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Cesti : : The Extant Fragments / / Iulius Africanus; ed. by Martin Wallraff, Carlo Scardino, Laura Mecella, Christophe Jean-Daniel Guignard.

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Iulius Africanus (3rd cent.) is a fascinating writer in a period of transition. Widely travelled, he belongs to the intellectual élite of the second sophistic. His two main works present a similar encyclopedic approach, but very different contents. He can be considered the “father of Christian chron...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
VerfasserIn:
Iulius Africanus,
MitwirkendeR:
Adler, William,
HerausgeberIn:
Guignard, Christophe Jean-Daniel,
Mecella, Laura,
Scardino, Carlo,
Wallraff, Martin,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte , N.F. 18
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • IULIUS AFRICANUS CESTI
  • Testimonia on General Aspects of the Cesti
  • Michael Psellus as a Critical Reader of the Cesti
  • Material in Direct Transmission
  • Material from Military Literature
  • Material from Hippiatric Literature
  • Material from Metrological Literature
  • Material from Agricultural Literature
  • Material from Alchemical Literature
  • Material from Medical Literature
  • Material from Other Sources
  • INDEXES
  • Figures

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