The Greco-Roman Conception of the North from Pytheas to Tacitus
The article summarizes Greek and Roman knowledge of the farthest northern frontiers by providing a survey of principal sources for the researcher of classical antiquity, and the archaeologist.
Around the Roman world in 180 days
The dissertation is intended to show whether it is possible for a Roman traveller to make a journey around the Roman world in the year C.E. 210, within 180 days, in a manner similar to that of Phileas Fogg, a character in Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in Eighty Days (1874).
Railways in the Greek and Roman world
Because the Greeks and Romans, for all their inventiveness in other directions, are not widely acknowledged as builders of railways, the title of this paper may raise a few eyebrows.
The Elusive Etruscans: The Quests for the Origins of the Etruscan Civilization
The Romans prided themselves on their ability to embrace the very best aspects of each culture that they encountered. There was one culture in particular, however, that held their fascination: the Etruscans.
The Mytho-Historical Topography of Thebes
A study of the topography of Thebes is particularly challenging due to the serious dearth of archaeological evidence. Centuries of continuous occupation, a series of destructions including the nearly complete razing by Alexander the Great, and modern construction have obliterated or effectively made inaccessible much of the ancient topography.
Via publica and other communications between Celeia and Neviodunum in the late Roman period
The paper presents an attempted reconstruction of the route of the Roman road from Celeia to Neviodunum which has been interpreted in different ways in the literature on a number of occasions.
Ptolemy, Tacitus and the tribes of north Britain
Ptolemy’s list of places in north Britain, arranged by tribe, may include both native sites and Roman forts. Unallocated fort names may have been added by Ptolemy to the list of what he thought was the appropriate tribe, possibly not always correctly…
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.
Separating Romans and barbarians: rural settlement and Romano-British material culture in North Britain
This thesis investigates the role which Roman artefacts played within rural settlements in North Britain during the Romano-British period. The possibility that Roman artefacts were used by native Britons as markers of prestige is explored through the presence or absence of Roman artefact types.
The demography of Roman state formation in Italy
This paper seeks to provide a basic demographic framework for the study of integrative processes in Italy during the Republican period.