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This study traces the development of building inscriptions in Roman North Africa, in order to understand the rich epigraphic record testifying to public construction during the reign of Diocletian. In particular, it examines the role of the imperial government in construction, b…

This dissertation is a study of job titles in ancient Greece. Historians have often invoked job titles as evidence for ancient society, economic activity, and the like. The present study distinguishes itself from previous scholarship by making job titles themselves the subject o…

This dissertation traces the creation and negotiation of dynastic succession ideologies between the emperors and their subject populations between 193 and 313 CE, particularly through the advertisement of imperial women. Julia Domna, Otacilia Severa, and Galeria Valeria occupy w…