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Showing 1 to 20 of 148 for “"Roman Empire"”.
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Public libraries and public benefaction in the Roman Empire
This dissertation examines the use of Roman libraries as public benefactions during the principate. It argues that while euergetism typically involved an exchange of amenities from wealthy donors for approval from the non-elite citizens of a community, libraries were a form of munificence aimed …
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The divine horseman in the art of the western Roman Empire
… the mounted god in the western provinces of the Roman Empire. Artists in the provinces often turned to Roman, actually Graeco-Roman, models when developing an iconographical form for local deities. The thesis investigates the transformation of Graeco-Roman imagery and looks at the way artists …
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Trade in the Roman Empire: A Study of the Institutional Framework
… dissertation is: how did trade operate in the Roman Empire under conditions of imperfect government enforcement in private contracting, and of imperfect information? The Roman State, unlike modern states, did not employ the powers at its disposal to enforce private contracts made under the …
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The medical profession in the Roman Empire from Augustus to Justinian
To write a social history of the Roman Empire which does justice to its variety is an almost impossible task and the brilliant essay of Rostovtseff has found few continuators. Historians have preferred to concentrate upon three approaches which must be combined in a general survey but which in a …
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Intestinal parasites in the Roman Empire, their regional distribution and ecosocial determinants
… and time periods. Studies have been done in the Roman period however, this evidence does not cover all regions of the Roman empire. At its greatest extent the empire covered much of Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East and different regions had strong cultural influences, not only …
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Marginalized Voices and Nontraditional Pathways in Higher Education in the Late Roman Empire
… pathways of higher education in the late Roman Empire and diversifies our notion of who was part of “the” educated elite in ancient higher education. I focus on upper-class learners who did not have access to the family’s wealth or faced difficulty with pursuing the discussed traditional …
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Socio-Economic Studies in the Territory of Antioch in the High Roman Empire
… a central position in the politics of the Roman East, Antioch on the Orontes still presents a challenge to historians and archaeologists who seek to define the city's physical and socio-political configuration. While the modern development of Antakya, Antioch's successor, impairs fieldwork …
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The Social Significance of Curse Tablets in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire
… number of tablets found across the Graeco-Roman world. They could address a variety of problems and crises, including sexual relationships, crime, legal trials and economic competition. The study of these enigmatic objects by archaeologists and ancient historians has been dominated by the …
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Cultural memory and imagination: dreams and dreaming in the Roman Empire 31 BC – AD 200
… of dreams and dreaming in the early Roman Empire (31 BC – AD 200). Background information on dreams in different cultures, especially those closest to Rome (the ancient Near East, Egypt and Greece) is provided, and dream reports in Greco-Roman historical and imaginative literature are …
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Commanding Texts: Knowledge-ordering, Identity Construction and Ethics in 'Military Manuals’ of the Roman Empire
… and ethics in 'military manuals’ of the Roman Empire By Daniel Alexandru Chiritoiu This thesis is about ‘military manuals’ produced in the first few centuries of the Roman imperial period. It argues that these texts merit far more attention and appreciation than they have received in the …
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Italian frescoes in German baroque palaces: visual culture and princely power in the Holy Roman Empire
… to the German principalities of the Holy Roman Empire by 1700, large-scale Italian ceiling paintings soared in popularity as nobles of all ranks competed with one another to produce ever more lavish decorative schemes that expressed their claim to princely power and political authority. …
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