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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…
Producing and working with iron
2019
Combining archaeological studies and archaeometric analyses, this synthesis presents the importance of the iron economy in the eastern part of the Paris Basin from the First Iron Age to the early Middle Ages. The first contributions of this research project concern technological changes in the production system of iron objects. The attention paid to the share of recycling in production somewhat modifies the previous discourse in attempts to quantify the types of forged objects (tools, weapons, ornaments, etc). Additionally, the link between the status of the excavated sites (agricultural holding, rural hamlet, fortified site, large settlements) and the type of forging activity that was carr…
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).
Epigramma onorario per l'alto funzionario Martinianus
2018
Die Embryologie im Spannungsfeld zwischen Tradition und Empirie.
1991
Already in classical antiquity people dealt with the principle of formation, developing different theories. Researchers in the renaissance, working in the conflict zone between tradition and experience, tried to prove one or the other of these theories by the means of new observations, especially of chicken development. Aldrovandi was the first to see the real principle of formation of the hen's egg, i. e. the blastodisc, but he didn't recognize the importance of his discovery due to his close adherence to Aristotle in the theoretical field. Fabricius even thought that traditional knowledge was of more importance than his own excellent observations. Parisano was the first to succeed in maki…
De piscibus et aquatilibus libelli III novi (Zürich 1556) Ein bisher unbeachtetes zoologisches Werk von Conrad Gesner
1990
Conrad Gesner was one of the main representatives of Renaissance-Humanism. Although having great respect for the knowledge handed down by classical antiquity, he combined his studies of the ancient authors with empirical knowledge obtained by immediate observation of nature. His most famous work was the great „Historia animalium”, a comprehense encyclopedia of zoology. Preparing this main zoological work Gesner wrote a small book about fishes „De piscibus et aquatilibus libri III novi” (1556), through which it is possible to gain a deep insight into Gesner's preparatory work and method.