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Roman portable sundials : the empire in your hand
Talbert investigates miniature sundials which can be adjusted for the owner's whereabouts. They incorporate a list of locations and latitudes for ready reference, data that offers insight into Romans' worldviews. To some perhaps, these sundials were primarily symbols of scientific awarenes...
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Main Author: | Talbert, Richard J. A. (Author, VerfasserIn) |
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Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY
: Oxford University Press
, 2017
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Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/oup-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190273484.001.0001 |
Author Notes: | Richard J.A. Talbert |
E-Book Packages: | Oxford Scholarship Online: Classical Studies Collection |
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