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Загадки текста ранневизантийского историка (Рец. на кн.: Priscus Panita. Excerpta et fragmenta / ed. By P. Carolla. - Вerolini ; Novi Eboraci: Walter de Gruyter, 2017. - XLVIII, 140 p.)
No full textIntroduction. The publication is a review of the critical edition of the preserved fragments of the Early Byzantine intellectual and diplomat Priscus Panita's historical work who presented first of all unique information about the nature of international relations in the Eastern Mediterranean and in Europe at the time of increasing threats to the Eastern and Western Roman empires from the barbarians. Analysis. Italian scholar, philologist, and archaeographer P. Carolla who, unlike many of her predecessors, involved all the codices containing excerpts from the writings of Priscus for the publication, primarily confirmed the concept of her teacher, F. Bornmann, about the authenticity of texts related to the work of Priscus, but contained in the works created under control of the 10th-century emperor Constantine VII. The result of the presentation of these fragments is a logical series of formally separate texts which is based on a perfectly developed stem. This kind of classical archaeographic technique is supplemented by approaches different in their effectiveness to the publication of excerpts whose affiliation to the Priscus' pen is not indisputable. The review notes that this kind of technique would have been more successful if Carolla had accompanied the published texts with a commentary on their content. But there are no such comments, but only some attempts to indicate that a number of passages belong to Priscus as an author. This approach impoverishes publisher 's archaeographic finds and is methodologically flawed. The disadvantages of such methods of publication are illustrated in the review by examples of hypothetical dependence of the corresponding “Hunnic” passages of the most famous historian of the 6th-century Byzantium Procopius of Caesarea on the texts of Priscus. Results. In general, however, the publication undertaken by Carolla not only presents well-organized topical texts to specialists, allowing them to expand the possibilities of studying the transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, but also gives an additional impetus to improving the methodology of Byzantine archaeography. © Козлов А.С., 202
New Fragments of Priscus from Panion in John Malalas? Issues of Language, Style and Sources
No full textIl saggio riesamina i passi in cui Malalas cita Prisco di Panio come fonte, alterandone però la lingua e lo stile poiché probabilmente lo legge indirettamente tramite Eustazio di Epifania. Sulla base degli errori di cronologia e/o di contenuto di Malalas, si rintracciano altri quattro passi del libro XIV di Malalas che possono risalire, direttamente o indirettamente, a Prisco: il passo sull’assassinio di Ipazia di Alessandria (Malal. XIV 12), l’esilio di Ciro di Panopoli (Malal. XIV 16), la prefettura di Antioco Chuzon (Malal. XIV 17) e la successione ad Antioco Chuzon da parte di un Rufino altrimenti ignoto (Malal. XIV 18). Tali frammenti vengono quindi annoverati tra i fragmenta dubia, in aggiunta a quelli già pubblicati nell’edizione critica curata dall’autrice per la Biblioteca Teubneriana nel 2008.John Malalas quotes Priscus of Panion several times as a source, which he probably knew via Eustathius of Epiphaneia. Language and style are completely different from Priscus' standard; tracing the provenance of some patent errors about chronology and history, other 4 possible Priscan fragments are detected in Malalas' book 14. Hence four passages are added to the "fragmenta dubia" of the critical edition published by the author in 2008 for the Bibliotheca Teubneriana: the accounts for Hypatia’s murder (Malal. XIV 12), Cyrus of Panopolis’ exile (Malal. XIV 16), Antiochus Chuzon’s prefectship (Malal. XIV 17) and Rufinus’ succession to Antiochus (Malal. XIV 18)
P088: Case series of Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma from Tanzania. A common entity in East Africa?
No full textHematological malignancies in East Africa-Which cancers to expect and how to provide services.
No full textBACKGROUND:Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has an increasing non-communicable disease burden. Tanzania has an incidence of more than 35,000 cancer cases per year with an 80% mortality rate. Hematological malignancies account for 10% of these cases. The numbers will double within the next 10 years due to demographic changes, better diagnostic capabilities and life style changes. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre established a Cancer Care Centre (CCC) in December 2016 for a catchment area of 15 million people in Northern Tanzania. This article aims to display the hematological diagnosis and characteristics of the patients as well as to describe the advancements of hematologic services in a low resource setting. METHODS:A cross-sectional analysis of all hematological malignancies at CCC from December 2016 to May 2019 was performed and a narrative report provides information about diagnostic means, treatment and the use of synergies. RESULTS:A total of 209 cases have been documented, the most common malignancies were NHL and MM with 44% and 20%. 36% of NHL cases, 16% of MM cases and 63% of CML cases were seen in patients under the age of 45. When subcategorized, CLL/SLL cases had a median age was 56.5, 51 years for those with other entities of NHL. Sexes were almost equally balanced in all NHL groups while clear male predominance was found in HL and CML. DISCUSSION:Malignancies occur at a younger age and higher stages than in Western countries. It can be assumed that infections play a key role herein. Closing the gap of hematologic services in SSA can be achieved by adapting and reshaping existing infrastructure and partnering with international organizations
Skin maculae, chronic diarrhea, cachexia, and splenomegaly-Late presentation of the first autochthonous case of visceral leishmaniasis in Tanzania.
No full textA 20-year-old man from Simanjiro district in northern Tanzania presented with a 3-year history of splenomegaly, fatigue, cachexia, skin maculae, and recent onset of watery diarrhea at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Northern Tanzania. Due to laboratory findings of pancytopenia, diagnostic workup included bone marrow aspiration cytology and biopsy. Although the rapid test (IT LEISH, rK39 RDT) was negative, blood smear showed amastigote forms of leishmaniasis in macrophages. Repeat bone marrow aspiration and PCR eventually confirmed visceral leishmaniasis (VL). The patient denied travel to known endemic areas of VL. Treatment was initiated with Amphotericin B, but the patient died on the fourth day of treatment from respiratory insufficiency. An autopsy revealed massive organ manifestations of VL. This is the first reported autochthonous case of VL in Tanzania. Clark and colleagues detected the vector Phlebotomus martini in Northern Tanzania in 2013, in a region bordering the district of our patient. The negative rapid test draws attention to the fact that sensitivity and specificity were found to be low in East African VL patients as displayed earlier by a Kenyan study. Therefore, tissue samples (spleen or bone marrow) remain necessary for diagnosis. The variety of symptoms in this presented case was remarkable, including the occurrence of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) and VL at the same time. This has been described in East African VL cases before as well as the occurrence of chronic diarrhea. An elongated undiagnosed period likely led to a mixed clinical picture that included hepato-splenomegaly, PKDL, cachexia, and diarrhea
Assessores kaj historiistoj en la malfrua romia imperio
No full textLa pagnumeroj, kiujn oni trovas tra la artikolo, referencas la revuon supre indikitan. Ni prezentas ankaucitiun version, car tiu presita en la revuo estas ofle malfacile legebla. Bv. noti ke la artikolo aludita en n.9 eldonigis fakte en 2001 en R. Mathisen, red., Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity (Oxford, 2001), 148-61, kun la titolo 'Lawyers and Historians in Late Antiquity'. La artikolo ci-suba kaj tiu en la libro menciita traktas diversajn aspektojn de la sama temo.This article considers the connection between classicising historians of the late Roman period (such as a Procopius of Caesarea and Priscus of Panium) and the post of assessor. Having first considered the growing importance of the post late antiquity, the author argues it was of particular importance in furnishing ambitious young men educated in the liberales artes, with the raw material for writing history. The article complements that of the same author entitled "Lawyers and historians in the late antiquity" in R. Mathisen (Ed.), Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity (pp. 148-161), Oxford, 2001.Cet article traite des liens entre les historiens « classicisants » (tels Procope de Césarée et Priscus de Panium) du bas-empire et du poste d'assessor. L'auteur considère d'abord l'importance croissante du poste à travers la période de l'antiquité tardive. Ensuite il maintient qu'il s'agissait d'un poste particulièrement important aux jeunes hommes ambitieux, qui avaient reçu une éducation traditionnelle, en leur fournissant la matière pour composer une oeuvre d'histoire. L'article complément le traitement par l'auteur, "Lawyers and historians in the late antiquity", dans R. Mathisen (éd.), Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity (pp. 148-161), Oxford, 2001
Assessores kaj historiistoj en la malfrua romia imperio
No full textLa pagnumeroj, kiujn oni trovas tra la artikolo, referencas la revuon supre indikitan. Ni prezentas ankaucitiun version, car tiu presita en la revuo estas ofle malfacile legebla. Bv. noti ke la artikolo aludita en n.9 eldonigis fakte en 2001 en R. Mathisen, red., Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity (Oxford, 2001), 148-61, kun la titolo 'Lawyers and Historians in Late Antiquity'. La artikolo ci-suba kaj tiu en la libro menciita traktas diversajn aspektojn de la sama temo.This article considers the connection between classicising historians of the late Roman period (such as a Procopius of Caesarea and Priscus of Panium) and the post of assessor. Having first considered the growing importance of the post late antiquity, the author argues it was of particular importance in furnishing ambitious young men educated in the liberales artes, with the raw material for writing history. The article complements that of the same author entitled "Lawyers and historians in the late antiquity" in R. Mathisen (Ed.), Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity (pp. 148-161), Oxford, 2001.Cet article traite des liens entre les historiens « classicisants » (tels Procope de Césarée et Priscus de Panium) du bas-empire et du poste d'assessor. L'auteur considère d'abord l'importance croissante du poste à travers la période de l'antiquité tardive. Ensuite il maintient qu'il s'agissait d'un poste particulièrement important aux jeunes hommes ambitieux, qui avaient reçu une éducation traditionnelle, en leur fournissant la matière pour composer une oeuvre d'histoire. L'article complément le traitement par l'auteur, "Lawyers and historians in the late antiquity", dans R. Mathisen (éd.), Law, Society and Authority in Late Antiquity (pp. 148-161), Oxford, 2001
The Nomads and Byzantine Empire in the Writings of Early Byzantine Historians of the 4th–6th centuries »
No full textBased on the information of Byzantine authors (Ammianus Marcellinus, Priscus Panites, Procopius of Caesarea, Agathius Myrine, Menander Protector), this paper explores the relationship between the Byzantines and nomadic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe – the Huns, Turks, and Avars. The author illuminates the peculiarities of perception of the nomadic barbarians from the point of view of the Byzantine imperial worldview. Based on the analysis of the Byzantine sources, the author has attempted to uncover the Romans’ subjective perception of the eastern steppe civilizations.
This article contains some information about the appearance, customs, traditions, and way of life of nomads, their relations with the Byzantine Empire since the advent of the hordes of Huns in its territory in the late 4th century up to diplomatic relations with the first steppe empire – the Great Turkic Khaganate as well as Avar khanate in the 6th century. Author clarified the propensity of eastern nomadic and western settled civilizations to the establishment of bilateral contacts and traced the dynamics and evolution of their mutual relationship. The author translated from ancient Greek the fragments of works of early Byzantine authors contained in this articl
Romulovo poslanstvo pri Atilu (Ena zadnjih omemb Petovione v antični literaturi)
No full textThe author has attempted to prove that the expression civitas Noricum (or, analogously, polis Norikon) referred to Poetovio with its ager. She further argued that the mother of the last Roman emperor Romulus had not originated from Poetovio, as has generally been accepted. Poetovio is mentioned by Priscus as one of the stopping points of Romulus\u27 embassy on its way to Attila.Avtorica skuša v članku utemeljiti, da je izraz civitas Noricum (oz. polis Norikon) pomenil Petoviono z območjem, ki je bil mestu administrativno dodeljen. Dalje dokazuje, da mati zadnjega rimskega vladarja Romula ni bila - kot je splošno sprejeto - Ptujčanka, temveč da se omemba mesta v Priskovem besedilu nanaša na potovanje Romulovega odposlanstva k Atilu
