This dissertation comparatively examines the acquisition, military organization, and historical development of the last provinces fully incorporated into the Roman Empire – Dacia and Arabia …
This dissertation is an interdisciplinary investigation into the relationship between pregnant and pre-gravid women and their fetuses in the Roman Empire. It examines the cultural …
Violence and violent language have long been associated with Classical invective. Archilochus for instance is said to have driven the Lycambids to suicide through the …
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 …
This dissertation presents the first comprehensive study of the archaeological record of sacrifice and the site-specific character of the ritual in Republican Rome and Latium. …
This dissertation examines the social and economic impacts of Roman conquest on the mining industry in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), the Roman province …
This dissertation explores the role of mystery cults and other religious rituals in Petronius’ Satyrica. One of the most complex issues in the study of …
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 …
This dissertation concerns itself with Graeco-Egyptian uterine amulets, a type of medico-magical tool used to combat bodily suffering in the Eastern Roman Empire from the …
Though there have recently been many examinations of ancient Romans' moral and aesthetic visual practices, Juvenal, the most vivid Roman verse satirist, has up to …
