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Climate Change, Migration, and Violence in Late Antiquity 气候变化、移民和古代晚期的暴力

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.3.391

Ryan R. Abrecht

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Bluets of Late Antiquity 古代晚期的蓝色

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.2.335

Michael Motia

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Review: Art of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 回顾:古希腊、罗马和拜占庭帝国艺术，波士顿美术博物馆

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.3.561

Gretel Rodríguez

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Presentism and the Study of Late Antiquity 现代主义与古代晚期研究

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.4.571

Kristina Sessa

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Clerics in Church and Society in Late Antiquity 古代晚期教会和社会中的神职人员

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.1.143

S. Adamiak

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The Status and Role of Doorkeepers in the Early Medieval West 中世纪早期西方守门人的地位和作用

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.1.148

J. Day

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Review: Arab Conquests and Early Islamic Historiography: The Futuh al-Buldan of al-Baladhuri, by Ryan J. Lynch 《阿拉伯征服与早期伊斯兰史学:巴尔杜里的未来》，瑞安·j·林奇著

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.1.202

S. Anthony

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Refiguring Sex Work in the Life of Theodoros of Sykeon 西肯的西奥多罗斯生活中的性工作重新定位

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.3.457

Joel DowlingSoka

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The Tower of Babel and Language Corruption 巴别塔和语言腐败

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.3.482

Yu. V. Minets

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Review: Preaching Christology in the Roman Near East: A Study of Jacob of Serugh, by Philip Michael Forness 回顾:《在罗马近东宣讲基督论:西鲁的雅各研究》，作者:菲利普·迈克尔·福尼斯

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.2.375

Blake Hartung

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