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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"res gestae"”.
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Ammianus Marcellinus' Knowledge and Use of Republican Latin Literature
… and borrowings from earlier Latin authors in the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus. None have examined the extent of his knowledge of the authors in question nor the use which he made of their works. This dissertation attempts to do these things.
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La rinnovata attualità del territorio nell’ordinamento costituzionale di fronte alle sfide della contemporaneità
… partendo dalla civitas romana, ove già le Res gestae di Augusto offrono una primordiale testimonianza della consapevolezza della rilevanza del rapporto tra ambiti spaziali, persone e Istituzioni, per poi proseguire con l’evoluzione del significato del territorio sino alla metà del XIX …
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The Religious Reforms of Augustus: Innovation & Opportunism
… of himself and his family. Augustus states he restored 82 temples in his sixth consulship alone. Such claims imply a wholesale dereliction of the religious fabric in late Republican Rome, and give credence to the proposition, established from the 19th century, of a general decline in religious …
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Repression and reduction: the apparatchik's discourse in the works of Ammianus Marcellinus, Denis Diderot, Victor Serge and George Orwell
… and L’affaire Toulaév, Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae, Denis Diderot’s Essai sur la vie de Sénèque and Essai sur les règnes de Claude et de Néron, and George Orwell’s Burmese Days, Homage to Catalonia, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Despite the differences in time and culture, a …
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Studies in Cornelius Nepos’ Eumenes
This dissertation presents the first examination and analysis of Cornelius Nepos' Eumenes on its own terms and in its own right. Although Nepotian studies have experienced a revival, for example, in the form of the two recent monographs by Rex Stem (2012) and John Lobur (2021), as well as Francesco …
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Amiano Marcelino požiūrio į krikščionybę ambivalentiškumas /
… Roman historian, best known for his work "Res Gestae" (The Deeds), which covers the history of the Roman Empire from 96 to 378 AD. Born around 330 AD in Antioch (modern-day Turkey), Ammianus was a Greek-speaking Roman of noble birth who served as a soldier and participated in several …
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Memory And Moderation: The Imperial Image Of Augustus And Its Perception Among Later Authors
… that the traditions of the Republic had been restored and that Augustus was not a monarch but an ordinary citizen serving his nation. This modest image of the emperor was characterized by his ceremonial refusal of honors and offices and his preservation of the Senate's dignity. However, the …
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Curating history: Roman approaches to the material past, c. 100 BC - AD 200
This thesis explores how the Romans constructed their past and what it looked like by using its material remains in the period from the first century BC to the second century AD. Using a combination of texts, objects, and images, I explore themes relevant to the modern fields of heritage studies …