This thesis tried to give a new answer concerning cross- cultural interaction between the Roman and Sasanian Realm. Wheareas most literature concludes that interaction between these realms was...Show moreThis thesis tried to give a new answer concerning cross- cultural interaction between the Roman and Sasanian Realm. Wheareas most literature concludes that interaction between these realms was almost impossible, blocked by war, this thesis tried to give another option. Namely, that there is reason to believe there was contact, on economic, stately and social level.Show less
This thesis disagrees with the notion that "for an elite male Roman, privacy was hard to achieve." By presenting several literary fragments dealing with withdrawal, and combining these to rooms...Show moreThis thesis disagrees with the notion that "for an elite male Roman, privacy was hard to achieve." By presenting several literary fragments dealing with withdrawal, and combining these to rooms within Roman society specifically designed for this purpose, the goal was to add new data and arguments to the debate regarding privacy. The outline of the thesis is as following: in the first chapter a classification and categorisation regarding the flexible concept of 'alone' will be presented. After this, the chapters two and three will comprise the datasets (textual and archaeological) of references and ways to withdraw. The final chapter analyses these datasets and concludes with what these thoughts can mean in light of the debate.Show less
This thesis investigates and discusses the rise and decline of the Baetican oil industry in the context of some of the wider economic, social and political developments in the Roman world between...Show moreThis thesis investigates and discusses the rise and decline of the Baetican oil industry in the context of some of the wider economic, social and political developments in the Roman world between the 1st and 3rd century AD.The focus lies on the influence of the Ius latii and the Roman conquests in northern Europe on the process of oil and amphorae production in Baetica as well as the patterns of oil distribution across the western Roman empire and Rome. The thesis also investigates the role and influence of the Roman state on the development of oil production and export and inscriptions on amphorae.Show less
In this thesis Roman tombstone inscriptions and letters are investigated. Two views on death are used for analysis of tombstone texts. The one, is a view of death as the slowly exiting of the soul...Show moreIn this thesis Roman tombstone inscriptions and letters are investigated. Two views on death are used for analysis of tombstone texts. The one, is a view of death as the slowly exiting of the soul from the world of the living to the other-worldly, called expiration. The other is a view of death as the ultimate final moment in which nothing exists, called termination. What can tombstone inscriptions –complemented with letters – tell us about how mourning worked for individuals in Roman society? What does mourning mean to Romans? In what way are mourning, display of grief and bereavement – expressed through burial rituals and on gravestones – typically Roman and in what way is it timeless? Romans tried to preserve memory of the deceased with elaborate funerals, with appealing inscriptions and with a very large variety of different tombstone inscriptions, in this way respect was paid to the dead.Show less
