In terms of archaeology, towns and villas had been central to territorial organization and to patterns of production and consumption under the Romans. Under Germanic rulers, by contrast, unenclosed, irregular, agglomerations of houses seem to have been the dominant settlements, and in many areas ...
Most buildings had their own latrines on the ground floor often connected to the sewer but vast numbers of Romans lived either at an awkward distance from the latrines or on the upper floors of buildings. These either carried their sewage to cesspools, or notwithstanding, laws to the contrary...
1、英语国家概况(Overview of English speaking countries)Chapter 1 land and peopleDifferent names and territories of the United KingdomWhen people speak of Britain, they often use different names: Britain, Great Britain, England, the British Isles, the United Kingdom, and so on. Are these names...
[1]Paul refers to actual heads (the part of the body on top of our necks) only a few times in his letters: once in Romans (Rom. 12:20) and a few times in1 Corinthians 11(1 Cor. 11:4,5,7,10). Note, however, that literal heads (twice) and metaphorical heads (twice) seem ...
4 BC – Emmaus is razed and burnt down by Romans after Jewish attack on garrison 66 AD – Rebuilt Emmaus becomes the town of Toparchy 70,135 AD – During the Jewish Revolts, Romans have walled camps in Emmaus 221/223 AD – Emmaus raises to level of Roman City and named Nikopolis (“...
The enacting of these ceremonies has a threefold form: the Tabernacle; the first Temple of Solomon and the Second Temple, until its destruction by the Romans in AD 70. These three sanctuaries designated different periods of religious history of prophesy....
Asturian or Asturian language is the autochthonous Romance spoken between the linguistic areas of Galician and Spanish (see Figure 1 and Figure 2). It is spoken in the autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias (the area where it is most widely used), in the north east of the...
Nudge theory is a flexible and modern change-management concept for the understanding how people think, make decisions, and behave; helping people improve their thinking and decisions; managing change of all sorts and; identifying and modifying existing unhelpful influences on people. Nudge theory was...
The Greeks and the Romans usedpennyroyalplant to induce menstruation and abortion. Native Americans use blue cohosh as traditional birth control. Soranus, a gynecologist from 2nd century had describedabortifacientactivity of common rue. Evaluation of herbs for their effect on the reproductive system has...
The medicinal properties of the cardiac glycosides were known to the ancient Egyptians as well as the Romans who used it as an emetic, heart tonic, and diuretic [49]. Today, more than 200 cardiac glycoside-containing plants are used medicinally. For example, the foxglove Digitalis purpurea (...