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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"DE Rhanbarth Môr y Canoldir. Y Byd Groeg-Rufeinig"”.
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The Indian Ocean trade and the Roman State
… attention from scholars during the last few decades, much of it considering the role played by the Roman state. These studies have convincingly shown that state involvement was motivated, primarily, by the lucrative revenue that could be obtained via taxation and this thesis takes this as the …
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Clodia, Fulvia, Livia, Messalina : what can we really learn about the elite women of Rome?
… of the Late Republic has a reputation for moral decline characterised by increasing emancipation for women. The foundation of the Principate sees Augustan moral legislation attempting to address this, combined with the establishment of an unprecedented female role: that of First Lady. Livia of …
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Far from the dragging plough : veterans in trade and business during the Roman Principate.
In the study of the Roman world, few demographics receive scanter attention from modern scholarship than those time-served veterans who eschewed an agricultural life in favour of setting up in business for themselves. This study, then, is an examination of this class of men and the evidence we have …
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Oracular prophecy and psychology in Ancient Greek warfare.
… to which it affected the psychology and military decision-making of ancient Greek poleis. By using a wide range of ancient literary, epigraphical, archaeological and iconographical evidence and relevant modern scholarship, this thesis will fully explore the role of the Oracle in warfare especially …
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Defining the alter orbis : the Roman view of Parthia in the early Principate
During the reign of Augustus the idea of Parthian Empire as an alter orbis was developed. For the Romans of the early Principate, the kingdom of the Arsacids represented the antithesis of their own values, embodying the vices of despotism and licentiousness. In the absence of a decisive military …
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Public libraries and public benefaction in the Roman Empire
… therefore offered them nothing of interest. Despite this, benefactors nonetheless saw value in donating libraries to their communities, because they offered the donors opportunities to display their apex status within elite society, and enabled forms of commemoration that no other type of …
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The Mari Lwyd and the horse queen : palimpsests of Ancient ideas.
The idea of a horse as a deity of the land, sovereignty and fertility can be seen in many cultures with Indo-European roots. The earliest and most complete reference to this deity can be seen in Vedic texts from 1500 BCE. Documentary evidence in rock art, and sixth century BCE Tartessian …
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Invention or evolution in the provision of health care in late Antiquity in the Eastern Roman Empire : the case of the hospital.
… and the middle of the seventh century, in order to determine whether there were new elements that came into play in Late Antiquity in the East with respect to the society’s attitude towards the sick, especially the indigent sick, and its manner of dealing with them. This examination will lead …
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A Culture in Denial: The Roman Cultural Relationship with Human Sacrifice
The Romans denied practicing human sacrifice, and claimed that almost every civilisation around them practised it, with it being an integral part in differentiating the Romans with everyone else; this self perception is deeply flawed. This work endeavours to grapple with the concept of human …
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Plaster, as a vital material: The agency of plaster in the curation of the Çatalhöyük skull
… of Neolithic plastered skulls has attracted widespread interest but there has been a disproportionate focus on the construction and meaning of the skulls, with little regard paid to the material, plaster, itself. In 2004, in Çatalhöyük, a plastered skull was excavated, which had been found …
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A Journey to the Late Bronze Age Minoan Underworld: The Reflection of Sunlight on the Sea as an Axis Mundi
… with the fieldwork results, this study developed an interpretation of Minoan eschatological beliefs establishing analogies between the cultural and the natural world. In particular, the hybrid form of the octopus-plant motif was analysed: the multivocality of the psychopomp octopus …
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Is there evidence of intentionality of sky involvement in the prehistoric megalithic sites of Mnajdra in Malta?
… is investigated. The role of the sky in the wider cosmology of the temple builders, living on an island where sea, earth and heavens were important elements, is also explored with recourse to the archaeological record of the Temple Period. It will be argued that the Mnajdra South Temple is the …
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Exploring the Social Lives of Cylinder Seals in Late Cypriot Society
This thesis examines how cylinder seals became socially embedded in Late Bronze Age Cyprus. Although these objects appear throughout the Near East and Mesopotamia at the time, their use in Cyprus appears unique. To explore this, cylinder seals are studied according to funerary, sanctuary and …
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You Didn’t Have To Be There: Evidence of Humour in the Creation and Use of Material Objects From the Near East, Eastern Europe and Mediterranean, From the Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age
… of the study of humour itself were still being developed, and yet he so clearly summarises why it is important to find our shared funny bones. Through humour we gain sympathetic understandings with each other in a way that goes beyond words; indeed humour may have preceded language in our …
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The Bedouin of the Fatimid Empire: Faith vs. Politics in a Medieval Islamic Empire
… concentrated on the fringes of the eastern borders of the Empire, and many of these professed Shīʿism. A few Bedouin tribesmen even converted to the Fatimid faith and helped in furthering their cause. On the other hand, in the 4th/10th century, loomed the ominous shadow of the Qarāmitah …