Search for dissertations about: "Roman Languages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words Roman Languages.

  2. 1. Roman Female Cognomina : Studies in the Nomenclature of Roman Women

    Author : Tuomo Nuorluoto; Gerd V M Haverling; Olli Salomies; Christer Bruun; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Roman onomastics; ancient Rome; Roman women; personal names; Latin epigraphy; Roman epigraphy; Greek epigraphy; Latin linguistics; Latin; Latin;

    Abstract : This study investigates the cognomina of Roman women. The cognomen was the latest component of the Roman onomastic system and in the course of the early first century CE it came to be the most important individual name of Roman citizens. READ MORE

  4. 2. Crucifixion in Antiquity : An Inquiry into the Background of the New Testament Terminology of Crucifixion

    Author : Gunnar Samuelsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; crucifixion; cross; death of Jesus; Bible; New Testament; church; Christianity; philology; semantics; Jesus; execution; death sentence; impaling; suspension punishment; Golgotha; Calvary; ancient language; classical languages; Classical Greek; Latin; Hebrew Aramaic; ancient Greece; Roman empire; Roman world; Jerusalem;

    Abstract : This study investigates the philological aspects of how ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew/Aramaic texts, including the New Testament, depict the practice of punishment by crucifixion. A survey of the ancient text material shows that there has been a too narrow view of the “crucifixion” terminology. READ MORE

  5. 3. Glass, alcohol and power in Roman Iron Age Scotland - a study of the Roman vessel glass from non-Roman/native sites in north Northumberland and Scotland

    Author : Dominic Ingemark; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Celtic and Germanic drinking customs; Roman; Symbols of power; Material culture; Presitige goods systems; Roman–native exchange; Free Germany; Roman glass; Iron Age Northumberland Scotland; Wine; mead; beer; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on a study of Roman glass vessels found on non-Roman/native sites - chiefly of Roman Iron Age date (AD 0-400) - beyond Hadrian’s Wall in northern Britain. Roman glass vessels have been discovered on 60 sites in total, the majority of which are settlements of various types, and only a minor part are graves. READ MORE

  6. 4. Imperial Freedmen and Roman Society : A study on the social standing of imperial freedmen as expressed in literary and epigraphic sources in the early Roman Empire

    Author : Lisa Hagelin; Gerd Haverling; Gunhild Vidén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; imperial freedmen; emperor; status; social history; early empire; Pliny; Tacitus; Seneca; Latin epigraphy; Rome; Latin language; Latin; Latin; Latin;

    Abstract : This study discusses the imperial freedmen’s standing in Roman society as it is expressed in literary and epigraphic sources. It has often been assumed that the traditional elite had a general negative attitude towards this group, and previous scholars have interpreted the social standing of the imperial freedmen very differently due to the discrepancy between the legal status and the social status of these freedmen. READ MORE

  7. 5. Standardization and Orthography in the Balochi Language

    Author : Carina Jahani; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Balochi; dialect; language standardization; loanwords; orthography; Arabic script; Roman script; orthographic systems; Iranian languages; Iranska språk;

    Abstract : This work deals with the process of standardization in written Balochi in Pakistan from 1950 onwards.... READ MORE