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One Plague for Another? Interdisciplinary Shortcomings in Plague Studies and the Place of the Black Death in Histories of the Justinianic Plague 一场瘟疫传染另一场?鼠疫研究的跨学科缺陷和查士丁尼大瘟疫史上黑死病的地位

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.4.575

T. Newfield

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Everyday Life in extremis 极端情况下的日常生活

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.3.385

Ra‘anan Boustan

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Review: Emperor and Senators in the Reign of Constantius II: Maintaining Imperial Rule Between Rome and Constantinople in the Fourth Century AD, by Muriel Moser 评论：《君士坦提乌斯二世统治时期的皇帝和元老院：公元4世纪维持罗马和君士坦丁堡之间的帝国统治》，穆里尔·莫瑟著

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.2.380

M. Salzman

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Review: Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia: Ephrem’s Hymns on Faith, by Jeffrey Wickes 书评:《古代美索不达米亚晚期的圣经和诗歌:埃弗勒姆关于信仰的赞美诗》，杰弗里·威克斯著

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.1.209

Ophir Münz-Manor

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African Ecclesiastical Wealth 非洲教会财富

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.2.248

Erika T. Hermanowicz

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Digital Perspectives on Overland Travel and Communications in the Exarchate of Ravenna (Sixth through Eighth Centuries) 拉文纳区陆路旅行和通讯的数字视角(六世纪至八世纪)

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2022.6.2.284

Lucas McMahon

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Review: The Sogdians: Influencers on the Silk Roads, by Arthur M. Sackler Gallery 书评:粟特人:丝绸之路上的影响者，亚瑟·m·萨克勒画廊

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2021.5.3.467

Sonya S. Lee

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Constantine’s Radiate Statue and the Founding of Constantinople 君士坦丁辐射雕像与君士坦丁堡的建立

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2021.5.3.292

Diliana N. Angelova

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Between the Lines 字里行间

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2021.5.3.432

C. Moss

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Being Roman in the Sasanian Empire 在萨珊帝国成为罗马人

Studies in Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1525/sla.2021.5.3.361

Simcha Gross

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