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Antiquity and Christianity. Monographs on Late Antiquity will accet original and unpublished works on Late Antiquity (history, historiography, culture and mentality, philology and sources, archeology)

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The publication of articles in this journal is completely free.

 Presentation rules

The works can be sent in Spanish, English, French, German, Portuguese or Italian

Bibliographic Information in Roman Script

Cited references, names, and affiliations must be published in Roman script to allow rapid, accurate indexing, and easy comprehension by our global users.

Content

Title in the original language of the article and English (in case of sending in English title also in Spanish)               

Authors: name and surname, institutio, email, orcid and phone (designate corresponding author)

Articles must be accompanied by a summary in Spanish and another in English (abstract), as well as keywords in both languages. Papers written in a language other than Spanish must contain the abstract with keywords in the language in which the article was written, as well as in English. 

 

All tables and figures must be referenced in the text. 

Authors are advised to follow the following guidelines: 

Maximum length of articles 20 DIN A-4 pages.
Maximum length of reviews 5 pages DIN A-4.
Times New Roman font, regular or round - 10 pt.
References - 10 pt.
Indented In-Text Quotes - 10 pt.
Footnote - 8 pt.
Simple interlinear space provided.
Numbered sections and subsections (1., 1.1., Etc ...)

 

All texts will follow the modified Chicago Author-Date 17 Edition rules that we clarify below:

Chicago Author-Date: Citation Examples

The following examples illustrate the author date system. Each example of an entry in the reference list is accompanied by an example of a corresponding in-text citation. For more details and many more examples, see Chapter 15 of the Chicago Manual of Style.

 

Books

Entries in the reference list ( in alphabetical order )

Grazer, B., and Fishman C. 2015. A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Smith, Z. 2016. Swing Time. New York: Penguin Press.

Citation in the text

(Grazer andFishman 2015, 12)

(Smith 2016, 315-16)

 

Chapters or other parts of an edited book

In the reference list, include the page range for the chapter or part. In the text, cite specific pages.

Entries in the reference list

Thoreau, H. D. 2016. Walking. En D'Agata, J., The Making of the American Essay, 167-95. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press.

Citation in the text

(Thoreau 2016, 177–78)

In some cases, you may want to cite the entire collection.

Entries in the reference list

D’Agata, J. (ed.) 2016. The Making of the American Essay. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press.

Citation in the text

(D’Agata 2016, 177-78)

 

Books translations

Entries in the reference list

Lahiri, J. 2016. In Other Words. Translated Ann Goldstein. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Citation in the text

(Lahiri 2016, 146)

 

E-book

For books viewed online, include a URL or database name in the reference list entry. For other types of e-books, name the format. If no fixed page numbers are available, cite a section or chapter title or other number in the text, if applicable (or just omit it).

Entries in the reference list (in alphabetical order)

Austen, J. 2007. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics. Kindle.

Borel, B. 2016. The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ProQuest Ebrary.

Kurland, P. B., and Lerner, R. eds. 1987. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.

Melville, H. 1851. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers. http://mel.hofstra.edu/moby-dick-the-whale-proofs.html.

Citation in the text

(Austen 2007, chap. 3)

(Borel 2016, 92)

(Kurland and Lerner 1987, chap. 10, doc. 19)

(Melville 1851, 627)

 

Scientific journal articles

In the list of references, include the page range for the entire article. In text, cite specific page numbers. For articles viewed online, include a URL or database name in the reference list entry. Many magazine articles include a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). A DOI forms a permanent URL that begins https://doi.org/. This URL is preferable to the URL that appears in your browser's address bar.

Entries in the reference list (in alphabetical order)

Keng, S., Chun-Hung L., y F. Orazem, P. 2017. Expanding College Access in Taiwan, 1978-2014, Effects on Graduate Quality and Income Inequality. Journal of Human Capital 11, no. 1 (Spring): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/690235.

LaSalle, P. 2017. Conundrum: A Story about Reading. New England Review 38 (1), 95–109. Project MUSE.

Satterfield, S. 2016. Livy and the Pax Deum. Classical Philology 111, no. 2 (April), 165–76.

Citation in the text

(Keng, Lin, and Orazem 2017, 9–10)

(LaSalle 2017, 95)

(Satterfield 2016, 170)

Journal articles often list many authors, especially in science. If there are four or more authors, list up to ten in the reference list; in the text, list only the first, followed by et al. ("and others"). For more than ten authors (not shown here), please list the first seven in the reference list, followed by et al.

Entries in the reference list

Bay, R. A., Rose, N., Barrett, R., Bernatchez, L., K. Ghalambor, C., R. Lasky, J., B. Brem, R., Palumbi, S. y Ralph, P. 2017. Predicting Responses to Contemporary Environmental Change Using Evolutionary Response Architectures. American Naturalist 189, no. 5 (May), 463-73. https://doi.org/10.1086/691233.

Citation in the text

(Bay et al. 2017, 465)

 

News or magazine articles

Articles from newspapers or news sites, magazines, blogs, and the like are similarly cited. In the list of references, it may be useful to repeat the year with sources that are also cited by month and day. Page numbers, if any, may be cited in the text but are omitted from an entry in the reference list. If you viewed the article online, please include a URL or the name of the database.

Entries in the reference list (in alphabetical order)

Manjoo, F. 2017. Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera. New York Times, March 8, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/technology/snap-makes-a-bet-on-the-cultural-supremacy-of-the-camera.html.

Mead, R. 2017. The Prophet of Dystopia. New Yorker, April 17, 2017.

Pai, T. 2017. The Squishy, Sugary History of Peeps. Vox, April 11, 2017. http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/11/15209084/peeps-easter.

Pegoraro, R. 2007. Apple’s iPhone Is Sleek, Smart and Simple. Washington Post, July 5, 2007. LexisNexis Academic.

Citation in the text

(Manjoo 2017)

(Mead 2017, 43)

(Pai 2017)

(Pegoraro 2007)

Readers' comments are cited in the text but omitted from a reference list.

Citation in the text

(Eduardo B [Los Angeles], March 9, 2017, comment on Manjoo 2017)

 

Book review

Entries in the reference list

Kakutani, M. 2016. Friendship Takes a Path That Diverges. Review of Swing Time, by Zadie Smith. New York Times, November 7, 2016.

Citation in the text

(Kakutani 2016)

 

interviews

Entries in the reference list

Stamper, K. 2017. From ‘F-Bomb’ to ‘Photobomb,’ How the Dictionary Keeps Up with English. Interview by Terry Gross. Fresh Air, NPR, April 19, 2017. Audio, 35:25. http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524618639/from-f-bomb-to-photobomb-how-the-dictionary-keeps-up-with-english.

Citation in the text

(Stamper 2017)

 

Thesis 

Entries in the reference list

Rutz, C. 2013. King Lear and Its Folktale Analogues. Tesis, University of Chicago.

Citation in the text

(Rutz 2013, 99-100)

 

Webs

It is often sufficient to simply describe web pages and other website content in text ("As of May 1, 2017, the Yale home page is listed ..."). If a more formal date is needed, you can be styled in the examples below. For a source that does not include a publication or revision date, use n.d. (for "no date") instead of the year and include an access date.

Entries in the reference list (in alphabetical order)

Bouman, K. 2016. How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole. Filmed November 2016 at TEDxBeaconStreet, Brookline, MA. Video, 12:51. https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_bouman_what_does_a_black_hole_look_like. (Fecha de consulta: dia/mes/año)

Google. 2017. Privacy Policy.” Privacy & Terms. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. (Fecha de consulta: dia/mes/año)

Yale University. n.d. About Yale: Yale Facts. https://www.yale.edu/about-yale/yale-facts. (Fecha de consulta: dia/mes/año)

Citation in the text

(Bouman 2016)

(Google 2017)

(Yale University, n.d.)

 

Social media

Quotes from content shared via social media can generally be limited to text (as in the first example below). If a more formal citation is needed, an entry in the reference list may be appropriate. Instead of a title, cite up to the first 160 characters of the post. Comments are cited in reference to the original post.

Text

Conan O’Brien’s tweet was characteristically deadpan: In honor of Earth Day, I’m recycling my tweets (@ConanOBrien, April 22, 2015).

Entries in the reference list (in alphabetical order)

Chicago Manual of Style. 2015. Is the world ready for singular they? We thought so back in 1993. Facebook, April 17, 2015. https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoManual/posts/10152906193679151.

Souza, Pete (@petesouza). 2016. President Obama bids farewell to President Xi of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit. Instagram photo, April 1, 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrmfXTtNCt/.

Citation in the text

(Chicago Manual of Style 2015)

(Souza 2016)

(Michele T., April 17, 2015, 1:09 p.m., comment on Chicago Manual of Style 2015)

 

Communication

Personal communications, including email and text messages and direct messages sent via social media, are generally cited only in text; they are rarely included in a reference list.

Citation in the text

(Sam Gomez, Facebook message to author, August 1, 2017)

 

 

Assessment and evaluation process

All published articles are subject to a review process by experts or blind peers (double‐blind peer-review) by specialist in the thematic field of the proposed article

Publication and authorship

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