Comment a-t-on apprécié et compris la sculpture de l’Antiquité tardive et du haut Moyen Âge auxXIXe-XXe siècles ? by Pierre-Yves Le Pogam

“…Since the sculptures of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages were discovered during the modern period, they have given rise to contradictory judgements. …”
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Stations routières en Gaule romaine : architecture, équipements et fonctions by Fabien Colleoni

“…The subject, which is of interest to both political and economic history, warrants a new perspective in the light of recent archaeological data emerging for the period from the end of the Republican era to late Antiquity. On the basis of architectural models that could be considered as resulting from specific Roman policies, the contributions brought together in this collection are primarily concerned with providing a detailed analysis of the architecture of these roadside establishments, and the facilities they encompassed. …”
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Sasanian Cities Historical and Archaeological Perspectives by Meysam Labbaf-haniky

“…The Sasanian cities, presenting the complicated form of the cities during the late antiquity, have been investigated by Reza Mehrafarin in the book entitled ‘Sasanian Cities’. …”
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Matérialiser la frontière autour de l’empereur dans l’Antiquité tardive by Maxime Emion

“…This paper investigates the various elements materialising a frontier between the emperor and common mortals in Late Antiquity, between the 4th and the 6th century AD, especially in the framework of the imperial court ceremonial. …”
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Une trompe romaine (tuba) à Brie-Comte-Robert (Seine-et-Marne) ? by Cyril Driard, Fabien Pilon

“…These pieces are part of many metal elements found at the site, whose one of the specialties during the late Antiquity was the recycling of metals. These elements are not the most spectacular of the lot, but they have drawn our attention because of their similarity with roman removable straight horns parts from Neuvy-en-Sullias, Saint-Just-sur-Dive and Pompeii. …”
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Les agglomérations du Centre-Est de la Gaule : quel devenir durant l’Antiquité tardive ? by Pierre Nouvel, Stéphane Venault

“…Despite the difficulties encountered relating to methodology and documentation, it has been possible to develop an evolving image of Late Antiquity of a series of representative sites. The reality of urban retraction, the abandonment or mutation of public places, the changes of use within these evolutions can now be discussed on a more solid basis. …”
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Les établissements perchés de l’Auvergne (ive-viie s. apr. J.-C.) : de nouvelles formes d’habitat groupé by Sandra Chabert, Damien Martinez

“…The resurgence of hilltop settlements that began in the Late Antiquity in Gaul is now at the heart of Roman period and medieval archaeological research. …”
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Des allégories des Saisons sur les tissus coptes by Amandine Mérat

“…This search for identities is moreover often distorted or led astray by the Western vision of researchers who, influenced by Christian art of the medieval period, regularly attribute a Christian saintly dimension to any figure with a nimbus around his or her head. But during Late Antiquity, the nimbus was first and foremost an attribute of Roman and pagan origin, destined to highlight all sorts of illustrious figures, whether historical or mythological, such as emperors, heroes and allegories. …”
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L’utilisation du bois dans les aménagements portuaires antiques de Narbonne/Narbo Martius (Aude) by Corinne Sanchez, Jean-Michel Fabre, Sophie Coadic, Julie Labussière, Benoit Favennec, Marie-Pierre Jézégou, Stéphanie Wicha

“…AD; - the phases of reconstruction/repair, especially during Late Antiquity ; - finally, the remains of a probable unloading machine. …”
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Entre Narbonnaise et Italie : le territoire de la province des Alpes Maritimae pendant l’Antiquité romaine (ier s. av. J.-C. - ve s. apr. J.-C.) by Stéphane Morabito

“…The territorial expansion continued during the 2nd century AD with the integration of four new civitates: Dinia/Digne, Caturigomagus/Chorges, Eburodunum/Embrun and Rigomagus/Faucon-de-Barcelonnette. During Late Antiquity, the province will go through an internal reorganization. …”
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Le castrum de l’Antiquité tardive et du haut Moyen Âge de Mandeure et l’établissement fortifié de hauteur de Château-Julien (Doubs) by David Billoin, Cédric Cramatte

“…They allowed to reconsider the town evolution between the Late Iron Age and the Early Middle Ages but above all to understand the extent of changes that the town goes through during the Late Antiquity; the construction of a castrum and of an Early Christian basilica on the spot of a military camp built in the mid-4th c. …”
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Schemata Isagogica. Osservazioni sui prologhi di alcuni commenti logici del XII secolo a Isagoge e Categorie by Pietro Podolak

“…The literary culture of late antiquity established a list of questions to be answered before studying an author or a text. …”
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Un établissement rural gallo-romain à Gellainville " Le Radray " (Eure-et-Loir) (fin du Ier s. av. J.-C.-fin du IVe s. ap. J.-C.) by Hervé Delhoofs, Julie Rivière, Jonathan Simon, David Wavelet

“…The structures of the late antiquity do not follow the former limits. The occupation is materialized by four pouds and some buildings disposed inside und south of a trapezoïdal enclosure. …”
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Ansanus “the Baptizer” and the Problem of Siena’s Non-Existent Early Episcopacy (c. 1100–1600) by Carol A. Anderson

“…Seemingly confirming this assessment, the Sienese Church possessed no hagiographic tradition of early bishops that would prove that their urban settlement was a true <i>civitas</i> in late antiquity. As part of their effort to verify that their city had not only Roman but also early Christian origins, the Sienese, primarily spearheaded by lay officials, refashioned the image of their martyr-saint, Ansanus (d. 296). …”
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Consuetudo Legis: Writing Down Customs in the Roman Empire (2nd–5th Century CE) by Soazick Kerneis

“…My paper will promote the view of legal anthropology to understand the role of the custom in Late Antiquity. I focus on the fact that custom can be understood as a privilege (privata lex), especially in the case of the first national laws given to barbarian tribes established in the Late Roman Empire. …”
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Un aménagement de berge antique sur l’Auron, pour la villa de Lazenay à Bourges (Cher) by Alain Ferdière, Emmanuel Marot

“…They are part of the very vast archaeological complex of the “Lazenay” site occupied from Protohistory to the Middle Ages, more particularly linked to the large villa that developed in this area between the 1st c. BC and Late Antiquity. The port development consists of a “quay” with a wooden frame and a rubble stone structure, forming the corner of a small basin set back from the left bank of the Auron river. …”
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The Stoic Tradition by John Sellars

“…The Neoplatonic practice of writing commentaries on the works of both Plato and Aristotle in late antiquity was central, laying the foundations for the subsequent philosophical traditions in Greek, Arabic, and Latin during the Middle Ages. …”
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The City of Orik in the Writings of Ancient Authors and Archaeological Records by Aleks Trushaj, Gladiola Elezi

“…This study provides a comprehensive analysis of all available ancient textual evidence of Orik, tracing its evolution from the 5th century BCE to late antiquity. The examination of these written sources is crucial for reconstructing the history and topography of Orik, which cannot be fully identified only by archaeological data. …”
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From utility to imperial propaganda: (Re)discovering a milestone of Constantine I from the vicinity of Bona Mansio and emporion Pistiros and its significance for the study of the ‘... by Emil Nankov

“…A new look at the milestone’s findspot, date, historical context and relation to other milestones found in the region is necessary because its place of discovery puts the actual route of the ‘Via Diagonalis’ in close proximity to the fortified settlement at Gradishteto near Asardere, situated ca. 2 km west of “Kaldarmata” and ca. 5 km east of the town of Vetren, commonly identified with Bona Mansio, which was the last road station in the territory of Philippopolis during Late Antiquity. The diachronic analysis of other milestones found in the region allows us to capture the milestone’s evolving function as a medium of communication between the imperial administration and its subjects within the 3rd and the 4th centuries AD; from a road accessory providing practical information to travellers into an administrative tool displaying imperial propaganda. …”
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Aux origines gauloises de Tours (Indre-et-Loire) : état des connaissances by Sandrine Linger-Riquier

“…It benefitted from the privilege of being a free city during the Early Roman Empire, subsequently becoming a chief town of the Lyonnaise III during Late Antiquity; but was it of Gallic origin? Since the 18th c., this question has divided local scholars, because the ancient town’s name, Caesarodunum, tends to indicate a foundation by Caesar. …”
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