The impact of Sulla on Italy and the Mediterranean world
The impact of Sulla on Italy and the Mediterranean world By Federico Santangelo PhD Dissertation, University College London, 2006 Abstract: This Ph.D. thesis…
The Death of Caesar: New Light on History’s Most Famous Assassination
Barry Strauss talks about his new book The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination.
Clodius Pulcher: Caesar’s Willing Puppet The Bona Dea Affair and Its Effect on Cicero and the Fall of the Republic
ublius Clodous Pulcher, the patrician at the center of this scandal, became a means to control Caesar’s interests and enemies in the senate during his Gallic campaign.
The Prince and the Pancratiast: Persian-Thessalian Relations in the Late Fifth Century B.C.
Darius II’s invitation to the Olympic victor Poulydamas and Cyrus’ friendship with Thessalian aristocrats were renewals of old ties between Persia and Thessaly and part of Persian intervention in the Peloponnesian War.
EXHIBITS – Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art
My review of the British Museum’s – Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art which explores daily life, gender, sexuality, athleticism, heroism, and the social and political ideologies the Greeks espoused through their views on the human form.
The political role of women of the Roman elite, with particular attention to the autonomy and influence of the Julio-Claudian women, 44 BCE to CE 68
The political role of women of the Roman elite, with particular attention to the autonomy and influence of the Julio-Claudian women, 44 BCE…
Two Roman Generals: Flavius Stilicho and Flavius Aetius
Two Roman Generals: Flavius Stilicho and Flavius Aetius By James T. Culbertson Master’s Thesis, University of Arizona, 1966 Abstract: This thesis examines and compares…
Gambling, Threats and Miscalculations: Discussing Rome’s Reaction to the Fall of Saguntum and the Beginning of the Second Punic War
The debate surrounding the causes of the Second Punic War is by no means a new one. Ancient and modern scholars alike have debated, examined and subsequently re-examined the data countless times.
From cautious ruler to cruel monster: The development of the image of Nero as murderer, arsonist and persecutor of Christians
Nero died when he was thirty years old, but there is much to say about his short live. Therefore I will only look at three aspects of his image.
Exilium Romanum: exile, politics and personal experience from 58 BC to AD 68
This thesis investigates the sentence of exile in Rome from the years 58 BC to AD 68.