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In 1981 the Scythian burial ground near Novofedorovka of Golopristansky district of Kherson Region, consisting of 12 visible embankments 0,5–2,7 m high from 9 of which were dug out. Barrows didn’t differ wealth.

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Amphorae with englyphic stamps have been known for more than 200 years. This class of products is characterized by several features that distinguish them from the mass production of amphorae in ancient Hellas, such as quality of the clay, technology used for marking, major differences in the quality of the finished products. Another important feature is the relatively short period of their production and use, spanning about one hundred years, and the dynamics of their appearance and disappearance.

Menekşe Çatağı is located on the northwest shore of the Marmara Sea, at 12 km to the north-east from Tekirdağ (Figs. 1–2). A building destroyed by earthquake was unearthed in the eastern sector of the site. The present article is based on the pottery finds from the layer of destruction in the rooms D and V of the building (Fig. 3; Tab. 1–2). The layer refers to the destruction of the basement or crawl spaces with collapsed parts of the upper floor, walls and roof (Fig. 4).

Ground necropolis Artjuschenko-2 is situated in the southern part of Taman peninsula (Temrjuk region of Krasnodar area). The site locates on the steep, abrupt bank of the Black Sea. In 2003–2012 the excavation area at the necropolis covered about 3600 square meters was under investigations. During the excavations 138 burials have been found, including 12 graves, which were supplementary examined after predatory excavations. Such complexes received special numbering with the letter “Г”. The earliest graves date to the end of the 6th cent.

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The present article deals with the legal status of tribal Moorish cavalry in Late Roman Army of North Africa. The author proposed a hypothesis, that the inclusion of these troops in regular Roman military forces was made in two stages: first, the different tribal home guards, belonged to the local chieftains, received the rank of frontier units – limitanei. And then they were modified in field’s army units by transfer from frontier garrisoned forts in big cities within the province.

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The article is devoted to interpretation of “republicanism” and “traditionalism” in the historiography. Modern researchers don’t see a special difference between “traditionalism” and “republicanism” and correlate them with aristocratic values of the senate supporters, natives of the upper classes. However, according to the author, “republicanism” and “traditionalism” can’t be synonyms as the latter was the basis for outlook of all Roman society, regardless of citizens’ estate belonging or political convictions.

The author examines the circumstances of the early youth of Octavian and Agrippa and the beginning of their friendship. Agrippa’s family was probably wealthy but its origin was quite humble, and Octavian’s lineage was not much higher; his ancestors, except his grandmother Julia, belonged to Italian municipal families. It appears that Agrippa met Octavian in the house of the latter’s stepfather Philippus, and in the same house Agrippa’s brother made acquaintance with Cato, the son-in-law of Philippus.