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The spread of the cult of Asclepius in the context of the Roman army benefited from the presence of physicians: A spatial proximity analysis
The article applies a GIS based approach to the study of the spread of the cult of Asclepius, the Greco-Roman healing god, during the Roman period. It explores the role of soldiers and physicians in the spatial dissemination of the cult along the transportation network of Roman roads in the border p...
Autor principal: | Glomb, Tomáš |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378681/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34415961 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256356 |
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