Agriculture in Roman Britain
Agriculture in Roman Britain Applebaum, Shimon Agricultural History Review, Volume 6:2 (1958) Abstract:
The Spirit of Roman Law
Lecture by Okko Behrends Given on October 6, 2008 at Cornell University
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT
The tradition of writing curses on lead tablets appears to have originated in Greece, with the earliest examples having been discovered in Sicily, Olbia and Attica dated to the fifth century B.C., and by the second century AD they were being written throughout Western Europe, with this practice continuing throughout the Mediterranean until at least the sixth century A.D.
Suetonius and his treatment of the Emperor Domitian's favourable accomplishments
Suetonius’ negative portrayal of emperors was not limited to Domitian. Emperors Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius, Nero and Vitellius also received negative portrayal in accordance with the senatorial influence and damnatio memoriae evident in the literature of the period. This attitude towards these condemned emperors matched the views of the senatorial aristocracy who were the patrons of literary commissions and their authors.
Vergil's Aeneid VIII and the Shield of Aeneas: recurrent topics and cyclic structures
An analysis of Book VIII of Vergil’s Aeneid will result in the observation that this book forms a cyclus in the way that it ends as it starts, the preparations being underway for the war against Mezentius. Inside this frame, two units, the first larger than the second, concentrate on the topics of Hercules’ connection with Rome and the shield of Aeneas.
Monetary Unification in the Ancient World
Monetary Unification in the Ancient World By Teresa Caruso Nations and Nationalities in Historical Perspective, edited by Gudmun
Ancient History in Spanish Historiography
The aim of this chapter is to explain, necessarily in synthetic form, how Ancient History has been treated and what rele- vance it has had in Spanish historiography.
The maritime city in the Graeco-Roman perception. Carthage and Alexandria: two emblematic examples
In Ancient History, from the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages, the sea, especially the Mediterranean, was the main instrument of communication between civilizations. But it was also the place of their conflicting interactions.
Pompeii and the Roman Villa
As part of University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Humanities Forum, Carol Mattusch, Department of Art History, George Mason University gave a talk on…