Terrestrial and Celestial Frontiers in Late Antiquity

This paper discusses the theoretical and practical implications of the Roman conception of frontier in Late Antiquity. Ancient sources (Aelius Aristides, Anonimus de rebus bellicis, historians) are contrasted to modern research (Isaac, Whittaker). It is focused on the parallelism between the transf...

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Matična publikacija: European Journal for Semiotic Studies
12 (2000), 2 ; str. 383-391
Glavni autor: Ivić, Nenad (-)
Vrsta građe: Članak
Jezik: eng
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