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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Un service de table en bronze et argent soigneusement rangé dans une cave à Reims/Durocortorum by Michaël Brunet, Fabienne Médard, Magalie Cavé, Stéphane Sindonino

“…The unequal state of conservation of the cellar (presence of intruding modern circulation networks and masonry recovery when the site was abandoned at the end of Antiquity) prevents us from establishing the presence or absence of wall openings. …”
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L’infanticide féminin en question chez les Gaulois du Midi : l’apport des analyses ADN sur les nouveau-nés enterrés dans les habitats de l’âge du Fer by Bernard Dedet, Henri Duday, Philippe Gruat, Mélanie Pruvost

“…It is also attested to by ancient texts, notably in Greece and Rome, as well as within the considered region during late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It will of course be necessary to extend paleogenetic analyses to other assemblages of perinatal subjects to confirm or refute this hypothesis, and to determine whether this very particular “recruitment” according to sex is the result of a widespread phenomenon, whether from a geographical or chronological point of view, or whether it is specific to a few sites, perhaps related to a localized occurrence of economic or social crisis. …”
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„O pecunia totius mali regina, fraudis et doli amica...“ Peníze v kultuře středověku by Tomáš Krejčík

“…Yet on the other hand ideas began to appear and spread which were drawn from the legacy of antiquity and which judged money according to the positive and negative effect it had on society. …”
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L’aqueduc de Fontanières : un cinquième aqueduc romain à Lyon ? by Jean-Yves Barbier

“…Within this transitional zone, the steep hillside at the foot of which flows the Saône, downstream from and at its confluence with the Rhône in Antiquity, extends from west to east between the communes of Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Metropolis of Lyon) and La Mulatière (Metropolis of Lyon) around a north-south road built into a ledge that follows, mid-slope, the direction of the Narbonne road that provided access to Lugdunum from the south. …”
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A Pragmatic Approach to Rhetorical Technique of "Exaggeration" Based on Grice’s "Cooperative Principle" by Hassan Rahmani, Qasem Mokhtari, Mohammad Jorfi, Ebrahim Anari Bozchlooi, Mahmoud Shahbazi

“…Despite its value and importance, we observe that the beautiful and captivating visage of this science has long been covered in the dust of antiquity and obsolescence, with little effort made to scientifically explain its subtleties and delicacies. …”
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Le travail des peaux et du cuir durant le Haut-Empire à Bordeaux/Burdigala (Gironde), d’après les vestiges mis au jour sur le site de la rue Jean-Fleuret by Vanessa Elizagoyen, Christophe Sireix, Gisèle Allenet de Ribemont, Laurence Benquet, Philippe Borgard, Emilie Claud, Katleen Couchez, Marie-France Dietsch-Sellami, Stéphan Dubernet, Véronique Guitton, Jérôme Hénique, Yannick Le Digol, Martine Leguilloux, Sébastien Lepetz, Fabrice Leroy, Hélène Martin, Alain Queffelec, Stéphanie Raux, Nima Saedlou, Farid Sellami, Laure Simon, Serge Vigier

“…This is the first evidence in Antiquity of the use of alum for the “whitening” of cattle hides, a process previously thought to have appeared in modern times. …”
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Activités artisanales sur la rive droite de la Vesle à Reims/Durocortorum by Émilie Jouhet, Michaël Brunet, Pierre Mathelart, Véronique Matterne

“…This archaeological operation is the first to have provided the opportunity to uncover and study the right bank of the Vesle River during Antiquity, spanning a length of nearly 50 m. Moreover, this location is situated in an area where the water table is shallow and allowed for excellent preservation of plant remains, as well as artifacts and architectural elements composed of perishable materials. …”
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Architecture et réfection des aqueducs d’Orléans/Cenabum (Loiret) by Julien Courtois, Mathilde Noël, Franck Verneau

“…The chronology of the two basins is poor, but they seem to post-date the construction of aqueduct B.The aqueduct continued to function during Late Antiquity, since a very special arrangement, dated to this period, was found at the foot of a manhole north of the Fontaine de l’Étuvée sanctuary. …”
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Une pompe hydraulique romaine en bois en contexte d’incendie à Reims/Durocortorum by Cyril Driard

“…Indeed, it is only the nineteenth specimen to be identified for the Roman Empire and merely the ninth to be discovered in the ancient Roman province of Belgica. During Antiquity, the sector excavated at 45 rue de Thillois was located in the western districts of Durocortorum, 45 m north of the decumanus maximus, 600 m west of the forum and about 400 m from the Vesle river. …”
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A Comparative study of Daiva's Sin and its Evolution in the Stories of Ancient Iran and Ta'ziehs of Daiva's Tying Thumb Based on Six Poetic Verses by Mahdi mohamadi, Adel Meghdadian, Abolfazl Tajik

“…In taziyeh, the demon no longer refers to the evil of antiquity and Zoroastrian texts. It is a creature that has chosen the wrong path and not inherently evil. …”
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