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Nineveh Sails For The New World: Assyria Envisioned By Nineteenth-Century America, Steven W. Holloway Jan 2004

Nineveh Sails For The New World: Assyria Envisioned By Nineteenth-Century America, Steven W. Holloway

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The Column And Coinage Of C. Duilius: Innovations In Iconography In Large And Small Media In The Middle Republic, Eric Kondratieff Jan 2004

The Column And Coinage Of C. Duilius: Innovations In Iconography In Large And Small Media In The Middle Republic, Eric Kondratieff

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"[From the conclusion]: This discussion presents a linked series of hypotheses, each one suggested in its turn by evidence relating directly to C. Duilius (cos. 260), and contextualized by near-contemporary precedents wherever possible, or relevant-seeming analogues from slightly later periods. Taken together, these hypotheses support a plausible scenario in which the elogium on Duilius’ rostral column may be read not only as an account of a cunning and audacious commander whose pioneering efforts in naval warfare destroyed the myth of Carthaginian supremacy at sea, but also as an encomium on a generous benefactor to Rome’s citizenry. The inscription’s redactor has …


A ‘New’ Kutir-Nahhunte Ii Text, Steven W. Holloway Jan 2004

A ‘New’ Kutir-Nahhunte Ii Text, Steven W. Holloway

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