example during the construction of the Aurelian Wall or, as in the case of the hypogeum of the famous Republican family of the Scipios, to build an apartment house above. In the latter case, the stone slabs [...] in the 1 st - 3 rd centuries of the Imperial Age. First I will show how the lay-out of the sepulchres changed in the course of the centuries, presenting a short chronological overview of the placement [...] sarcophagus for the actual burial, the body could be displayed in the family house for up to seven days. This lying-in-state is depicted on one of the reliefs from the "Tomb of the Haterii," dated to around
sword that chiefly attracted the attention of the Saracen--a broad, straight blade, the seemingly unwieldy length of which extended well-nigh from the shoulder to the heel of the wearer. "Had I not," said [...] examining the iron bar which had been cut asunder; and the blade of the sword was so well tempered as to exhibit not the least token of having suffered by the feat it had performed. He then took the King's [...] snatching up the portion of the cushion which had been cut off, as if to assure himself of the reality of the feat; "there is gramarye in this." The Soldan seemed to comprehend him, for he undid the sort
s of a mythological scene, depicting the arrows, the gods (on the lid or at the sides of the main panel), the nurse, the paidagogos and the parents. Among the Niobids, which can be identified by context [...] e. The rendering of the drapery, the bodies and the chariot appears to be more decorative than descriptive. A cupid floats above the heads of the horses with a whip in one hand and the reins in the other [...] part of the neighbouring littoral. Pantikapaion (modern Kerč) on the Crimean peninsula was the capital of the Bosporan kingdom. In the period considered here, the 1 st and 2 nd centuries, the Bosporan
Jewish text recounting the successful rebellion of the Maccabees against the Seleucids and the institution of an independent Jewish state for the first time in four hundred years. The tone of this text is [...] indeed, the hellenising process reached such a pitch that the priests ceased to show any interest in serving the altar; but scorning the Temple and neglecting the sacrifices, they would hurry, on the stroke [...] stroke of the gong, to take part in the distribution, forbidden by the Law, of the oil on the exercise ground; setting no store by the honours of their fatherland, they esteemed Hellenic glories best of all
ausgefochten, eine Schwächung, die äußeren Feinden zusätzliche Angriffsmöglichkeiten bot. Unter den Severern war das Militär durch Solderhöhungen sowie das Eherecht für aktive Soldaten in den Genuß neuer [...] aetischen Limes unter Maximinus Thrax. In: N. Gudea (ed.), Roman Frontier Studies. Proceedings of the XVIIth International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies (Zalau 1999) 533-537. E. Schallmayer (Hrsg
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