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Playing with the traces of history. A proposal for curricular historical study from heritage
Published 2023-12-01“…The next section explains the criteria which enabled the production of the games, with a focus on a game named "Per le strade di Ercolano", the well known ancient roman city. Finally, the paper highlights the results of the work of historians and archaeologists, it outlines the methods of the didactic transfer and it describes the experience taken in a primary school class.…”
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Conservation interventions at the site of Berenike (Egypt): challenges and solutions in an ancient city of the Eastern Desert
Published 2018-07-01“…The paper focuses on the specific conditions making this site unique and an ideal place for the preservation of all materials, paying special attention to the ancient harbor area with its significant number of remains of carbonized wood belonging on the whole to several ancient Roman ships. Interventions on these materials are discussed with the goal of determining the basic problems faced by conservators working at this site, the extent to which these interventions should be carried and the scientific dialogue with archaeologists and field specialists.…”
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Interpretazione degli effetti sismici e analisi dinamica dei collassi in Ostia Antica
Published 2021-12-01“…For those ancient structures that have collapsed, signs of destructive events remain, allowing a chronology of events to be reconstructed, as in the ancient Roman port of Ostia. The impression given by the excava- tions in Ostia regarding the causes and dynamics of collapse, which affected both ordinary and monumental buildings, is that of a center which, in addition to natural degradation due to progressive abandonment and the ravages of man, suffered the concomitant dis- astrous effects of several natural disasters. …”
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GPR Investigation at the Archaeological Site of Le Cesine, Lecce, Italy
Published 2021-10-01“…The investigations have been performed in a site close to the Adriatic Sea, only slightly explored up to now, and where the presence of an ancient Roman harbour is alleged on the basis of remains visible above all under the current sea level. …”
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Cultures of secrecy in pre-modern papal elections
Published 2018“…The chapter shows how the evolving culture of secrecy reflected the strange hybrid constitution that gave rise to it: an elective monarchy with elements drawn from contemporary ideas about princes, older ecclesiastical strata and even the political practices of the ancient Roman Republic. It addresses changing understandings of secrecy and their immediate impact; they explain how theology justified – or even mandated – such understandings and how they interacted with the political calculations that all cardinals had to make individually or corporately. …”
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Depiction of the neuroscientific principles of human motion 2 millennia ago by Lucretius.
Published 2011“…Titus Lucretius Carus was an ancient Roman philosopher of the Epicurean school whose epic poem On the Nature of Things described numerous aspects of the natural world. …”
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Research progress in preparation and application of Janus membranes
Published 2020-07-01“…Among various kinds of membranes, Janus membrane, the name of which comes from the ancient Roman mythology that the god exhibits two faces, exhibits superior properties to homogenous membranes by reason of its asymmetric morphology or chemical composition on its two sides. …”
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Sebastiano Ittar, architetto: archeologia disegno, città progetto
Published 2023-12-01“…Ittar’s project for Palazzo Scuderi-Bonaccorso is investigated in comparison with his sketches of an ancient Roman spa building, with the aim of demonstrating that for him archeology was not just a fruitful subject of study, but even a fertile source of inspiration. …”
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0284 The Role of Antiquities between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
Published 2023-09-01“…During the delicate stages of their alliance in and after 1936, the Fascist regime, which considered itself the legitimate heir of the ancient Roman Empire, intensified the promotion of its role as a leading arbiter of cultural matters. …”
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3D reconstruction and uncertainty modelling using Fuzzy Logic of Archaeological Structures: applied to the Temple of Diana in Nemi, Italy
Published 2016“…On one hand, this work provides a virtual 3D reconstructing of an ancient Roman temple named “Sanctuary of Diana” located in Nemi, Italy, in different levels of detail using a procedural modelling approach. …”
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An educational experience in ancient Rome to evaluate the impact of virtual reality on human learning processes
Published 2023-01-01“…To evaluate the impact of immersive experiences on learning outcomes we developed an educational experience that lets users visit an ancient Roman Domus and provides information about daily life in Roman times. …”
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Bulgarian perspectives on the abuse of rights in lights of the Directive 2011/7/EU on combating late payment in commercial transactions
Published 2019-12-01“…The abuse of rights as a law concept is well known in continental law families dates back to ancient Roman law. Considering the vision of the Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transaction the Bulgarian legislation offers a new point of view of that concept which is currently been discussed in this article as a new law concept. …”
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Palladio and Vitruvius: composition, style, and vocabulary of the "Quattro libri".
Published 2018-03-01“…Palladio is shown to have preferred vernacular technical terminology to the Vitruvian Greco-Latn vocabulary, except in Book IV of the "Quattro libri" in connection with ancient Roman temples. The composition, style, and vocabulary of the "Quattro libri" are important issues which contribute to an assessment of the extent of Palladio's adherence to the Vitruvian prototype in an age of imitation of classical literary models. …”
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Acoustic Ambience and Simulation of the Bullring of Ronda (Spain)
Published 2024-01-01“…Its configuration as an open-air enclosure with a circular floor plan, as an evocation of the ancient Roman amphitheaters, and its interior with galleries on two levels that house the audience play a fundamental role in the acoustic energy decay and diffusion of the space. …”
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THE ILAC-PROJECT: SUPPORTING ANCIENT COIN CLASSIFICATION BY MEANS OF IMAGE ANALYSIS
Published 2013-07-01“…This paper presents the ILAC project, which aims at the development of an automated image-based classification system for ancient Roman Republican coins. The benefits of such a system are manifold: operating at the suture between computer vision and numismatics, ILAC can reduce the day-to-day workload of numismatists by assisting them in classification tasks and providing a preselection of suitable coin classes. …”
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Pompeji in Paris. Die Quatre Saisons (1821) von Eugène Delacroix
Published 2021-07-01“…In doing so, it examines the artist’s close relationship with ancient art and the way in which Delacroix draws on models from the past and eclectically transforms them for his own artistic needs. The interest for ancient Roman art is also considered according to the role the patron Talma played in the development of the décor. …”
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SOME REMARKS ON SLAVE-SELLERS’ LIABILITY UNDER ROMAN LAW
Published 2022-04-01“…By analyzing legal and other relevant ancient Roman sources, this article probes the fine line between allowable sales talks and legally binding sales promises on a number of peculiar slave sale contracts under Roman law. …”
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<i>Ianus Bifrons</i>: The Two Faces of Metformin
Published 2024-03-01“…The ancient Roman god <i>Ianus</i> was a mysterious divinity with two opposite faces, one looking at the past and the other looking to the future. …”
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An investigation into how teaching a Latin course using the quadrant model fosters agentic learning in students
Published 2016“…They have helped me to refine how the strands of teaching Latin (grammar, translation and the Ancient Roman World) interlink and to be clear on the link between the learning objective, the task and assessment, whatever the task style. …”
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AN UNKNOWN COIN DIE OF AUGUSTUS (27 BC – 14 AD), FOUND NEAR OESCUS ON THE DANUBE
Published 2021-02-01“…The coin die is said to have been found many years ago in the vicinity of the village of Gigen, district of Pleven – near the ancient Roman colony of Ulpia Oescus and is now kept in a private collection. …”
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