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  1. 1. Honorius and the city of Rome : Authority and legitimacy in late antiquity

    Författare :Hans Lejdegård; Arja Karivieri; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Emperor; Rome; relationship; legitimacy; Attalus; power; usurpation; senate; Alaric; propaganda; Honorius; adventus; consensus universorum; late antiquity.; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the importance of the concept of Roma et Augustus, the close relationship between the Roman emperor and the city of Rome, in the reign of Honorius, who reigned in AD 395-423. Rome and the emperor were two of the most important and conspicuous manifestations of Roman civilisation and power, around which much of late antique ideology of authority and legitimacy was formulated. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Weeping for the res publica : Tears in Roman political culture

    Författare :Johan Vekselius; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Antikens och forntidens historia; Antikens Rom; Romersk historia; Romerska riket; Kejsare; Tårar; Sorg; Gråt; känslohistoria; känslostudier; känslodisciplinering; Känslor; Latinsk litteratur; Grekisk litteratur; Antiken; Dygder och Laster; Dygder; Retorik; Historieskrivning; Talekonst; CIcero; Seneca; Tacitus; Livius; Antikens Grekland; Klassisk grekiska; Den romerska republiken; Kejsartid; Latinsk historieskrivning; Grekisk historieskrivning; Antikens historia; Antikens kultur och samhällsiv; Begravningar; Rome; Ancient Rome; Late Republican Rome; late Republic; Historiography; history of emotions; Tears; Weeping; Mourning; Virtues; Virtus; Pity; Clementia; Pietas; Oratory; Rhetoric; Cicero; Tacitus; Livy; The Roman Empire; The Roman Emperor; Latin historiography; Greek historiography; Grief; Ancient History; Classics; Ancient Greece; Funerals;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis explores the meaning and function of tears in Roman political culture during the Republic and the Early Empire in various historical settings: mourning, the law court, and in different political contexts where power, authority, and subjection were expressed or exercised. This is carried through by reading representations of weeping in Greek and Latin literary works in different genres, written by different authors. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Gloria muliebris: Elite female status competition in Mid-Republican Rome

    Författare :Lewis Webb; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; elite women; senatorial women; status; competition; status competition; glory; Ancient Rome; Republic; res publica; mid-Republican Rome; domains; resources; regulation; capital; conspicuous display;

    Sammanfattning : Elite status competition permeated mid-Republican Rome (264–133 BCE). Struggles for superiority in status among the senatorial elite catalysed social growth and conflict in the res publica: competition and the desire for glory suffused elite society. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Constructing Historical Realism : International Relations as Comparative History

    Författare :Martin Hall; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; theory; historical sociology; feudalism; Late Antiquity; Japan; Republican Rome; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Sammanfattning : In this study the author seeks to develop Historical Realism as a new approach to International Relations. Drawing on recent theoretical developments in International Relations and Historical Sociology it is argued, first, that a distinction between constitutive and causal theory is necessary and, second, that this distinction makes comparisons at a high level of abstraction across time and space possible. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The tomb of Caecilia Metella: tumulus, tropaeum and thymele

    Författare :Henrik Gerding; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mundus; Spatial concepts; Punctuation marks; Via Appia; Late Republican Rome; Prosopography; Three-dimensional documentation; Sepulchral architecture; Circular monuments; Cylindrical tombs; Ancient history; Roman architecture; Buildings archaeology; Katabasis; Crassus; Augustus; Spolia Opima; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis constitutes a close study of a single architectural monument, the tomb of Caecilia Metella. This is a well-preserved cylindrical tomb situated on the Via Appia outside Rome, and it is generally associated with sepulchral buildings of the traditional tumulus type. LÄS MER