The role of the Narrative of Ancient Greece and Greece’s Membership of the European community 1979-2015.

This thesis applies modern theories of memory studies to the ancient era of Augustus. Already in the Roman past memory and commemoration was in the hands of the people in power. Specifically Augustus' use of commemoration ...

Beyond Modernism and Primitivism delves into the debate between modernists and primitivists regarding the nature of the Roman economic system. How well - developed was the Roman economic system? Did they have a simple ...

The thesis is concerning with the military campaigns in the East, led by two Byzantine Emperors – Nikephoros II Phocas and John Tzimiskes. In these campaigns, which occurred in the 10th century, both emperors achieved ...

The ways in which emotions were described and used as a frame to portray different social groups in the Albigensian Crusade.

The systematic assignment and use of official street names and house numbers is a modern phenomenon, which was only developed since the eighteenth century. Before the creation of street addresses people had to rely on other ...

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the way the image of Rome is represented in 4th century Thessaloniki, by examining the archaeological evidence. For this it is important to identify the characteristics of imperial ...

Emperor Augustus was the one who inaugurated the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which lasted from 27BC until 68AD. After Augustus, five emperors followed him in the line of succession. These emperors were: Tiberius, Caligula, ...

In the 40s BC, Varro introduces to the reader one of the most mysterious monuments located in the core of the city of Rome—the Lacus Curtius. As a good antiquarian, Varro confines himself to offering just the different ...

When the Tunesian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi committed suicide by setting himself on fire in 2011, it sparked public protests throughout Northern Africa, in the media called the 'Arabic Spring'. In this Master thesis, ...