Classics (School of): Recent submissions

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    • Divided lands, divided peoples? A reconsideration of the concept of Roman land division, its practices, purposes, and effects 

      Vermeulen, Anouk Eline (2016) - Thesis
      In this thesis, I pursue a reconsideration of the concept of Roman land division, focusing on three aspects: the practical process, the possible functions, and the impact on human and natural landscapes. Since the rise in ...

    • The collected works of J.M. Falckenburg 

      Carawan, Mark (1989) - Thesis
      Jacob Milich Falckenburg has on rare occasions in the twentieth century received recognition in notes and scholarly afterthoughts for his Latin verse retelling of the Apollonius of Tyre romance and dedicatory poem to Queen ...

    • Tacitus's characteristic exploitation of geographical setting 

      Morton, Jean Cairistiona (1983) - Thesis
      The aim of this thesis is to examine Tacitus's treatment of geographical material in his historical works, considering his sources, his methods and his intentions. In the first six chapters, each of which deals with a ...

    • Seneca's 'Phoenissae' : introduction and commentary 

      Frank, Marica (1990) - Thesis
      The Introduction deals primarily with issues regarding Seneca's Phoenissae specifically, but includes some discussion of more general questions. It consists of the following sections: 1. Title (in which the problem of the ...

    • Petronius' 'Satyrica' : sources and affinities 

      Rodriguez, Kate Hendricks (1995) - Thesis
      In the ongoing debate over the genre of the Satyricon of Petronius, the theories that the work is a parody of the Greek romance or that it is a mock-epic have reached a level of orthodoxy. The Satyricon's stylistic and ...