Lucius Iulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed?

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Lucius Iulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed? / Bargfeldt, Niels.

Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity. ed. / Eva Mortensen; Sine Grove Saxkjær. Vol. XIII aarhus universitetsforlag, 2015. p. 119-130 (Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity).

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Harvard

Bargfeldt, N 2015, Lucius Iulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed? in E Mortensen & S Grove Saxkjær (eds), Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity. vol. XIII, aarhus universitetsforlag, Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity, pp. 119-130.

APA

Bargfeldt, N. (2015). Lucius Iulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed? In E. Mortensen, & S. Grove Saxkjær (Eds.), Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity (Vol. XIII, pp. 119-130). aarhus universitetsforlag. Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity

Vancouver

Bargfeldt N. Lucius Iulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed? In Mortensen E, Grove Saxkjær S, editors, Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity. Vol. XIII. aarhus universitetsforlag. 2015. p. 119-130. (Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity).

Author

Bargfeldt, Niels. / Lucius Iulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed?. Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity. editor / Eva Mortensen ; Sine Grove Saxkjær. Vol. XIII aarhus universitetsforlag, 2015. pp. 119-130 (Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity).

Bibtex

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