Hellenism and the Shaping of the Byzantine Empire
While the role of Byzantine Hellenism on the art, literature, and society of the Empire has been the subject of tremendous study, the question of its origins has, nonetheless, rarely been raised, and the strongly Hellenic Byzantine identity seems, to a large extent, to have been taken for granted historiographically.
The Coins and the Cult
The interpretation of coins uncovered in excavation includes several numismatic and archaeological problems.
Livy and the Bacchanalia
Livy begins his account by claiming that the Bacchanalia had come to Rome from Etruria and Campania.9 Classical Bacchic cult was a ritual enactment of the maenads
Girls are wicked: gender and magic
In Greek and Roman literature, we find lots of similar figures. Women from the Greek region of Thessaly, for example, were known for their ability to bring down the moon from the sky.
Byzantine Intelligence Service
The basis on which the successful administration of the Roman Empire at its zenith was built was the cursus publicus, or the state post. This organization also made the service of intelligence more effective.
Romans and Goths in late antique Gaul: asepcts of political and cultural assimilation in the Fifth Century AD
From the fifth century AD onwards, the history of the Roman empire is often associated with the so-called
Jesus the Healer in the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, and Early Christianity
Jesus-like healing powers have been attributed to—or claimed by—charismatic Christians down to the present day. Thus, for better or for worse, Jesus’ ‘healing’ is fundamental to Christianity.
Paganism and its influence on the development of Christianity
Explores the background of Christianity and how the native religions it encountered affected and altered it.
Some reflections on ancient Greek attitudes to children as revealed in selected literature of the pre-Christian era
This study examines the ancient Greeks’ attitudes to children during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. The investigation is limited to literary sources in selected pre-Christian texts.
Abbreviated histories : the case of the Epitome de Caesaribus (AD c. 395)
The dissertation offers a critical analysis of the Epitome de Caesaribus, a fourth-century Latin series on the lives of the emperors from Augustus to Theodosius (c. AD 395)