In 58 BCE, Cyprus, an island rich in natural resources and an ancient stronghold of the
Ptolemaic dynasty in the Eastern Mediterranean, was declared property of the Roman …

Pompey the Great's 63 BCE conquest of the Jewish kingdom known as the Hasmonean
State has traditionally been viewed as an inevitable event since the Roman Republic had …

Il" Periplo" di Pseudo-Scilace è la sola opera dell'antichità classica a descrivere l'insieme
delle coste del Mediterraneo. Composto nel IV sec. AC da un ignoto autore di provenienza …

The work known as Sefer Yosippon is a remarkable example of Hebrew historiography that
largely paraphrases Josephus' Antiquitates Judaicae. Likely written during the tenth century …

Babylon, a city of shifting identities, was a constant point of reference for the Mediterranean
world. This article explores the portrayal of the Babylonian queen Semiramis in Greek and …

Entre las ceremonias más conocidas de la religión romana se encuentran los Lupercalia, un
ritual extravagante realizado anualmente por jóvenes nudi que, después de cumplir ciertos …

The traditional view of Solinus' Collectanea rerum memorabilium (or Polyhistor) is that it is a
compilatory work–ie, a collection of (slightly adapted) passages taken mainly from Pliny the …

The article proposes an analysis of the theme of the name of Alexander (nomen Alexandri)
in Justin's Epitome of the Philippic Histories. In his homeland, Alexander's name was …

Il presente lavoro prende in esame le principali fonti letterarie greche di VI-IV sec. aC che
riportano il termine Keltoi, con particolare attenzione al contesto storico e culturale degli …

As is now recognised by many scholars, the concept of Aborigines is a Latin adaptation of
the Greek idea of “autochthonous people”. Being “autochthonous”(literally,“sprung from the …