Search for dissertations about: "veii"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word veii.

2. 1. Evocatio deorum : Historical and mythical interpretations of ritualised conquests in the expansion of ancient Rome

   Author : Gabriella Gustafsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Roman religion; evocatio; devotio; Livy; Macrobius; Servius; Veii; myth; historiography; theology of history; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : The dissertation examines the historical evidence, and the historiographical and mythical aspects of the sources, of the evocatio-ritual of Republican Rome. According to some ancient sources, the tutelary deity of an enemy city was, just before a conquest, "called out", that is, asked to abandon the city and promised a new temple in Rome. READ MORE

4. 2. Cultural and socio-political development in south Etruria. : The Biedano region in the 5th to 1st centuries BC

   Author : Hampus Olsson; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Etruscans; Etruscology; Blera; Biedano region; ager Bleranus; Rome; Roman Republic; Roman archaeology; Romanisation; Globalisation; Bilingualism; code-switching; Imperialism; Etruscan prosopography; Etruscans; Etruscology; Etruscan prosopography; Blera; Biedano region; ager Bleranus; South Etruria; Etruria meridionale; Rome; Roman Republic; Romanisation; Imperialism; Globalisation; Bilingualism; Code-switching; Roman archaeology; Etruscan archaeology;

   Abstract : The town of Blera is situated in the southern parts of Etruria and has a history spanning more than 2,500 years. Its location between the two important Etruscan cities of Tarquinii and Caere has meant that Blera, for the entire Etruscan period (c. 750–50 BC), alternatively has found itself in either city’s sphere of interest. READ MORE