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1. Primer Seminario Hispano-Italiano de Estudios Sobre el Judaísmo.

Author

Capelli, Piero

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *SEMINARS, *JEWISH studies, *GRECO-Roman civilization, *ANCIENT civilization -- Jewish influences
Abstract

The article offers information on the topics discussed at the first Spanish-Italian Seminar organized by the Spanish National Council for Research (CSIC) in Jewish studies which was held in Rome on December 4-5, 2008. Reportedly, several scholars discussed the impact of Greco-Roman philosophy, science and law in the ancient and medieval Jewish cultures.

Published
2009
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2. A Soap Dish That Changed History.

Author

BROWNWORTH, LARS

Subjects
*BATHING accessories, *CHAMBERLAINS (Royal households), *TAXATION, *GRECO-Roman civilization, REIGN of Constans II, Byzantine Empire, 641-668
Abstract

The article focuses on an incident involving a soap dish that changed history. On September 15, 668, a chamberlain, upset about paying taxes, snuck into the imperial bathhouse in Sicily, Italy and hit Emperor Constans II with a soap dish that led to his death. It relates how Constans II ruled in which he stripped the Pantheon of its bronze and imposed taxes that forced husbands into slavery and wives into prostitution. After the death of Constans II, the Arabs conquered the Middle East and wiped out seven centuries of Greco-Roman civilization.

Published
2009

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