Articles Archive
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Dementia in the Greco-Roman world
Posted on May 7, 2012 | No CommentsSeveral classical sources – some of them medical– offer intriguing descriptions of many cognitive and behavioral symptoms in dementia, which are currently used for diagnostic purposes. -
Sex and Lots of Erotic Art to Prove It: The Erotic art of Pompeii
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe ancient Roman City of Pompeii is a spectacle of some of the worlds most beautiful and risqué forms of artwork ever found from ancient ruins. -
“Manufacturing Religion” in the Hellenistic Age: The Case of Isis-Demeter Cult
Posted on May 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe Hellenistic era is a period of transition, constant transformation, increasing knowledge of the natural environment and cosmological redefinition. -
The environment, Christianity, and the Roman Empire: an ecological interpretation
Posted on May 5, 2012 | No CommentsChristianity responded to the Roman Empire's oppression and domination through political mobilization, social transformation, and ecological restoration. -
A comparison of the roles of the hero and the seductress in the Tain bo cuailgne and the Iliad: an honors thesis
Posted on May 4, 2012 | No CommentsThis paper attempts to redefine the role of the 'hero' in ancient Western epic poetry, focusing specifically on the Iliad of Homer and the Irish epic the Tain Bo Cuailgne, by focusing on the maintenance of a hierarchy of loyalties. -
Wine and Wealth in Ancient Italy
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsThis account of viticulture in Italy during the period from the Punic Wars to the crisis of the third century AD is written in the conviction that the 'economic' history of the ancient world will remain unacceptably impoverished if it is written in isolation from the social and cultural history of the same period. -
The Politico-Economic Impact of the Horse on Old World Cultures
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsThe politico-military and economic importance of the horse will thus be examined in the rise of the Hittite, Achaemenid, Chinese, Arab, and Mongol empires. -
Potestās Marci Aurelii: Cursus Philosophus (The Ruling Power of Marcus Aurelius: a Philosophical Journey)
Posted on April 29, 2012 | No CommentsWhat is it that makes a man who he is? What causes him to make certain decisions - to take certain actions over others? -
The Challenge of the Queen of Sheba: The Hidden Matriarchy in the Ancient East
Posted on April 29, 2012 | No CommentsThis study is rooted in the theme of the woman in the traditions of the East. I aim to revisit the myth of the Queen of Sheba who played a crucial role in the early history of the ancient East. -
Cicero’s Pro Caelio and the Leges de VI of Rome in the Late Republic
Posted on April 29, 2012 | No CommentsAfter about 2000 years of investigation, much of the legal machinery of the Roman Late Republic remains poorly understood. The following work brings this issue into focus through the lens of the Pro Caelio, a defense speech that Cicero delivered (and later revised for publication) for the trial of Marcus Caelius Rufus in April of 56 B.C.