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The Farnese Palace - Rome -
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1901.
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Forms of Spectrality in Ancient Rome
This dissertation explores what images of ghosts in Roman art can reveal about the very limits of representation and the act of seeing itself. My approach differs from that of many previous studies on the supernatural, therefore, in that it ultimately has little to do with the question of whether …
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What Rome Really Adopted from Ancient Greece
… be undertaken for the philosophies of Ancient Rome. After the outlining of these philosophies they will then be brought into comparison with one another, trying to track the lineage of a philosophy if possible, or even pairing up possibly unrelated philosophies that share distinct similarities. …
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Rome and the Latins: A New Model
The institutional crises of the fifth and fourth centuries actually arose from conflicts between two separate but overlapping political constructs. The Latin war of 340-338 was the critical turning point after which all the federal institutions became de facto Roman institutions. The continuity in …
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'Representing Rome. The influence of Rome on aspects of the public arts of early Anglo-Saxon England (c. 600-800)'
This thesis focuses on the influence of Rome – both as a place and as a concept – on the public arts of early Anglo-Saxon England. It considers the visual culture of Late Antique and Early Christian Rome (and the Classical world from which these emerged) alongside Anglo-Saxon architecture and …
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De delatores te Rome tot aan Tiberius' regering
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_132020106.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Fecunditas, Sterilitas, and the Politics of Reproduction at Rome
This dissertation is a cultural history of the role of human fertility – fecunditas – in Ancient Roman society c. 200 B.C. – A.D. 250. I ask how the Romans chose to understand human fertility, how they sought to preserve and encourage it, and how the absence of fertility affected their marriages, …
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An Alternate Antiquity: The Etruscans in Renaissance Florence and Rome
… civilization a pristine ancestry which rivaled Rome with its great antiquity, piety, and strength. Consequently, to proclaim the Etruscan origins of one's city or family became a technique of self-promotion and securing patronage. This dissertation explores how artists and authors manipulated …
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THE EMPRESS OF ROME & OTHER STORIES THAT MAKE ME POSSIBLE
<p><em>The Empress of Rome & Other Stories That Make Me Possible</em> is a collection of essays, micro memoirs, poetry, art, meditations, reflections, speculations, imagined history, hopes, and desires. Without straying too far from her own life, Zoa Coudret shows readers glimpses into other …
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The International Criminal Court: A Commentary of the Rome Statute
… observation and a legislative history of the Rome Statute. However, the views appearing in this dissertation are not those of the Korean Government, but solely those of the author as an international law researcher and a participant in the Rome Conference.
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Gold, Grain, and Grace: Piety and Community in Late Medieval Rome
… dissertation argues that as the composition of Rome's ruling group shifted over the fourteenth century its members sought reliable, autonomous mechanisms for strengthening the cohesion of their elite community. For these they turned to various kinds of pious giving, ways of generating kin-like …
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De oud-bisschoppelijke cleresie en Rome: contacten en vredespogingen (1733-1749)
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_051211564.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Uncoiling the Laocoon: Revealing the Statue Group's Significance in Augustan Rome
Since its rediscovery in Rome in 1506, the Laocoon has raised issues regarding its date, its owner, its status as a Roman copy of a Greek original, and which literary account it reflects. It was not until a telling inscription with the names and patronymics of the artists was found on a statue …
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Science and Poetry in Imperial Rome: Manilius, Lucan, and the Aetna
… scientific inquiry and hexameter poetry at Rome in the first century CE. It focuses on three poetic texts: Manilius' Astronomica, Lucan's Civil War, and the anonymous Aetna. It argues that despite generic and thematic differences, these works participate in a common dialogue and therefore …
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Competing Influences: Francia, Rome and the English in the Seventh Century
Francia and Rome loom large in English history in the seventh century. Both are visible in the evangelization of the English in the first half of the century, and their interaction is exemplified by Bishop Wilfrid’s career (c. 650–710), including his connections with Frankish bishops and his …
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