Diss.--Oldenburg Universität, 1992. / Bibliogr. p. 246-256.

Diss.--Philosophische Fakultät--Universität Köln, 1992. / Bibliogr. p. 300-310. Notes bibliogr. p. 269-298.

The name, title, literary persona and office of Vegetius are discussed in ch. 1, and although a firm decision is unjustified, comes stabuli seems bettter-attested than praefectus praetorio, come sacrarum largitionum or comes rei privatae. It is suggested that 'Vegetius' is only a cognomen to a true gentilicium 'Flavius'. The author's self-presentation as the Emperor's director of studies-cum-secretary is noticed. Ch. 2 provisionally locates Vegetius in Spanish horse-breeding senatorial circles, and treats his conventional Latin education with little or no Greek, his Vergil-reverence and orthodox Christianity. The date of Vegetius' Epitoma Rei Militaris is analysed in ch. 3 as being before the sack of Rome but in the aftermath of the battle of Adrianople. The Emperor-dedicatee is provisionally identified as Theodosius I. Scholarly debate on the question is thoroughly aired. The genre, literary persona and date of the Anonymus De Rebus Bellicis are argued in ch. 4 against the comparison of Vegetius. The Anonymus is characterized as a thaumaturgical sophist who complied his 'inventions' from older mechanical sources. A late-4th. or early 5th. century date is supported in opposition to the A.D. 360's. Ch. 5 argues that Vegetius' Epitome was intended to describe a Republican legionary organization adapted to late-antique Field armies with the unstated aim of reversing in detail and with specific advantages in mind the rapidly increasing barbarization of the army. Ch. 6 addresses the extent to which tactics and strategic constraints, arms and equipment and siegecraft were understood by Vegetius in contemporary terms, particularly as shown by Ammianus Marcellinus. It is argued in ch. 7 that the sources Vegetius used were late epitomes of the named sources, Cato, Celsus, Frontinus and Paternus, apart from Varro whom he used directly. Massive authorial intervention by Vegetius in the organization and content of the text is analysed.

The economic development of frontier regions has been neglected in the study of the Roman economy. Traditional core/periphery models suggest that frontiers were marginal zones dependent on a wealthy Mediterranean core, and this view has dominated scholarship for more than thirty years. In light of recent work on the Roman economy, it is clear that many old models need to be reappraised; this thesis examines the economic development of frontiers through the case study of the Rhine River Basin. This region formed one of Rome’s northern frontiers for more than 400 years and has a rich tradition of detailed archaeological and historical research. Using data from the Rhine frontier, this thesis re-examines the nature of frontier economies, arguing that they were dynamic, versatile, and complex rather than subaltern and undeveloped. A new model, based in the analytic framework of economic geography, is suggested as a replacement in order to appreciate the realities and potential of frontier economies.

Les XIIe et XIIIe siècles voient se développer les romans arthuriens, en vers puis en prose, qui connaissent encore un vif succès à la fin du Moyen Âge. Alors qu’une mode arthurienne croît dans certaines cours, le roman arthurien doit se renouveler et les auteurs sont pris entre deux exigences. La cohérence de la matière arthurienne reposant en particulier sur une onomastique (toponymes et anthroponymes) sans cesse reprise, les auteurs doivent à la fois conserver uneonomastique identifiable et renouveler personnages et lieux en introduisant de nouveaux noms propres. Nous étudierons ainsi les modalités et les enjeux de l'onomastique dans les romans arthuriens tardifs. Après avoir dressé un bilan des études onomastiques et mis en évidence l'articulation entre les enjeux anthropologiques, les pratiques attestées et la tradition littéraire, nous établirons une typologie des noms propres dans le corpus qui s'appuiera non seulement sur les éditions, mais prendra aussi en charge les variantes attestées par les manuscrits. Nous analyserons également les noms pour leur réalisme et leur pouvoir de suggestion chez le lecteur, et examinerons leur rôle dans la structure de l’intrigue. À partir de la typologie, de l'analyse sémantique et poétique et de l'étude des rapports à l'onomastique réelle, on situera lapratique des romans tardifs et on cernera la spécificité des noms propres dans le corpus choisi. / Arthurian romance develops during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, in verse and prose, and still has an important success in the late Middle Ages. Despite an Arthurian fashion taking place in some courts, the Arthurian romance has to be renewed and authors are caught between two requirements. As the consistency of Arthurian romances partly remains in theproper names they share (place names and anthroponyms), authors have to both maintain famous and recognizable proper names, and renew characters and places by introducing new ones. We will study the modalities and the stakes in the proper names used in late Arthurian romances. After making an assessment of the onomastics studies, and highlighting the link between anthropological stakes, documented practices and literary tradition, we will establish a typology of the proper names in the corpus which will be based not only on the editions, but will also consider the actual variants in manuscripts. We will also analyze names for their historical dimension and for their power over the reader’s imagination, and examine the role they play in the plot’s structure. The typology, the semantic and poetic analysis, and the study of the associations with historic onomastics will lead us to situate late novels in the Middle Ages literature and identify the specificity of proper names in the selected corpus.

In the arid Mediterranean world the careful management of water was essential for survival. Control of this resource was akin to political power. Rome and its environs were no different: water was an important status symbol and granting public access to it was considered a particularly generous gesture. During the principate a successful emperor was expected to demonstrate concern for the needs of the populace and one of the most effective ways for him to do this was by providing abundant quantities of water. As a political tool, water proved to be invaluable in its versatility. Imperial gifts could manifest in the form of access to drinking water, leisure spaces such as public gardens and baths, or even spectacular games and shows given on purpose-built artificial lakes. Additionally, massive engineering works such as aqueducts, harbors, and drainage projects, aimed at improving the water and food supply, were carefully designed to showcase the resources and generosity of the imperial patron. This study traces the origins of these forms of largesse, following their development from the Republican period to the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. By examining the water-related monuments and spectacles of each individual Julio-Claudian emperor in the context of their time, this dissertation aims to reconstruct the structures themselves, their intended audiences, and the water policies and patterns of influence created by each Julio-Claudian emperor. The first principes of Rome were still shaping their role and exploring ways in which they could balance their exercise of power with their expected responsibilities to the different strata of Roman society. The early principes began to experiment with water related munificence, and created many new forms of buildings and displays for the public that would eventually become canonical components of Imperial largesse and legitimization. / text

Diss.--lett.--Giessen, 2001. / Bibliogr. p. 343-368. Notes bibliogr.

Texte remanié de: Th. doct.--Francfort-sur-le-Main, Allemagne--Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 217-235. Index.

Diss. Ph. D.--English--Uppsala university, 1998.

Texte remanié de: Thesis Ph. D.--Atlanta (Ga.)--Emory university. / Bibliogr. p. 143-148.