Popular and Imperial Response to Earthquakes in the Roman Empire
This thesis will survey ancient responses to earthquakes and examine the reasons for imperial relief.
Roman Pisidia: a study of development and change
The first part of this thesis is concerned with the assimilation of Pisidia into the Roman Empire, reviewed against a background of general expansion and development…The second part of the thesis is concerned with aspects of later Antiquity, beginning with the archaeological evidence for Christianity in Pisidia.
Hannibal's strategies during the second Carthaginian War with Rome and his ultimate goal of Roman subjugation
After the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal retired to the confines of his camp to celebrate the greatest defeat the Romans had ever suffered, and as the future would hold, anyone would suffer
Res publica constituta : Actium, Apollo and the accomplishment of the triumviral assignment
This thesis will focus on the battle of Actium and the ways in which the Caesarian regime represented and commemorated this conflict and turned it to Octavian/Augustus’s purpose.
An Archaeological Map of Hadrian's Wall
A new map will help walkers and other visitors to Hadrian
Cultural Heritage Project in Iraq
In April 2009, Dr. Brian Rose, Deputy Director of the Penn Museum was invited by the State Department to help coordinate cultural preservation…
The iconography of ancient Greek and Roman jewellery
Many books – and countless introductions – have been written about ancient jewellery, covering its techniques, styles and history. None of these sources, however, provides an insight into the iconography and symbolism of these jewels to any considerable degree.
52,000 Roman coins discovered in England
A massive hoard of over 52 000 coins dating back to the third century AD have been discovered in a field near Frome in the English country of Somerset.
A Perspective of the History of Women’s Sport in Ancient Greece
This investigation examines literary, archaeological, and epigraphical evidence in four historical periods in order to draw as accurate a picture as possible of women’s sport in ancient Greece.
Philip II of Macedon and The Garrison in Naupactus
Early relations between Macedonia and the Aetolian Confederacy, unlike their contactsin the Hellenistic Age, have not been often subjected to historical investigation. Inspite — or rather because — of this relative shortage of modern studies historical constructs do not agree in details.