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The Porphyry Column in Constantinople and the Relics of the True Cross
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego (Lodz University Press), 2011)
The complicated fates of the Porphyry Column of emperor Constantine resemble the reach and difficult history of Constantinople, the New Rome and capital of the eastern Empire from its very beginnings. Perceived by the ...
Constantinopolitan Charioteers and Their Supporters
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego (Lodz University Press), 2011)
Support in sport is certainly one of the oldest human passions. Residents of the eastern Roman imperial capital cheered the chariot drivers. The passion for supporting the drivers was common for all groups and social ...
Notes on the Cult of the Fifteen Tiberioupolitan Martyrs in Medieval Bulgaria
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego (Lodz University Press), 2011)
The cult of the fifteen Tiberioupolitan martyrs is one of the most intriguing cults in medieval Bulgaria. There are, however, a lot of questions about this cult, some of which I address in this paper. The earliest evidence ...
Tsar Samuel Against Emperor Basil II: Why Did Bulgaria Loose the Battle with the Byzantine Empire at the Beginning of the 11th Century
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego (Lodz University Press), 2011)
At the beginning of the 11th century, after decades of almost incessant wars with the Byzantine Empire, the Bulgarian state lost its political independence. In many research works on the period in question there is emphasis ...
Book Reviews: Иван Божилов, Анна-Мария Тотоманова, Иван Билярски, Борилов Синодик. Издание и превод [Boril’s Synodicon. Edition and Translation], София 2010, pp. 386 [= История и книжнина].
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego (Lodz University Press), 2011)
Book Reviews: Apokryfy syryjskie. Historia i przysłowia Achikara. Grota skarbów. Apokalipsa Pseudo-Metodego [Syriac Apocrypha. The Story of Aquihar. The Cave of Treasures. Pseudo-Methodius’ Apocalypsis], trans. A. Tronina, ed. A. Tronina, M. Starowieyski, Wydawnictwo WAM, Kraków 2011, pp. 264 [= Pisma apokryficzne, Series, 6].
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego (Lodz University Press), 2011)
From the Editorial Board
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Remarks on Some Tax Exempts in Ancient Rome
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego (Lodz University Press), 2012)
The author tries to classify the tax privileges that existed in Ancient Rome. He gives a few examples of reliefs and exemptions, and provides their short legal and lexical analyses. Finally, he discusses whether some of ...