Computational and theoretical studies of nodal joints in monolithic buildings by T. A. Belash, A. V. Kuznetsov

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‘Des nouvelles de mon infortunée sœur’: Marie-Antoinette dans les lettres de l’archiduchesse Marie-Christine à l’empereur François by Catriona Seth

“…Her letters, written with ever greater frequency at particularly critical moments, betray, alongside rare moments of optimism, a profound feeling of impotence, which was echoed by a kind of resignation from the Holy Roman emperor. Francis II – the successor to Leopold II, who died suddenly on 1 March 1792 – never met his relative who languished at the Temple and at the Conciergerie before mounting the scaffold. …”
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L’aqueduc du Gier : nouvelles données sur le pont-siphon de Beaunant à Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by David Baldassari, François Blondel, Stéphane Gaillot

“…Dendrochronological analyses revealed that the trees from which the planks were taken were felled in 110 AD, indicating that the construction of the Gier aqueduct took place early in the 2nd century AD at the end of the reign of Emperor Trajan. The excavation also revealed the presence of a large opus caementicium base between piers 18 and 19. …”
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La datation des aqueducs lyonnais : un état des lieux by Aldo Borlenghi, Catherine Coquidé

“…This study picks up and analyses all the arguments used to support one or the other of these dates: the link between the remains of the hill’s water supply network under Augustus and the altitude of arrival of the aqueduct; pipes stamped with the TI · CL · CAES · brand found in the 18th century on Colline de Fourvière; the aqueduct’s protective boundary stones bearing the name of Emperor Hadrian; the attested stamps on the bipedal bricks of the arch and bridge piers; the opus reticulatum mixtum construction technique; the fountain at the enclosure of the fountain at the Verbe Incarné enclos and its water supply; radiocarbon and archaeomagnetic dating. …”
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“Restoration of the Past Scenery-Realm”: A Research on the Scenery-Realm Restoration of Jiang’s Fu Garden During Qing Dynasty in the Historical Revolution of the Humble Administrat... by Qian BIAN

“…ObjectiveThe Humble Administrator’s Garden in Suzhou, initially constructed during the reign of Emperor Zhengde in Ming Dynasty, has undergone a series of transformations and periods of decline and revival. …”
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Dramatic and Cinematic Potentials of the Fifth Dome in Nizami's Haft Peykar by Heydar Ali Dahmarde, Hojat Raeisi

“…The first section encompasses the beginning and ending of the book, detailing the life of Bahram V, a Sassanid emperor, from his birth to his death. This part employs a historical narrative style. …”
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Le camp légionnaire romain de Mayence/Mogontiacum (Allemagne) : nouveaux résultats sur l’enceinte et la chronologie by Daniel Burger-Völlmecke

“…This radical new alignment was likely connected with the restructuring of the Rhine frontier by Emperor Tiberius in AD 17, which also coincided with a renunciation of the hitherto offensive policy in Germania. …”
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Causes of death among the Ceasars (27 BC-AD 476) by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…On the average emperors in the Early Empire ruled for a longer period (12,7 years as against 6,0 years), and died slightly later (53,4 years as against 46,0 years) than subsequent emperors. …”
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Fooling the eye: trompe l’oeil porcelain in High Qing China by Chih-en Chen

“…Porcelain imitation of other materials, or so-called ‘trompe l'oeil’ porcelain, popular from the late Yongzheng to the Qianlong period, has been regarded as an aesthetic representative of Chinese emperors as well as an iconography of court power. …”
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L’évolution et les mobilités spatiales de la ville de Musumb, capitale de l’empire lunda de 1852 à 1885 by Liévain Mwangal Mpalang’a-Maruv

“…This role will be examined by analysing the reigns of the various emperors who succeeded each other on the throne during the pre-colonial period, and the political and social dynamics which pushed the movements of this capital into the Lunda State. …”
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Organizacja prefektury annony w okresie pryncypatu by Wojciech Wierzbicki

“…The article outlines the organisational background to the whole project, as well as the personal involvements of various emperors because of the political importance of the process of supplying Rome with grain.…”
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Le portrait royal sculpté en médaillon en France aux xvie et xviie siècles : de François Ier à Louis XIV by Sarah Munoz

“…From Francis Ier to Louis XIV, this motif inspired by roman medals was used to glorify the image of the king, in the same way they celebrated emperors during Antiquity. The use of this type of royal portrait followed the French craze for heads in roundels, which adorned numerous 16th century buildings and 17th century tombs, yet these sculpted medallions outlived this architectural phase. …”
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Des allégories des Saisons sur les tissus coptes by Amandine Mérat

“…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. Taking this observation as a starting point and based on examples from Greco-Roman art, itself strongly influenced by Egyptian weavers, an in-depth study of tapestries in the museums of the Louvre, Rennes and Rouen enabled the identification of the figures represented to be reconsidered and to demonstrate that they were in actual fact pagan allegories, linked to the theme of the Seasons.…”
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A Review of Perceptions of Classical Armenia: Romano-Parthian Relations by Yaser Malekzadeh, Sorour Khorashadi

“…This research has mainly focused on the military actions of the Roman emperors from 70 BC to 200 AD. By comparing the various views on the foreign policy of the Romans in the Eastern regions, the political controversy, and especially the conflict between the Romans and the Parthians during these periods, it was aimed to show the image of the Parthians that Romans had in their mind. …”
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The traces of roman metallurgy in Eastern Serbia by Petković Sofija

“…Roman mining-metallurgical activities in eastern Serbia flourished from the end of the 3rd century, were interrupted by the invasion of Huns in AD 441. and restored in the time of emperors Anastasius and Justin I, in the end of the 5th - beginning of the 6th centuries. …”
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The “golden age” of Russian serfdom by O. Yu. Yakhshiyan

“…The article discusses in detail the practice of distribution by emperors and empresses of lands with peasants into ownership as a reward for special merits. …”
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Chrudimský Kristus a zázračné souřadnice jeho barokní legendy by Pavel Panoch

“…Early Modern Ages created several opposite theories on its historical origin – the scholars looked for its provenance in the Biblical Era, within the artistic collections of the emperors and Bohemian kings Charles IV. and Rudolf II., or they made a groundless direct connection between the oil-painting and the works of German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder. …”
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The Greek Revolution of 1821 and Russian Policy in the Eastern Question by E. P. Kudryavtseva

“…It was forced, despite the adherence of the Russian emperors to the principles of the Holy Alliance, not only to provide the rebel Greeks with material and moral support, but also to openly declare to the allies about the existing interests in the Balkans. …”
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THE MEASURE OF ALL GODS: RELIGIOUS PARADIGMS OF THE ANTIQUITY AS ANTHROPOLOGICAL INVARIANTS by A. V. Halapsis

“…Iconoclasm was a Byzantine version of the Reformation, promoted by the Isaurian emperors and failed due to the strong Hellenistic naturalistic lobby. …”
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An Assessment on Balkan Historiography by Abdulkadir Macit

“…The historiography, which was based on the narration of either the history of empires or the history of emperors in the form of special histories, has changed and developed with the methodology and model developed by Muslims. …”
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