Search for dissertations about: "Roman epigraphy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Roman 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. 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

  5. 3. Femina princeps : Livia's position in the Roman state

    Author : LOVISA BRÄNNSTEDT; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Livia; Rome; Roman empire; political culture; position; motherhood; patronage; imperial cult; honours; privileges; performativity; epigraphy;

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  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. The Casa del Torello di Bronzo (V 1,7) in Pompeii : Investigating a residential house and its complex water system

    Author : Thomas Staub; Anne-Marie Leander Touati; Arja Karivieri; Eric Moormann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pompeii; Roman domestic architecture; Atrium house; Roman wallpainting; Roman water technology; Pompeii sidewalk; inscriptions; Roman fountains; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Abstract : The goal of the thesis is to present the thorough documentation and analysis of a private dwelling in Pompeii, the Casa del Torello di Bronzo (V 1,7), the largest and most dominating dwelling in insula V 1. Its system of water use and distribution was particularly outstanding. READ MORE