The evolution of Athenian discourses revolving around pederasty is being studied from a political angle, through the contextualization of said discourses into the political and social milieu of...Show moreThe evolution of Athenian discourses revolving around pederasty is being studied from a political angle, through the contextualization of said discourses into the political and social milieu of Athens, from the archaic to the classical period (7th- 4th c. B.C.), with an aim at understanding both the discourses themselves, as well as their thematic evolution, as products and constructs of the political realities of the polis.Show less
Deze scriptie combineert onderzoek naar Romeinse identiteit, moraliteit en eetcultuur. Eetcultuur is een centraal aspect van de identiteit van personen en groepen. Voor het Romeinse zelfbeeld was...Show moreDeze scriptie combineert onderzoek naar Romeinse identiteit, moraliteit en eetcultuur. Eetcultuur is een centraal aspect van de identiteit van personen en groepen. Voor het Romeinse zelfbeeld was ook moraliteit erg belangrijk. In antieke teksten van ongeveer 200 v.C. tot 200 n.C. over eetgewoontes en voedsel wordt de eetcultuur van de Romeinen regelmatig geassocieerd met een aantal specifieke Romeinse deugden, zoals frugalitas, temperantia en pietas. Deze scriptie gaat in op de beschreven eetculturen aan de hand van deze idealen en onderzoekt zo de relatie tussen Romeinse identiteit en eetcultuur.Show less
This thesis started with the question if parents in Roman times would be able to love their child, even if it turned out the child was disabled. The Roman law recorded in the Twelve Tables from the...Show moreThis thesis started with the question if parents in Roman times would be able to love their child, even if it turned out the child was disabled. The Roman law recorded in the Twelve Tables from the fifth century B.C.E. stated that parents had to kill their disabled children for the good of the Roman citizens. Some historians however, wrote that disabled individuals were displayed for popular entertainment in ancient Rome as part of an established tradition in the Roman culture of displaying the anomalous bodies of humans and animals. How can children be killed at birth and yet be displayed for popular entertainment? In this thesis I have placed myself within a debate about disability history. The debate is about what the social position was of the disabled within an ancient society, in this thesis the Roman era. The main question for this thesis therefore became: What was the position of the disabled within the Roman Empire?Show less
