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Clay Figurines in Context: Crucibles of Egyptian, Nubian, and Levantine Societies in the Middle Bronze Age (2100-1550 BC) and Beyond
Clay Figurines in Context: Crucibles of Egyptian, Nubian, and Levantine Societies in the Middle Bronze Age (2100-1550 BC) and Beyond
Since prehistory, ancient Egyptians crafted figurines depicting humans, animals, and other subjects. However, scholars have largely overlooked the category of clay figurines, both fired and unfired, due to the perceived lack of value of the material
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Clay Figurines in Context: Crucibles of Egyptian, Nubian, and Levantine Societies in the Middle Bronze Age (2100-1550 BC) and Beyond
Apollo as a Precedent to the Coinage of Sol Invictus
Apollo as a Precedent to the Coinage of Sol Invictus
Summary The purpose of this paper is to produce an approach to Sol through Numismatics. I intend to point out the possible correspondences existing between the god Sol, referred to as Sol Invictus in historiography,1 and Apollo. While the solar facet
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Apollo as a Precedent to the Coinage of Sol Invictus
"'In Search of Good Emperors'. Emperors, Caesars, Usurpers in the Mirror of Antimonarchic Discourses in the Historia Augusta", in: H. Börm (ed.), Antimonarchic Discourse in Antiquity (= Studies in Ancient Monarchies 3), Stuttgart 2015, 269-303.
"'In Search of Good Emperors'. Emperors, Caesars, Usurpers in the Mirror of Antimonarchic Discourses in the Historia Augusta", in: H. Börm (ed.), Antimonarchic Discourse in Antiquity (= Studies in Ancient Monarchies 3), Stuttgart 2015, 269-303.
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"'In Search of Good Emperors'. Emperors, Caesars, Usurpers in the Mirror of Antimonarchic Discourses in the Historia Augusta", in: H. Börm (ed.), Antimonarchic Discourse in Antiquity (= Studies in Ancient Monarchies 3), Stuttgart 2015, 269-303.
Expressions of Cult in the Southern Levant in the Greco-Roman Period
Expressions of Cult in the Southern Levant in the Greco-Roman Period
This article explores the nature of the cult of Sol Invictus within its third century context. My work I upports the views of scholars who have argued that it was Aurelian who made 25 December the Natalis Invicti in honour of Sol Invictus and in......
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Expressions of Cult in the Southern Levant in the Greco-Roman Period
THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR PROBUS
THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR PROBUS
Crees J.H.E. Year: 1965 Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER Series: Studia Historica, 13 ISBN: 88-7062-218-5
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THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR PROBUS
Felicior Augusto, Melior Traiano. On the propagation of traditional models of “good emperorship” under Constantine the Great between 306 and 324 AD.
Felicior Augusto, Melior Traiano. On the propagation of traditional models of “good emperorship” under Constantine the Great between 306 and 324 AD.
The central question of this research is: to what extend does Constantine present himself as a traditional Roman emperor? Chapter one will look at Constantine’s representation through buildings and iconography. The subject of the first paragraph is
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Felicior Augusto, Melior Traiano. On the propagation of traditional models of “good emperorship” under Constantine the Great between 306 and 324 AD.
Aurelian's currency improvement and public image program
Aurelian's currency improvement and public image program
Numismatists and historians generally agree that emperor Aurelian (A.D. 270-275) reformed the Roman currency in A.D. 274. The pivotal radiate coin, the antoninianus, is henceforth heavier, contains more silver and is produced with more care. The
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Aurelian's currency improvement and public image program