The Adriatic Sea both connected and divided the shores of the Italian and Balkan peninsulas in the Hellenistic period (fourth to first centuries BC). The …
From Polybius in the second century BCE to Delbrück in the twentieth century CE, scholars have devoted significant energy to understanding how the Roman army …
This dissertation explores the topic of fictive kinship – defined as a deep, personal connection between two or more individuals which is not biologically or …
This dissertation explores how the anonymous historical drama, Octavia, restages a brief moment in Neronian history as a powerful challenge to the Julio-Claudians' claim to …
In this project, I propose a new paradigm to understand the role of collective vocalization (“acclamation”) and its relationship to modes of power in Roman …
Abstract of (THE OUTSIDER WITHIN: SELF-SECLUSION BY THE ROMAN ELITE FROM TIBERIUS TO HADRIAN), by (Darrel Janzen), Ph.D., Brown University, May 2018. This dissertation examines …