Search results for "Late Antiquity"
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De Praepositione: The Emerging of Donatus’s Thought on Syntax?
2020
The paper aims at investigating the syntax treatment in late Antiquity through the analysis of the description of prepositions within Donatus’s Artes. As far as an organic and dedicated description of syntax is concerned, the Roman tradition of grammatical studies in late Antiquity shows an overall gap. However, reflections on syntax emerge from the parts of speech descriptions made by grammarians. The ultimate purpose of this paper is to understand if, and to what extent, traces of emerging thought on syntax can be found in Donatus’s description of prepositions. These are regarded as a syntactic object of study by the modern linguistic theory. To that end, the paper focuses on the textual …
Note sull'embriologia nella tarda antichità e la prima età bizantina
2019
This paper deals with the outcomes of Galenism in Greek Late Antiquity and in the first period of the Byzantine era, considering particularly the rare but significant elements of novelty which are present in the rereading of the ancient tradition by John of Alexandria, in the Alexandrian Summaries of the Galenic Canon, and by Stephanus and Theophilus Protospatharius.
La necrópolis tardo-antigua del Tossal de les Basses (Alicante, España): tipología y primera aproximación interpretativa y cronológica
2015
Se presenta en este artículo un resumen del estudio pormenorizado que hemos realizado sobre una importante necrópolis tardo-antigua que, hoy por hoy y pese a su extensión y número total de individuos (cerca del millar), no puede vincularse con ningún núcleo urbano de importancia. Su desarrollo desde mediados del s. IV hasta la llegada de los musulmanes a inicios del s. VIII, y la aparición de un nuevo asentamiento y necrópolis alto-medieval en sus cercanías, hacen a esta necrópolis fundamental para entender la evolución de la zona con posterioridad a la desaparición en el s. III de la ciudad romana de Lucentum. Summary of detailed study we performed on a late ancient cementery were unable t…
Luminescence dating applied to Saint-Irénée’s church (Lyon, France)
2014
The aim of the study presented here is to propose a new view on the chronology of early medieval buildings in Europe and on the related building modes. If several studies have proved the efficiency of this multidisciplinary process, the case of St. Irenee’s church is very representative of the contributions of such an approach. This church is one of the oldest witnesses of the Christianization in Lyon, capital city of Gauls, and of its evolution under the aegis of Burgonds. However the small number of preserved remains of its early states has shown uncertainties in the interpretation of the chronology of the building use. There are two possibilities: is it the monument described by Gregory …
Searching for Syntax in the Early Medieval Commentaries on Donatus
2023
This study aims at contributing to the reconstruction of the metalanguage and the specific terminology used by grammarians with reference to the reflection on syntax, as it emerges from the analysis of Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages grammar texts. The study focuses on the description of prepositions within the commentaries on Donatus’s Artes. Despite the overall lack of a systematic treatment of syntax within the Greek-Latin grammatical tradition, the description of specific partes orationis, e.g. praepositio, shows actually traces of a certain reflection on syntax. The metaterminology used by grammarians to describe the mutual relation between linguistic elements seems to go even bey…
Ephesian Imports in Cadiz: New Finds from Punta del Nao (La Caleta)
2017
Recientes prospecciones subacuáticas, llevadas a cabo en la zona de La Caleta de Cádiz entre 2008 y 2010, han sacado a la luz interesantes materiales relacionados con las distintas fases de la historia de la Bahía de Cádiz. Dentro del estudio general de dichos materiales, este artículo presenta unas pequeñas ánforas producidas en el hinterland de Éfeso, que constituyen las primeras nuestras conocidas hasta ahora de este tipo de importaciones en la ciudad de Cádiz. Dichas ánforas pueden considerarse un indicio representativo del comercio de larga distancia y del consumo de productos de alta gama por parte de las élites gaditanas durante el periodo imperial romano y la tardía Antigüedad. En r…
Eudocia Augusta: fra leggenda, politica e religione
2016
La complessa personalità di Eudocia emerge nelle fonti come figura emblematica ed al tempo stesso peculiare, in cui interagiscono le componenti politica, religiosa, culturale della sua epoca. La ricostruzione della sua vicenda biografica, in alcuni casi dagli intrecci romanzeschi, dal matrimonio con Teodosio II alla caduta in disgrazia e al ritiro in Terra santa, apre una prospettiva di lettura sull’età di Teodosio. Legami familiari e rapporti di amicizia con uomini di spicco della corte la inseriscono nella rete politica del palazzo, di cui infine cade vittima. La sua produzione letteraria riflette la commistione fra cultura classica e finalità pubbliche o religiose delle opere, segnando l…
Baudemont, le Pré-de-la-Bordonne (Saône-et-Loire) : sépultures et mobilier danubien de la première moitie du ve siècle
2020
A necropolis at Baudemont (Saône-et-Loire) that was partially excavated in 1894 has revealed approximately fifteen graves datable to the end of the 4th and 5th centuries ad. Others seem to have been emptied during the first half of the 19th century. The discovery of a negative of the objects collected in 1894 indicates the pieces originating in the danubian area, which probably reflects the presence of a group of eastern Germans among those buried in the necropolis. These discoveries offer new perspectives on the Gallic context during the 5th century.
Iscrizioni tardoantiche su materiali di reimpiego. Osservazioni sui notabili e le istituzioni civiche di Hierapolis nella Tarda Antichità
2017
Il contributo presenta l'edizione e il commento di alcune iscrizioni tardoantiche in lingua greca, rinvenute a Hierapolis di Frigia (Turchia) nel corso degli scavi della Missione Archeologica Italiana. L'attestazione di efebarchi, ginnasiarchi e stefanofori in un'epoca ormai tarda (IV-V sec. d.C.) offre l'occasione per una disamina delle istituzioni civiche di Hierapolis nella Tarda Antichità, in una fase storica caratterizzata da un avanzato processo di cristianizzazione.
Councillors, Heretics, and Archbishops in Late Antique Hierapolis: Recent Epigraphical Findings Concerning the City, its Territory, and the History o…
2018
In the last years the Missione Archeologica Italiana di Hierapolis di Frigia (MAIER) has recovered some important epigraphic documents which offer new data for the history of the city of Hierapolis, its bishopric, and the surrounding territory in Late Antiquity (4th-6th cent.). The most recently published inscriptions are discussed in this paper in their historical context (parr. 1-3) and the development of Hierapolis’ bishopric and its episcopal prosopography between the 4th and the 9th cent. are analyzed through the examination of literary and epigraphical sources and the comparison with other relevant cities of Western Asia Minor (par. 4.a-f).