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简介:Cartimandua'srolehasbeenmuchdiscussedbymodernhistorians.1HerpositionasqueenoftheBrigantes,wifeofVenutiusandclientofRomehasbeendefinedbyscholarsinthepreviousfiftyyears.OneareanotthoroughlyexaminedisTacitus'portrayalofhercharacter,whichchangesdramaticallyfromthelengthypassageinAnnals12.32-40totheshortaccountofHistories3.45.Whileneithersectionflattersthemonarch,TacitusdestroyshercharacterintheHistories,equatingherwithfiguressuchasG...
简介:InJournalofAncientCivilizations11(1996),pages86-88,IdiscussedtheproblemoftheMasdaandAkiticalendarsusedinPuzris-Dagan(Drehem)duringSulgi44-48:theearlieryearsbeganfromthemasdamonth(=iti-mas-da-ku)butthelateronesbeganfromtheakinmonth.AtthattimeIdidnotknowhowandwhenthefirstmonthofayearfromthemasdamonthchangedtotheakitimonthduringthatperiodoffiveyears.InthatarticleIdatedSulgi44-48i-xiiaccordingtotheyearsandmonthsofMasdacalendar,whichbeganwiththemonth(iti)ofmas-da-ku(i)andendedwiththemonthofiti-se-kin-kud(xii).Is...