Marco Ferrario
Biographic Data
| ID | 4049090 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marco Ferrario |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marco |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferrario |
| SIGNATURE | FERRARIO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Trento |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2280-7289 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Great King’s Word under Ahura Mazdā’s Protection. Trilingual Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions of Susa I, by S.A. Babolghani
Greek and Persians, Persians in Greek and Greeks in Persia
Katharina Wojciech
The Land of Your Fathers
This paper explores the visual languages of monarchic self-fashioning deployed by King Agathokles I of Baktria (ca. 180–176 B.C. ). It does so by offering a reappraisal of the logic(s) behind the issue of the so-called “pedigree coins”, a striking local innovation in Baktrian language of royalty. The paper complicates current understandings of charismatic rule in the Hellenistic Far East by engaging with anthropological models of sacred kingship …
There I Made Another Their Chief”. Kings, Ancestors, and Rebels
DB p col. V § 74 is devoted to Darius’ conquest and subjugation of a group of Sakā and their leader. Despite the obvious importance the Great King attributed to this event, its political and intellectual context(s) have remained rather underexplored in modern scholarship. The approach taken in this paper is therefore twofold. First, building on previous insights, it situates Darius’ account within its Ancient Near Eastern tradition, focusing part…
Before Skunḫa
The present paper seeks to offer a new interpretative scenario against the background of which to assess the dynamics underlying the interactions between the Achaemenid Empire (starting with Cyrus’ conquest of Central Asia) and the peoples of the steppes, which presided over the formation of what it is usually referred to as the frontier of the empire itself in Baktria, Sogdiana and Chorasmia. To this end, a set of literary sources (especially He…
Walking Down the (Dynastic) Line
Les grands rois achéménides (vers 550-330 a.n.è.) donnèrent une ampleur sans précédent au discours millénaire du Proche-Orient ancien sur le pouvoir universel et la royauté. Dans le même temps, une nouvelle rhétorique et un nouveau vocabulaire visuel pour exprimer la perception de soi de la monarchie furent développés et propagés de la Macédoine au Pakistan. Pourtant, le cas de la Perse est largement négligé dans les études anthropologiques consa…
Expanders of the Realm
The Bīsutūn inscription carries an Old Persian coda dedicated to Darius’ expedition against the Sakā ( DB p col. V § 74). The campaign’s geography and the identity of the defeated have been often discussed. Instead, the reasons behind both the campaign and its prominence in the inscription have been neglected. This article contextualizes the episode within its Ancient Near Eastern framework of imperial discourse on universal rulership and the lim…
The Turquoise Was Brought From Chorasmia” Mining, Empire, and the People of the Steppes across the Achaemenid Northeastern Borderlands
Two main scholarly trends dominate the study of the relations between the Northeastern frontier zone(s) of the Achaemenid Empire and the steppes: the assessment of the military strategies to control the Saka and the development of artistic currents within and beyond the Empire through diplomatic relations and gift-giving. This paper makes the case for a more complex and dynamic scenario, in which the Central Asian borderlands transpire to have be…
The Social Network
This article offers a comparative analysis of two corpora, the Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan and the Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria, to show how empires that attempted to rule over the territory of present-day Afghanistan (and beyond through Northeastern Central Asia), relied upon particular strategies of control and exploitation of people and natural resources. In particular, it highlights the crucial role of inter-aristoc…
Katalin Bélyácz
Der GNOMON pflegt als kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte Altertumswissenschaft die Verbindung zwischen den verschiedenen Disziplinen der Altertumswissenschaft. Er nimmt dadurch eine Sonderstellung unter den Rezensionsorganen ein und bietet die Möglichkeit, sich über wichtige Forschungen und Publikationen auch in den Nachbarbereichen des eigenen Faches zu orientieren. Die Rezensionen im GNOMON wenden sich an ein internationales Publikum, das au…
Far away from Pārsa
Recently, a corpus of primary sources related to the Northeastern fringes of the Achaemenid Empire (courtly-style seals bearing narrative depictions of warfare between representatives of the King and Central Asians) has been used to support the hypothesis that, at least from Xerxes’ reign, the people of the eastern satrapies provided a constant threat to the Empire in these crucial regions and, consequently, to its stability. Given its implicatio…
Heart Rate Variability Frequency Domain Alterations among Healthy Nurses Exposed to Prolonged Work Stress
The deregulation of the autonomic nervous system assessed through the heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is a promising pathway linking work stress and cardiovascular diseases. We aim to investigate the associations between HRV High Frequency (HF) and Low Frequency (LF) powers and work stress in a sample of 36 healthy nurses. Perceived work stress was assessed twice one year apart, using the Job Content and Effort Reward Imbalance questionnair…
Job Strain and Blood Pressure in Employed Men and Women
OBJECTIVE: The extent to which psychosocial stress concurs to raise blood pressure is still uncertain. Here the association between job strain and office blood pressure in a pooled analysis of four population samples from northern Italy is assessed. METHODS: Four surveys assessing prevalence of major coronary risk factors were performed in 1986, 1990, 1991, and 1993 in area "Brianza" (Milan), a World Health Organization-MONItoring cardiovascular …
The Turquoise Was Brought From Chorasmia” Mining, Empire, and the People of the Steppes across the Achaemenid Northeastern Borderlands
Two main scholarly trends dominate the study of the relations between the Northeastern frontier zone(s) of the Achaemenid Empire and the steppes: the assessment of the military strategies to control the Saka and the development of artistic currents within and beyond the Empire through diplomatic relations and gift-giving. This paper makes the case for a more complex and dynamic scenario, in which the Central Asian borderlands transpire to have be…
Job Strain and Blood Pressure in Employed Men and Women
OBJECTIVE: The extent to which psychosocial stress concurs to raise blood pressure is still uncertain. Here the association between job strain and office blood pressure in a pooled analysis of four population samples from northern Italy is assessed. METHODS: Four surveys assessing prevalence of major coronary risk factors were performed in 1986, 1990, 1991, and 1993 in area "Brianza" (Milan), a World Health Organization-MONItoring cardiovascular …
Heart Rate Variability Frequency Domain Alterations among Healthy Nurses Exposed to Prolonged Work Stress
The deregulation of the autonomic nervous system assessed through the heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is a promising pathway linking work stress and cardiovascular diseases. We aim to investigate the associations between HRV High Frequency (HF) and Low Frequency (LF) powers and work stress in a sample of 36 healthy nurses. Perceived work stress was assessed twice one year apart, using the Job Content and Effort Reward Imbalance questionnair…
Katalin Bélyácz
Der GNOMON pflegt als kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte Altertumswissenschaft die Verbindung zwischen den verschiedenen Disziplinen der Altertumswissenschaft. Er nimmt dadurch eine Sonderstellung unter den Rezensionsorganen ein und bietet die Möglichkeit, sich über wichtige Forschungen und Publikationen auch in den Nachbarbereichen des eigenen Faches zu orientieren. Die Rezensionen im GNOMON wenden sich an ein internationales Publikum, das au…
Far away from Pārsa
Recently, a corpus of primary sources related to the Northeastern fringes of the Achaemenid Empire (courtly-style seals bearing narrative depictions of warfare between representatives of the King and Central Asians) has been used to support the hypothesis that, at least from Xerxes’ reign, the people of the eastern satrapies provided a constant threat to the Empire in these crucial regions and, consequently, to its stability. Given its implicatio…
The Turquoise Was Brought From Chorasmia” Mining, Empire, and the People of the Steppes across the Achaemenid Northeastern Borderlands
Two main scholarly trends dominate the study of the relations between the Northeastern frontier zone(s) of the Achaemenid Empire and the steppes: the assessment of the military strategies to control the Saka and the development of artistic currents within and beyond the Empire through diplomatic relations and gift-giving. This paper makes the case for a more complex and dynamic scenario, in which the Central Asian borderlands transpire to have be…
The Social Network
This article offers a comparative analysis of two corpora, the Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan and the Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria, to show how empires that attempted to rule over the territory of present-day Afghanistan (and beyond through Northeastern Central Asia), relied upon particular strategies of control and exploitation of people and natural resources. In particular, it highlights the crucial role of inter-aristoc…
Before Skunḫa
The present paper seeks to offer a new interpretative scenario against the background of which to assess the dynamics underlying the interactions between the Achaemenid Empire (starting with Cyrus’ conquest of Central Asia) and the peoples of the steppes, which presided over the formation of what it is usually referred to as the frontier of the empire itself in Baktria, Sogdiana and Chorasmia. To this end, a set of literary sources (especially He…
Walking Down the (Dynastic) Line
Les grands rois achéménides (vers 550-330 a.n.è.) donnèrent une ampleur sans précédent au discours millénaire du Proche-Orient ancien sur le pouvoir universel et la royauté. Dans le même temps, une nouvelle rhétorique et un nouveau vocabulaire visuel pour exprimer la perception de soi de la monarchie furent développés et propagés de la Macédoine au Pakistan. Pourtant, le cas de la Perse est largement négligé dans les études anthropologiques consa…
Expanders of the Realm
The Bīsutūn inscription carries an Old Persian coda dedicated to Darius’ expedition against the Sakā ( DB p col. V § 74). The campaign’s geography and the identity of the defeated have been often discussed. Instead, the reasons behind both the campaign and its prominence in the inscription have been neglected. This article contextualizes the episode within its Ancient Near Eastern framework of imperial discourse on universal rulership and the lim…
Katharina Wojciech
The Land of Your Fathers
This paper explores the visual languages of monarchic self-fashioning deployed by King Agathokles I of Baktria (ca. 180–176 B.C. ). It does so by offering a reappraisal of the logic(s) behind the issue of the so-called “pedigree coins”, a striking local innovation in Baktrian language of royalty. The paper complicates current understandings of charismatic rule in the Hellenistic Far East by engaging with anthropological models of sacred kingship …
There I Made Another Their Chief”. Kings, Ancestors, and Rebels
DB p col. V § 74 is devoted to Darius’ conquest and subjugation of a group of Sakā and their leader. Despite the obvious importance the Great King attributed to this event, its political and intellectual context(s) have remained rather underexplored in modern scholarship. The approach taken in this paper is therefore twofold. First, building on previous insights, it situates Darius’ account within its Ancient Near Eastern tradition, focusing part…
The Great King’s Word under Ahura Mazdā’s Protection. Trilingual Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions of Susa I, by S.A. Babolghani
Greek and Persians, Persians in Greek and Greeks in Persia
Eurasian Exchange Networks (9 works) · Ancient Near East History (8 works) · Central asia (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · History (6 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Asian studies (4 works) · Empire (4 works) · History (4 works)