Search for dissertations about: "Roman Republic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Roman Republic.

  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. 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

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. 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

  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