Stories
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Theriac: An ancient brand?
The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.
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The ancient doctors who refused payment
The NHS might only be 70 years old, but the idea of free healthcare goes back to Ancient Greece, when devout doctors provided their services without charge.
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Naked, not nude
Classicist Caroline Vout argues that it’s time to take the dust covers off the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and to encounter their bodies not nude, but naked.
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The first seizure
Historian Aparna Nair had her first seizure when she was 11. Here she recalls that first time, and how other people’s reactions are sometimes the most disturbing part about having a seizure.
Catalogue
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Ancient Rome and India : commercial and cultural contacts between the Roman world and India / edited by Rosa Maria Cimino.
Date: 1994- Books
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Ancient Rome and modern Britain compared. A dialogue, in Westminster Abbey, between Horace and Mr. Pope. A poem, by D. M. Esq.
D. M.Date: 1793- Books
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Ancient and modern Rome. A poem. Written at Rome in the year 1755.
Keate, George, 1729-1797.Date: MDCCLX. [1760]- Pictures
Ancient bridges and buildings of Rome and Peru. Drawings, etching and manuscripts.
Reference: 2982248i- Pictures
The Colosseum, Rome: plan. Drawing.
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 566661iPart of: Ancient bridges and buildings of Rome and Peru. Drawings, etching and manuscripts.