Classics Theses
The University of St Andrews has been a centre for Classical studies since its foundation in 1413, and the School of Classics continues to build on its reputation for both teaching and research. Current concentrations of expertise include (among many others) classical and post-classical Greek literature; Platonic and post-classical philosophy; the archaeology of Rome and the Roman provinces, Roman Imperial literature and history, Late Antiquity and Renaissance and later engagement with the Classics.
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Recent Submissions
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Fleets and naval forces of the late Roman Mediterranean (3rd-6th centuries)
(2024-06-10) - ThesisScholarship has traditionally conceived the fleets and naval forces employed by the Roman Empire through the lens of modern military organisation. This understanding has led to the widespread belief that, during the early ... -
Mistress of the East, goddess of the West : Aphrodite and the development of ancient Greek erotica
(2021-07-01) - ThesisMy thesis analyses the interlinked complexities of socially constructed sexualities and the identity of Aphrodite from the Archaic to the late-Classical period in order to reinstate a critical connection between ancient ... -
Economic and social development in the Cycladic Islands, 1000 - 480 BCE
(2020-12-02) - ThesisThis thesis seeks to understand how economic and social development occurred in the Cycladic Islands between the end of the Bronze Age and the Persian Wars, 1000 – 480 BCE. The longue durée of the examination sets the ... -
Etruscan and Latin networks : a semiotic exploration of interconnectivity
(2024-06-10) - ThesisThe Iron Age saw increasing intra- and inter-regional connectivity, social hierarchy, and economic production of settlements in southern Etruria and Latium. Some settlements, such as Rome, prospered, while others did not. ... -
Civic communities as actors in the Western Roman Empire from Augustus to Diocletian
(2022-06-16) - ThesisThis dissertation re-evaluates the significance of civic communities (ciuitates) – largely autonomous polities with state-like attributes – in the Western Roman Empire, from Augustus to Diocletian. Ciuitates have traditionally ...