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Item LEGIO IX HISPANA. A comprehensive study into the ancient mystery of the disappearance of the Ninth Legion of the Roman Empire.(2025-01-15) Horst, van der, K.J.J. (Kees)Legio IX Hispana disappeared from Roman sources in the first decennia of the second century. For a long time it was thought that the legion was destroyed in an uprising of northern British peoples around 117 and this story echoed in popular literature. However, new sources indicating the legion's presence in Nijmegen combined with careers of officers who served in the ninth legion after its supposed destruction showed that Legio IX Hispana could not have been destroyed in this uprising. Rather, it could have met its end later in Britannia, in Nijmegen while it was stationed there or in the eastern parts of the Roman Empire. In this research, these three possible scenarios are analysed by looking at all available sources. This way, an attempt is made to provide the first comprehensive study of the disappearance of Legio IX Hispana carried out by a non-British historian.Item Slaves, Collegia, and Cicero: the Clodian connection. Collegia, Clodius and the agency of the urban enslaved people of Rome in the late Republic (66-52 BC).(2024-05-15) Pedone, A. (Alessandro)The ability of the enslaved to act for their benefit despite the constraints, or agency, during the Late Roman Republic within the city of Rome is an under-researched topic. However, clues in ancient literary and epigraphical sources suggest a link between the enslaved and freed, the associations, collegia, and Clodius. Investigating these connections raises questions about the nature of the relationship between enslaved people and slaveholders, as well as how political figures, specifically Clodius, could impact the agency of the enslaved people within associations. Furthermore, these questions shed new light on Cicero’s account of his rival Clodius’ career, such as his involvement in the Compitalia festival. The rivalry between factions during the Late Republic allowed a privileged few enslaved to secure their agency. With the end of the republic, the enslaved people's agency shifted from the associations to the imperial cult.Item Vrijheid in vrije tijd: de vrijetijdsbesteding van jonge vrouwen in de achttiende-eeuwse Republiek.(2024-03-15) Dijk, van, M.E. (Marinka)In de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw was er sprake van een aanzienlijke toename aan morele literatuur, die beschreef hoe een jonge vrouw zich diende te gedragen. Deze morele literatuur bevestigde en vormde de gedragslijnen waaraan een jonge vrouw zich in de hogere klasse aan moest houden. In dit thesis wordt de relatie tussen de vrijetijdsbesteding van jonge vrouwen tot de achttiende-eeuwse adviesliteratuur bestudeerd.Item Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt.(2024-03-15) Vogelsang, J. (Jelle)This master thesis looks at mummy portraits from Roman Egypt. More specifically, it answers the question: What can mummy portraits from Tebtunis reveal about the way these people wanted to present themselves during the Antonine and Severan periods (AD 138-235)? This research question is answered by looking at aspects of the mummy portraits like hairstyle, jewelry and clothing. This made it possible to say something about the self-presentation of the people depicted on the mummy portraits through the perspective of multiculturalism and socio-economic status. The thesis concludes that the people depicted on the mummy portraits from Tebtunis wanted to present themselves with Greek and Roman qualities because of the socio-economic benefits that these ‘ethnicities’ entailed. Further results, specific to individual Tebtunis mummy portraits, are also given.Item “Liefde leeft niet van het verleden, maar van het heden.” Hoe Nederlandse kloostergemeenschappen zichzelf vormgeven aan het begin van de eenentwintigste eeuw.(2024-05-31) Slaa, S. (Sille)Nederland beleeft een golf van ontkerkelijking, een trend die al langer bezig is. Dit is ook terug te zien in het aantal Nederlandse kloosterlingen, sinds de jaren zestig is het aantal kloosterlingen hard gedaald. Veel kloostergemeenschappen voelen zich daarom genoodzaakt te vernieuwen, maar dit is niet altijd succesvol. In deze scriptie word gekeken naar kloosters die wel succesvol hervormd zijn en welke factoren daarin voor hun resultaat hebben gebracht.