Selected Essays In Roman History And Epigraphy.
Epigraphy, or the study of inscriptions, is critical for anyone seeking to understand the Roman world, whether they regard themselves as literary scholars, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, religious scholars or work in a field that touches on the Roman world from c. 500 BCE to 500 CE and beyond.
Ancient Sicily, Roman Republic, Roman provinces, Roman imperialism, Hellenistic history, epigraphy, digital humanities. Teaching Undergraduate teaching: primarily papers relating to Roman Republican history (period papers 241-146 BC, 146-46 BC, 46 BC - AD 54; Cicero and Catiline) and I regularly teach the final year class on Cicero: Politics and Thought.
The story of Rome under the Republic (c. 509-31 BC) and the rule of Augustus, the first emperor (31 BC-AD 14) can be told both as an account of the expansion of Roman power first within and then beyond Italy, and as one of intensifying political competition and eventual crisis within the Roman state, resolved (or expunged) by the establishment of one-man rule.
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy is the fullest collection of scholarship on the study and history of Latin epigraphy produced to date. Rather that just a collection of inscriptions, however.
Kalpavrksa by D Dayalan. Bkp, 2005-10-30. Hardcover. Good. Kalpavrksa (Essays on Art, architecture and archaeology) by D. Dayalan ISBN 13: 9788180900037 ISBN 10: 8180900037.
The Roman roadway system was the first unified road system in known world history. The code of law of the Ancient Roman Empire, the Law of the 12 Tables, written in the 5th century BC, dictated that the uniform width of a Roman Road had to be eight feet when straight and sixteen feet when curved.
Postgraduate Course in Roman Epigraphy Next course: July 2021. What is the Postgraduate Course in Roman Epigraphy? Course Director: Dr Abigail Graham (Lecturer in Ancient History at Warwick University) This biennial course is designed for postgraduates in archaeology, ancient history, art history, museum studies, classics and related fields who wish to pursue the study of epigraphic evidence.