diotima’s lesson to Socrates
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No CommentsIn this thesis I set out to determine the possible motivations in response to which Diotima agreed to teach Socrates the arts of love. In the process I develop a broader understanding of Diotima and her natural, feminine complexity. -
The concept of law and justice in ancient Egypt, with specific reference to “The tale of the eloquent peasant”
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No CommentsThis thesis discusses the interaction between the concepts of ”justice” (ma'at) and ”law” (hpw) in ancient Egypt -
Malaria and Alexander the Great: How important is family history?
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No CommentsAlexander the Great died from an acute febrile illness in 323 BC. Recent analyses have suggested several possible causes of his death and one among them is malaria. -
Sexuality and the Sacred in Gnostic Literature
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No CommentsJesus said to them 'When you make the two one and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside and the above like the below and when you make the male and the female one and the same so that the male be not male nor the female female… then you will enter the kingdom. -
Financial Intermediation in the Early Roman Empire
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No CommentsThis exercise reveals the extent to which the Roman economy resembled more recent societies and sheds light on the prospects for economic growth in the Roman Empire, for good financial markets and institutions help people who have ideas for production get resources to implement those ideas. -
Ophir: its location unveiled
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No CommentsOphir is the name of a geographic location appearing in several passages in the Bible. -
Smithsonian opens ‘Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt’ exhibit
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsA combination of rare artifacts and cutting-edge research tools will illuminate how Smithsonian scientists have pieced together the lives of ancient Egyptians through their burial practices and rituals in preparation for their eternal life. -
Visigoths and Romans: Integration and Ethnicity
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsThe year was 414 and Galla Placidia, Roman princess and half-sister of Honorius, emperor of the Western Empire, sat next to Athaulf, barbarian king of the Visigoths -
Ancient bronze artifact from East Asia discovered in Alaska
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsResearchers have discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and which likely originated in East Asia.