Changes in lifestyle in ancient Rome (Italy) across the Iron Age/Roman transition

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo De Grossi Mazzorin ◽  
Claudia Minniti
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Ancient Rome ◽  
Exotic Animals ◽  
Roman Culture ◽  
Promising Area ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pork Consumption

As concerns the continuing debate over the impact of Roman conquest in the world, Rome represents a very interesting case study as it represented the core of the Roman Empire and the geographic foundation of Roman culture. In this respect, the zooarchaeology of Rome itself provides a most promising area of investigation, as the modern city has been the scene of extensive archaeological activity in recent years. The results from the analysis of animal assemblages from Rome and neighbouring geographic areas show that significant changes occurred across the pre-Roman/Roman transition and throughout the Roman period. They include substantial changes in diet, with pork consumption becoming predominant, improvements in pig and other livestock, the development of breeds and varieties of dogs, and the introduction of exotic animals for use in exhibitions and games.

Consumer-Centric Marketing Strategies

2013 ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Loredana Di Pietro ◽  
Eleonora Pantano
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Marketing Mix ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Market Trends ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Fast Access

In recent years, the increase in social network users showed new platforms for collecting data on market trends and products acceptance, as well as for supporting the relationships with clients and adapting firms’ communication strategies. As a consequence, marketers are forced to consider these systems as tool for attracting, maintaining, and managing clients in order to increase the firms’ profitability. This chapter aims at advancing our knowledge on the use of social networks, such as Facebook, as tools for improving Consumer Relationship Management, by focusing on a case study. In particular, the chapter investigates the case study of the Calabrian scenario, characterized by small-sized and family-run firms, which use traditional forms of marketing tools. Due to the ease and fast access to Web-technology-based platforms, these firms are capable of operating in a global perspective, by understanding market trends and quickly adapting their strategies. Hence, the case study of Calabrian industries can represent an interesting case study for analyzing to what extent these technologies can become a new marketing mix element for improving firms’ profitability, for both SMEs and larger firms. In particular, the adoption of Facebook by managers allows advancing our knowledge on the impact of the social networks on their marketing strategies, and on the relationships with clients. The results outline useful issues for researches and practitioners. Furthermore, the research has an interdisciplinary value, involving Psychology, Marketing, and Organizational points of view.

scholarly journals Chilean Educational Reform (2014-2018) and its Impact on Higher Education System

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-56
Author(s):  
José Manuel Morales Valdés
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
The State ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Political Dispute ◽  
The Impact

During the second term of the President Michelle Bachelet (2014-2018), a transversal educational reform was carried out. To tertiary education its main purpose was to provide free tuition for higher education institutions (HEIs): Universities, Technical Training Centers (CFT) and Professional Institutes (IP). In that context, this paper analyzes the impact of this educational reform as it pertains to the Chilean system of higher education, with special focus on the implementation of free tuition as a new way to transfer resources from the State to HEIs. The methods used is the documental analysis of different legal texts, as Acts and Budget Acts. They are analyzing to identify manifestations of governmental rationality, identifying  the language-in-use or its performative dimension. The analysis considers political variables and how they influenced the process. Its focus is to see legal and institutional changes along with public budget and the impact of HEIs enrolment. The results indicate that despite the significant transformations carried out in the sphere of higher education, the reform could not achieve a significant change in the relationship between the State and HEIs due to the political dispute that arose in the process, thus achieving mixed results. Chilean higher education provides an interesting case study which can serve as reference for educational debates in other countries.

Clash of Cultures in the Classical Period

2020 ◽  
pp. 142-171
Author(s):  
Max D. Price
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Identity ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
Roman Culture ◽  
Clash Of Cultures ◽  
Pig Husbandry ◽  
Pork Consumption

The influence of Greek and Roman culture on the Near East, especially after Alexander’s conquests, brought a revival of pig husbandry, which had largely been lost in the Iron Age. Pigs and pork played fundamental roles in Greek and Roman culture—in the economy, in the diet, and in ritual. Greek and, especially, Roman writers celebrated pigs and pork. Zooarchaeological data indicate a surge in pig production in Near Eastern cities. But Greco-Roman love of pigs and pork ran into conflict with Jewish populations in the Levant. The ingestion of pork became entangled in the political and ethnic conflicts playing out between Jews and their Greek and Roman imperial masters. It became a metonym for submission; its avoidance a symbol of resistance. Pork avoidance was thus elevated from one of many taboos codified in Leviticus to a practice definitive of Jewish identity. Pork consumption also became a way for Christians to reject Judaism.

The Impact of the Executions in the German-Speaking Lands of the Holy Roman Empire

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Christman
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Holy Roman Empire ◽  
Southern Germany ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Reformation Theology ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
University City ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Church

This chapter argues that the executions of Vos and van den Esschen impacted the German-speaking lands more broadly. The first half addresses the dissemination of news of the burnings via published eyewitness accounts, as well as evidence from personal letters, revealing networks of correspondence that paralleled print as a means of diffusion. The second half of the chapter is devoted to a case study of Ingolstadt, a university city in southern Germany where booksellers and intellectuals employed the executions to demonstrate the corruption of the church. At the same time, opponents of Luther’s reform utilized them to condemn aspects of Reformation theology. The case reveals how news of the burnings worked its way into the fabric of the Reformation debates there.

Transparent Classrooms

2013 ◽  
pp. 142-152
Author(s):  
Carla Ganito
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
National Level ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Uptake Rates ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Mobile Culture ◽  
The Impact

This article analyzes the use of the mobile phone in Portuguese classrooms in order to examine new practices of disclosure and transparency. A literature review provides a global context of the nature of the mobile phone, and contextualizes an overview of the current usage trends in Portugal. The high uptake rates of mobile phone usage in Portugal means that this country can be considered an interesting case study for the usage of mobile phones in educational settings. Evidence of a young mobile culture gathered in recent research studies conducted at the national level and on a qualitative case study of high-school teachers, provides a basis for a practical discussion of the impact of the mobile phone on the Portuguese education system. Building on the views from different actors- students, teachers, parents, and school administrators- the paper closes with the proposition of the mobile phone as a valid educational tool that requires new skills and strategies for a successful integration.

The Engagement of Community and Volunteers in a Small-Scale Sport Event and the Impact on Sustainable Tourism

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-70
Author(s):  
Valentina Della Corte ◽  
Giovanna Del Gaudio ◽  
Giuliana Nevola
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
The Impact

This work aims to investigate the key role of local community through volunteerism experience in small-scale sport events and the impact that the community engagement in small sport events can have on the local destination in terms of sustainable tourism. To do this analysis, the authors take into consideration the triple bottom line approach. Given the interdisciplinary character of sustainability, the chapter investigates the relation between small sport events and community, underlining two main aspects: the strategic role of volunteers in terms of community capabilities and the impact that small sport events have on local community in terms of social cohesion and local identity. Small-scale sport events, indeed, strengthen the sense of community and tradition, thus attracting visitors. In the last section of the chapter, an interesting case study and a series of sustainable tourism indicators are illustrated.

Historical Drama in the Time of Global Streaming Platforms: Envisioning Transition in Mr. Sunshine

2021 ◽  
pp. 152747642110109
Author(s):  
Yaeri Kim
Keyword(s):  
Interesting Case ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Historical Drama ◽  
Japanese Occupation ◽  
Television Production ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Local Television ◽  
Streaming Services ◽  
The Impact

This article examines 2018 South Korean historical drama Mr. Sunshine as an example showcasing the impact of global streaming platforms on local television production. As a locally produced show targeting the international market and later purchased by Netflix, Mr. Sunshine offers an interesting case study of the local industry’s response to changes brought about by global streaming services. This article analyzes how the creators’ acute awareness of the threats and opportunities posed by the increasingly transnationalizing media industry is reflected in the text of the historical drama set in the time of modernization and the approaching Japanese occupation. It argues that Mr. Sunshine’s visual and narrative construction of early twentieth-century Korea, which emphasizes the unrealized potential of transitional times and Korean people’s agency in shaping their own history, indicates a perceived parallel between the setting of the show and the conditions of its creation.

scholarly journals EMPIRE, COMMUNITY, AND CULTURE ON THE MIDDLE EUPHRATES. DURENES, PALMYRENES, VILLAGERS, AND SOLDIERS

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-95
Author(s):  
TED KAIZER
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Urban Settlement ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Town

Abstract The focus of this paper is on the Middle Euphrates: Dura-Europos as its best-known urban settlement; a series of villages known mostly from two papyrological dossiers situated along the river; and the military stations on the Euphrates. The paper asks questions about the impact (or lack of it) of the culture of Palmyra on the region's communities. It is argued that Dura-Europos remains our best case study for social and religious life in a Near Eastern small town under the Roman empire, and that the only evidence that actually makes the town look potentially ‘untypical’ is the idiosyncratic source material related to its Palmyrene inhabitants. The paper also questions the traditional periodization of Dura's history and puts forward the hypothesis that at two points during the so-called ‘Parthian phase’ Palmyrenes took advantage of a power vacuum along the Middle Euphrates and became the dominant military factor in the region.

The Biological Standard of Living in Europe from the Late Iron Age to the Little Ice Age

2016 ◽  
pp. 69-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikola Koepke
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Little Ice Age ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Biological Standard Of Living ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Biological Standard

This chapter documents human development in the very long run on the basis of anthropometric indicators used as a proxy measure of the biological standard of living. The author explores the trend in height of European populations, controlling for aspects of natural, economic, and social change. Findings include that there was a small increase in overall mean height in Europe from the 8th century BCE to the 18th century CE (c. 0.5 cm per millennium on average for the total dataset), with regional and temporal variations, including particular low points during Roman ascendancy (1st century BCE in Mediterranean Europe, 8 cm below the predicted mean) and the Little Ice Age (17th century CE in North-Eastern Europe, 7 cm below the predicted mean). Significant explanatory variables for these trends are the availability of dairy products, the share of the population living in urban areas, and the impact of the Roman Empire.

scholarly journals A Hybrid Approach to Assess the Network Awareness of P2P-TV Applications

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Rossi ◽  
Paolo Veglia
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Passive Measurement ◽  
Network Awareness ◽  
Selection Policy ◽  
Black Boxes ◽  
Peer Selection Policy ◽  
The Impact

In this work, we develop a general methodology to assess the level of network awareness and friendliness of P2P-TV applications. The methodology is based on a combination of active and passive measurement techniques and can be applied to any P2P-TV system since it is designed to work considering such systems as a black-boxes. As an interesting case study, we then apply this methodology to PPLive, one of the most popular P2P-TV systems nowadays. Focusing on the video content distribution, we consider several per-path and per-peer metrics, investigating which of them mostly biases PPLive download preferences. Furthermore, in order to refine the picture of PPLive peer selection policy, we not only study the impact of different metrics in isolation, but also assess the joint impact of different metrics at the same time. Our main finding is that PPLive seems mainly bandwidth greedy, but does not show any preference toward peer proximity based on RTT delay; at the same time, our results also suggest that this choice alone may provide a nonnegligible level of geographical clustering among peers as a beneficial side effect.

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