My dissertation explores the ethics of shame and honor at the end of the Republic to offer new perspectives on Tibullus’ work and Roman elegy. By situating Tibullus’ corpus within his contemporaries’ aristocratic discourse on honor, my research argues that the elegiac narrator i…
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My dissertation asserts that the study of animals is integral to the thorough understanding of the ancient military landscape, and three animals in particular warrant particular attention: the elephant, camel, and dog. I place these animals into the broader context of ancient wa…
Este estudo tem como objetivo compreender como acontecem as apropriações do discurso científico, por parte de grupos religiosos neopagãos, para a elaboração dos cultos a Endovélico e para a construção da identidade celta.
Lorsqu’un césar entrait en conflit avec les sénateurs, le Sénat en arrivait parfois à des mesures extrêmes, comme de comploter afin d'éliminer l'empereur en question. Une condamnation de sa mémoire pouvait alors suivre l'assassinat du césar. Cette condamnation de la mémoire créa…
This dissertation explores the different ways in which early Jews understood demonic entities in their ancient and antique historical contexts. Unlike traditional scholarly studies which have often approached the topic primarily from the grand theological narratives of monotheis…
The Etruscan-Roman city of Vulci is one of many Etruscan cities which lacks a detailed and holistic understanding of its urban development. Vulci represents a rare site that was not covered by modern structures and thus presents a unique opportunity for a city-scale examination …
This study investigates the use of central place models in Mycenaean archaeology, particularly as applied to the notion of “second order centers.” Traditional models are strongly hierarchical, and their evolutionary, taxonomic basis has limited understanding of Mycenaean centers…
The effect of climate change on food and water sustainability is an alarming issue worldwide. Food remains found in ancient settlements and mortuary contexts as is the case in ancient Egypt not only embody a list of plant taxa that shaped the people’s diet and cultural foodways …
Playa research on the American Great Plains has considerable potential to shed light on ancient hunter-gatherer lifeways and subsistence. These lacustrine environments provide a predictable water source and are ecological hubs for many species of mammals, waterfowl, and vegetati…
İlkçağ ve Orta Çağ arasındaki geçişin sağlandığı ara dönem olarak tanımlanan Geç Antik Çağ, 20. yüzyıldan itibaren tarih literatüründe yerini almıştır. Geç Antik Çağ, Roma İmparatorluğu'nda dinî ve siyasî olarak önemli değişimlerin yaşandığı yıllara tekabül etmektedir. Sınırları…
This thesis discusses the social life of the Theater at Aphrodisias into Late Antiquity. With a focus on the epigraphic record of the city, this thesis examines the original construction of the theater complex, its patronage, and its intended use in order to better understand ho…
The study of the Roman colonisation of the western provinces has produced much literature, especially about the processes of assimilation of Roman culture by indigenous communities and the cultural changes experienced by these under Roman influence. In Spain, traditional scholar…
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die These aufgestellt, dass die heutige Landschaftsauffassung von dem neolithischen Fundort Göbekli Tepe (Südosttürkei) nicht auf Grundlage einer tatsächlichen Erforschung der Landschaft entstand. Stattdessen gehe ich davon aus, dass sich die Land…
The Windover archaeological site (8BR246) is one of the few mass pre-historic burial sites in North America. The 168 skeletonized men, women, and children were interned in a peat bog accompanied by cultural materials such as bone and stone tools, textiles, flora, and fauna. This…
This dissertation investigates the relationships between archaeological practice and wider intellectual trends surrounding the study of the Late Bronze Age (LBA) – Early Iron Age (EIA) transition in Greece (c. 1200 – 1000 BCE), and, in doing so, presents a case study of the mech…
The practice of seeking asylum at sacred places has a rich and varied history. When John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople, entered into that history in 399 C.E. by sheltering the fallen consul eunuch Eutropius, he provided a fascinating lens through which to view the custom …
Private initiators, freelance religious practitioners who worked for a fee, offered their clients a better fate after death. I survey the evidence for their activities in classical Greece, and try to determine the date they came into being, which I suggest may be the end of the …
This thesis examines the use of sacrificial language in the Martyrdom of Polycarp (Mart. Pol.). At several points in the text, the author of Mart. Pol. uses language that demonstrates that he interprets Polycarp’s martyrdom as a sacrifice. To support my argument, I analyze descr…
The Economic Relationship between Patron and Freedman in Italy in the Early Roman Empire explores how economic and productive relationships between patrons and freedmen continued after manumission in Roman Italy during the early Principate. This dissertation surveys a range of a…