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Isabel García Gálvez ( †)A quién si no, después de tantos años… RESUMEN En su reseña de La Revolución Romana, Arnaldo Momigliano menciona a Mucia Tercia, matrona romana del siglo I, conocida por ser esposa de Pompeyo (106-48) y madre de Sexto (ca. 66-35). Mucia fue un personaje de una fascinante existencia vital y una auténtica prueba viviente de la importancia de la mujer como agente político de influencia y repercusión en el último siglo de la República romana, que vio otros ejemplos de mujeres de similar trascendencia en la esfera de la alta política: Servilia, Fulvia; Julia, hija del futuro princeps; o la misma hermana de éste, Octavia, entre otras. PALABRAS CLAVE: Mucia Tercia, matrona romana, República tardía, historia de las mujeres.

Géza Alföldy (1935–2011) is considered as one of the most important epigraphists and historians of the Roman civilization of the late 20th century, known also as “Mommsen of our ages”. His contribution is indispensable not only for the discipline of Roman epigraphy and social history, but also for the study of Roman religion. His intellectual roots in Hungary and the influence of the Hungarian scholarly tradition of the 1950’s marked his interest in the study of Roman religion for a long period. In this study, the authors discuss the formation of Géza Alföldy and his contribution to the discipline through a wider academic and socio-historical context.

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Archéologie des savoirs Houcine JaïdiLes liens scientifico-mondains de Bernard Roy avec les sociétés savantes de Bourgogne, d'Algérie et de Tunisie aux xix e -xx e siècles ........ Actualités et débatsPerikles Christodoulou Évocations de l'Antiquité dans la Maison de l'Histoire européenne : sujets, objets, muséographie, muséologie .