A Healing Touch for Empire: Vespasian's Wonders in Domitianic Rome
The development of the story of Vespasian
The cult of the goddess Roma in the Roman province of Dalmatia
A major role in emperor worship was played by Dea Roma, a Greek goddess who was unknown in Roman religion until the second century BC. During the Republican era, this deity only had the narrower geographic significance of the city of Rome, while the Greeks of the Hellenistic era elevated her into a divine personification of the Roman Republic and the entire Roman populace (Populus Romanus).
The regional imperial cult in the Roman province of Dalmatia
The province of Dalmatia was divided into three juridical districts (conventi iuridici): Scardona, Salona and Narona, of which the first was organized on the basis of the territorial principle and encompassed a higher number of municipalities (civitates) at once, while the Salona and Narona conventus communities were registered in accordance with narrower kinship communities, i.e. decuria.
Children as Office Holders and Benefactors in the Eastern Part of the Roman Empire
One of the most striking features of euergetism in the Román imperial period was the participation in public Ufe of individuáis belonging to previously «marginal» groups: women, children even -to a certain extent- «freed slaves» and their descendants.
Greek images of monarchy and their influence on Rome from Alexander to Augustus
This inter-disciplinary thesis traces the influence of Greek images of monarchy on Rome, between 323 B.C. and A.D. 14.
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.
Pontius Pilate and the Imperial Cult in Roman Judaea
While Pontius Pilate is often seen as agnostic, in modern terms, the material evidence of his coinage and the Pilate inscription from Caesarea indicate a prefect determined to promote a form of Roman religion in Judaea.
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.