Pliny the Elder’s History: Recording the past in the Naturalis Historia
Pliny’s Naturalis Historia is remarkable for its references to its sources throughout the text.
Religions of Ancient Italy
A necessary starting point is a brief overview of the problems connected with the nature of our sources, which include literary, material, and epigraphical evidence.
Houses in Roman Britain: a study in architecture and urban society
This thesis surveys the evidence for Romano-British houses, with an emphasis on the imported and urban traditions that witness the influence of empire on province.
The Social and Economic Impact of Artificial Light at Pompeii
The evidence presented in this thesis is used to test the hypothesis that a reliable and affordable supply of light fuel and lighting equipment was a major constituent in Roman urban living.
The Gymnasion in the Hellenistic East: Motives, Divergences, and Networks of Contacts
This thesis is a socio-cultural study of the Greek gymnasion in the Hellenistic period: its development, the factors that underpinned its adoption, and the role of native educational practices in that process.
Medical practice applied in the ancient Asclepeion in Kos island
The main diseases treated in the Asclepeia were: chronic neuropsychological disorders, skin diseases and chronic lung diseases.
Bravery in the Face of Death: Gladiatorial Games and Those Who Watched Them
The gladiatorial games – often portrayed in modern media as brutish spectacles enjoyed by bloodthirsty crowds — were rather a rule-bound sport focused on the Roman ideal of bravery in the face of death.
The Lupercalia and the Romulus and Remus legend
It is not intended here to embark upon a detailed discussion of all the theories put forward concerning the nature of the Lupercalian rites, but rather to attempt to establish a connection between the rites and the appearance of a she-wolf in the Romulus and Remus legend.
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…
Roman weaponry in the province of Britain from the second century to the fifth century AD
This thesis deals with the weapons Of the Roman army in Britain from the beginning of the 2nd century AD until the end of Roman rule in the early 5th century.