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 ...

In this MA-thesis, I re-evaluated the question 'How can the activities of the Sulpicii of Puteoli be characterized between 25-62 AD?'. To answer this question, I examined several activities which the Sulpicii documented ...

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 ...

This essay pertains to the imperial coronation rituals as used by Louis the Pious (778-840). Louis had this ritual performed twice, once by his father Charlemagne in 813 and once by pope Stephen IV. It will be examined how ...

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 ...

Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as emperor Hadrian, was one of the adoptive emperors in the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. He ruled the Roman Empire from 117 until his death in 138 AD. The emperorship, developed under ...

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 ...