How Democratic Was the Roman Republic?
The votes of citizens of all classes were worth courting despite biased voting systems that gave greater weight to the votes of rural property owners or those whose wealth put them in the middle or upper ranks of the census classes.
The Legacy of the Parthenon
Oddly enough, the Parthenon was not considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. To our modern sensibilities and academic curiosity, this seems like a gross oversight.
How Generous were the Romans in Granting Citizenship?
How Generous were the Romans in Granting Citizenship? Altay Cosku Labyrinth: An online journal published by the Classical Studies Department of the University…
Roman Garrisoning in the Middle Republic
Much has been written about the nature of the pre-Marian army, and a similar amount of scholarship has been devoted to describing the mechanisms and methods of imperial control under the Roman Republican system.
Aqueducts and Euergetism in the Roman Republic
The role of public benefaction, known in scholarly literature as euergetism (from the Greek for “good deeds”), has long been recognised as being of utmost importance in the relationship between the aristocratic and lower castes of Roman society.
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.
The Composition of the Peloponnesian Elites in the Roman period and the Evolution of their Resistance and Approach to the Roman Rulers
Polybios was the first of a series of cultured Greeks attached to Romans and the first known member of a Peloponnesian elite to have developed such a close connection to the Romans.
Roman sumptuary legislation of the Republican Era C. 200-100 B.C.
Between the end of the Second Punic War and the beginning of the Social War the Roman Senate proposed and the voters passed a number of laws and regulations concemed with private life and public display, among them at least four restricting the cost of provisioning and the number of guests allowed at private banquets.
Writing on the wall: late-third century urban defenses in south Languedoc
This thesis takes the three largest cities in Roman south Languedoc-Narbonne, Carcassonne and Toulouse -and reexamines the evidence, both archaeological and literary, about the city walls.
The Olympic Games of 324 B.C. and the unification of lands under Alexander’s sway
In August 324 B.C. at the Olympic Games a herald read to more than 20.000 exiles from Greek poleis a declaration by the Macedonian king which was brought from his headquarters in Asia by his special envoy Nicanor of Stagira…