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Tokens and social life in Roman imperial Italy
This is a unique and accessible introduction to an underutilised source, Roman tokens, with a focus on those found in Imperial Italy. It explains how tokens can illuminate all kinds of issues such as identity, entertainment, euergetism, imperial ideology, festivals, material culture and everyday life
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- 9781009030434
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- xix, 248 pages; illustration
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- 937 ROW t
Finding the Limits of the Limes : Modelling Demography, Economy and Transport…
This open access book demonstrates the application of simulation modelling and network analysis techniques in the field of Roman studies. It summarizes and discusses the results of a 5-year research project carried out by the editors that aimed to apply spatial dynamical modelling to reconstruct and understand the socio-economic development of the Dutch part of the Roman frontier (limes) zone, …
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- 9783030045760
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- 936.4 ver
Transformation literacy : pathways to regenerative civilizations
This open access book brings science and practice together and inspires a global movement towards co-creating regenerative civilizations that work for 100% of humanity and the Earth as a whole. With its conceptual foundation of the concept of transformation literacy it enhances the knowledge and capacity of decision-makers, change agents and institutional actors to steward transformations effec…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783030932541
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- XIV, 350
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- 303.4
Ancient divination and experience
The introduction to this volume describes the contribution that it makes to scholarship on ancient divinatory practices. It analyses previous and current research, arguing that while this predominantly functionalist work reveals important socio-political dimensions of divination, it also runs the risk of obscuring from view the very people, ideologies, and experiences that scholars seek to unde…
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- 9780198844549
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- ix, 285p.
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- 203.2 ANC a
The Roman Empire; Roots Of Imperialism
A millennium and a half after the end of the period of its unquestioned dominance, Rome remains a significant presence in western culture. This book explores what the empire meant to its subjects. The idea of Rome has long outlived the physical empire that gave it form, and now holds sway over vastly more people and a far greater geographical area than the Romans ever ruled. It continues to sha…
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- 9781849645478
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- Knowledge Unlatched (KU)
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Rome: An Empire of Many Nations New Perspectives on Ethnic Diversity and Cul…
The center of gravity in Roman studies has shifted far from the upper echelons of government and administration in Rome or the Emperor's court to the provinces and the individual. The multi-disciplinary studies presented in this volume reflect the turn in Roman history to the identities of ethnic groups and even single individuals who lived in Rome's vast multinational empire. The purpose is le…
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- 9781009256193
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- xii, 428 p ; ill
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- 937.06 ROM J
God's babies : natalism and bible interpretation in modern America
The human population's annual total consumption is not sustainable by one planet. This unprecedented situation calls for a reform of religious cultures that promote a large ideal family size. Many observers assume that Christianity is inevitably part of this problem because it promotes "family values" and statistically, in America and elsewhere, has a higher birthrate than nonreligious people. …
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- 9781783740543
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- x, 248 p. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 261.835 MCK g
Handbook of ancient Afro-Eurasian economies : volume 1,. contexts
The notion of the “Silk Road” that the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen invented in the 19th century has lost attraction to scholars in light of large amounts of new evidence and new approaches. The handbook suggests new conceptual and methodological tools for researching ancient economic exchange in a global perspective with a strong focus on recent debates on the nature of pre-m…
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- 9783110607741
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- XII, 758 p.
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- 330.93 RED h
Interferometry and synthesis in radio astronomy
The third edition of this indispensable book in radio interferometry provides extensive updates to the second edition, including results and technical advances from the past decade; discussion of arrays that now span the full range of the radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum observable from the ground, 10 MHz to 1 THz; an analysis of factors that affect array speed; and an expanded discus…
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- 9783319444314
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- xlvi, 872p. : ill.
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- 522.682 THO i
Conceptualizing Environmental Citizenship for 21st Century Education
This open access book is about the development of a common understanding of environmental citizenship. It conceptualizes and frames environmental citizenship taking an educational perspective. Organized in four complementary parts, the book first explains the political, economic and societal dimensions of the concept. Next, it examines environmental citizenship as a psychological concept with a…
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- 9783030202491
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- XIII, 261 p.
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- Environmental Discourses in Science Education
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- 370 CON c
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