Search for dissertations about: "Greek Roman"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words Greek Roman.

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. Evading Greek models : Three studies on Roman visual culture

   Author : Julia Habetzeder; Anne-Marie Leander Touati; Henrik Boman; Elaine Gazda; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kopienkritik; Copy criticism; Emulation; Classical reception studies; Roman visual culture; Roman ideal sculpture; Neo-Attic reliefs; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

   Abstract : For a long time, Roman ideal sculptures have primarily been studied within the tradition of Kopienkritik. Owing to some of the theoretical assumptions tied to this practice, several important aspects of Roman visual culture have been neglected as the overall aim of such research has been to gain new knowledge regarding assumed Classical and Hellenistic models. READ MORE

5. 3. Imprints of Roman Imperium : Bronze Coinages in the Republican Eastern Provinces

   Author : Georgia Galani; Lena Sjögren; Panagiotis Tselekas; Clare Rowan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Roman Republic; provinces; eastern Mediterranean; Greek East; bronze coinage; provincial coinage; provincial minting; Macedonia; Asia; Cyrenaica-Crete; Bithynia-Pontus; Syria; Cilicia; arkeologi med inriktning mot antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Archaeology and Classical Studies;

   Abstract : This study concerns bronze coinages of the Roman Republican provinces in the eastern Mediterranean during the 1st century BC. The Eastern Mediterranean is conventionally thought to include the areas east of the Adriatic Sea, which during the Hellenistic period included various kingdoms that had emerged from the fragmented empire of Alexander the Great. READ MORE

6. 4. Weeping for the res publica : Tears in Roman political culture

   Author : Johan Vekselius; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Antikens och forntidens historia; Antikens Rom; Romersk historia; Romerska riket; Kejsare; Tårar; Sorg; Gråt; känslohistoria; känslostudier; känslodisciplinering; Känslor; Latinsk litteratur; Grekisk litteratur; Antiken; Dygder och Laster; Dygder; Retorik; Historieskrivning; Talekonst; CIcero; Seneca; Tacitus; Livius; Antikens Grekland; Klassisk grekiska; Den romerska republiken; Kejsartid; Latinsk historieskrivning; Grekisk historieskrivning; Antikens historia; Antikens kultur och samhällsiv; Begravningar; Rome; Ancient Rome; Late Republican Rome; late Republic; Historiography; history of emotions; Tears; Weeping; Mourning; Virtues; Virtus; Pity; Clementia; Pietas; Oratory; Rhetoric; Cicero; Tacitus; Livy; The Roman Empire; The Roman Emperor; Latin historiography; Greek historiography; Grief; Ancient History; Classics; Ancient Greece; Funerals;

   Abstract : The thesis explores the meaning and function of tears in Roman political culture during the Republic and the Early Empire in various historical settings: mourning, the law court, and in different political contexts where power, authority, and subjection were expressed or exercised. This is carried through by reading representations of weeping in Greek and Latin literary works in different genres, written by different authors. READ MORE

7. 5. 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