Damnatio Memoriae terimi, 17. yüzyılda Roma İmparatorluğu'nda uygulanan hafızadan silme yöntemi için kullanılmıştır. Bu uygulamanın, Roma İmparatorluğu'nun kültürel hafızasına etkisi de oldukça önemlidir. Olumsuz etkileri bir yana aslında hafızadan silinmek istenen kişinin süreç…
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This PhD has two parts: a composite novel ( Transcendence ); and an accompanying essay, which explores creative and critical strategies vital to the novel’s writing. Transcendence follows characters who cross boundaries and thresholds of different kinds, to undertake life-changi…
The task of this dissertation is to prove that there is sufficient evidence to include the ancient country of Sogdiana within the sphere of the Hellenistic world. It is proposed that the center of this country was Samarkand or Bukhara. In order to establish Sogdiana's place with…
'Antigonos Gonatas: Coinage, Money and the Economy' is a presentation and systematic analysis of the precious metal coinages in the name of `king Antigonos'. Most of these issues, including (a) gold staters and silver tetradrachms with the types of Alexander III and (b) silver w…
The thesis examines c. 280 forms and motifs derived from a reconstruction of 93 gold stater types struck within 7 geographical regions across southeastern England, c. 80 BC - AD 45. The thesis highlights the emerging presence of an iconographic repertoire across southern Britain…
Prior to the addition of Egypt to the imperial state of Rome, the presence and influence of Roman culture in Egypt was not as strong as it was in other regions surrounding the Mediterranean. Under Augustus’ rule, Egypt was added to Rome’s growing empire and the grain which grew …
The Chi-Rho (☧), or Christian monogram, is one of the most common religious symbols in Christian art. Traditional archaeology has considered the presence of a chi-rho to be an indicator of a Christian artifact, as a result of a long-standing association with the figure of Christ…
During archaeological excavations over the last century, fifty-seven separate coin deposits have been found in ancient synagogues from Late Antique Palestine and the Diaspora. This project provides an overview of these deposits, the buildings they were discovered in, and the spe…