Search for dissertations about: "Latin epigraphy"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Latin epigraphy.

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. 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

5. 3. Herodes Atticus Reflected in Occasional Poetry of Antonine Athens

   Author : Foteini Skenteri; Grekiska (antik och bysantinsk); []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Grekiska språket; Greek language; Humaniora; Humanities; ancient rhetoric; Menandros Rhetor; Kephisia; Avlona; Marathon; Triopion; epigraphy; inscriptions; occasional poetry; Antonine Athens; Herodes Atticus; Second Sophistic; Greek literature; Grekisk litteratur;

   Abstract : The occasional poetry of the Antonine period relating to the wealthy sophist and important second century AD political personality in Athens, Herodes Atticus, is studied. Some of the functions of poetry are illustrated, as it is used by one of the leading personalities of the Second Sophistic. READ MORE

6. 4. The latin consecrative inscriptions in prose of churches and altars in Rome 1046-1263. Edition with translations and a commentary on language and palaeography

   Author : Anna Holst Blennow; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medieval Latin epigraphy; Medieval Latin palaeography; 11th century; 12th century; 13th century; diplomacy; chronology; consecrations;

   Abstract : In Rome during the mid-11th to the mid-13th centuries, a great number of churches were newly built or rebuilt. This called for consecrations of both the churches and the altars contained in them. The consecrations were performed by the Pope or a bishop. Often, an inscription was made to commemorate the event. READ MORE

7. 5. Lauro, myrto et buxo frequentata. A study of the Roman garden through its plants

   Author : Lena Landgren; Lunds universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arkeologi; Archaeology; grave garden; epigraphy; topiary; gardener; garden design; Pliny the Younger; Pliny the Elder; Roman botany; Portico of Pompey; Pompeii; Oplontis; topiarius; viridarium; viridia; Roman garden; garden archaeology; Ornamental plants; Prydnadsväxter;

   Abstract : The plants in the ancient Roman garden were chosen with deliberation. These choices were ruled by the meaning and associations the plants conveyed to the garden visitors. READ MORE