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 …
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 …
Ancient Greeks regarded their gods as beings with whom they could interact in either helpful or harmful ways. The negative dimension of human-god interaction has, …
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 …