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Ottoman Cyprus: New Studies In An Obscure Field, Kyriakos N. Demetriou

Kyriakos N. Demetriou

This article examines, from a philosophical and political perpective, a number of approaches to the history of Cyprus under the Ottoman Empire, and exposes the major difficulties and unsolved interpretative issues in such attempts.

The Creation And Transmission Of Justinian's Novels, Timothy G. Kearley

Timothy G. Kearley

Review Of John Richardson, The Language Of Empire: Rome And The Idea Of Empire From The Third Century Bc To The Second Century Ad, Fred Drogula

Fred K. Drogula

Remarks On David Daube’S Lectures On Sale, With Special Attention To The Liber Homo And Res Extra Commercium, Ernest Metzger

Ernest Metzger

This article discusses a collection of lecture notes on the Roman law of sale prepared by David Daube for an advanced course conducted at the University of Aberdeen from 1954 to 1955. The article considers in detail Daube’s lecture on the sale of the liber homo and res extra commercium in Roman law. An excerpt from that lecture is attached as an Appendix. His treatment of the subject is unfinished (and unpublished), though it is possible to see how his views might have developed. The final section offers an opinion on Daube’s approach to interpreting texts and its value to …

Civil Procedure In Classical Rome: Having An Audience With The Magistrate, Ernest Metzger

Ernest Metzger

During the classical period of Roman law, civil lawsuits were divided into two proceedings: a brief proceeding before the magistrate, who decided certain preliminary matters, and a longer proceeding before a judge, who tried the case. The first proceeding is said to take place “in iure,” which roughly means “in the magistrate’s court.” Unfortunately the figure “in court” has been understood too strictly to refer to the whole of the first phase, and this has given rise to the misunderstanding that the whole of the first phase took place in the magistrate’s presence. The better view is that the first …

Entries On "Priam And Hecuba", "Tiresias", And "Theseus", Carolin Hahnemann

Carolin Hahnemann

Review Of Robert Garland, Hannibal, Fred Drogula

Fred K. Drogula

Confucian Moral Cultivation, Longevity, And Public Policy, Chenyang Li

Chenyang Li

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Revealing Iberian Woodcraft: Conserved Wooden Artefacts From South-East Spain, Pablo Rosser

pablo rosser

Yolanda Carrion & Pablo Rosser Six wells at Tossal de les Basses in Spain captured a large assemblage of Iberian woodworking debris. The authors’ analysis distinguishes a wide variety of boxes, handles, staves, pegs and joinery made in different and appropriate types of wood, some – like cypress – imported from some distance away. We have here a glimpse of a sophisticated and little known industry of the fourth century BC.