vii, 65 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / Roman gladiatorial games had significance far beyond that of mere spectacle and were more than savage and brutal entertainment for depraved emperors and bloodthirsty crowds. Classifying the games as a form of ritual, and by extension a means of communication, this study approaches Roman gladiatorial games as a type of text and employs literary theories regarding allusion to bring to light the more profound implications of the games. I focus on the ways in which gladiatorial games alluded to funerary and sacrificial ritual as well as to the idealized representations of masculine virtue in Roman literature and the native myths and legends that Romans used to define themselves. The gladiator was both the community's ideal agent and its sacrificial offering, and gladiatorial combat was the embodiment of Roman social values, religious practice, and national identity. / Committee in Charge: Dr. Mary Jaeger, Chair; Dr. Lowell Bowditch; Dr. Cristina Calhoon

[No abstract available] / Arts, Faculty of / Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, Department of / Graduate

This thesis is a systematic examination of the use of the term phoideratos in Greek and how it relates to the Greek word symmachos. The term was recognized as not precisely equivalent to its Latin cognate foederatus over a century ago by Jean Maspero, but no complete study of every use of the term has been made until now. This has been facilitated by the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, an online database of searchable Greek texts. These terms are important since they provide a framework within which foreigners came to serve the Roman army. They also reveal the changing nature of that army, and how the foederati, formerly allies who came to serve the Roman state in exchange for a combination of land, supplies, and cash became the phoideratoi, an elite regular unit in the Roman army. Meanwhile, symmachos came to refer to those who were formerly called phoideratoi. This interpretation is crucial since some modern historiography has considered the phoideratoi of the sixth century as equivalent to the foederati of the fourth.

(no abstract available) / Arts, Faculty of / Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, Department of / Graduate

Nouveau fondateur de Rome, Auguste sollicite les mythes des origines de Rome, que les poètes sont chargés de mettre en vers. Notre thèse vise d’une part à étudier l’aspect du paysage recréé par les poètes, de l’autre à souligner l’importance de la place des paysages dans les épisodes légendaires : en effet, le caractère sacré de ces épisodes est renforcé par leur inscription dans un paysage composé d’éléments le plus souvent sacrés, qu’ils soient naturels ou bâtis. Le paysage semble ainsi figer dans un espace intemporel les mythes des origines, qui s’ouvrent alors à tous les habitants de Rome, même venus d’ailleurs, facilitant l’accès à la romanité désiré par Auguste. Influences littéraires hellénistiques, souvenirs de paysages connus, fresques picturales, sont autant de sources que les poètes vont utiliser pour offrir leur propre représentation de ce paysage imaginaire. On assiste à la naissance d’un type de littérature proprement romaine. / As the new founder of Rome, ; the emperor Augustus uses the founding myths, put in verse by the poets. This thesis aims to study how the landscapes recreated by the poets look like ; furthermore it aims to emphasize the importance of the place of the landscapes within the legendary episodes : the sacred landscapes, made of natural and architectural elements, streghthen the sacred character of these episodes. The founding myths, inscribed in a preserved location, make easier the romanity. Hellenistic influences, memory of birth place landscapes, pictural frescoes, are all the sources used by the poets to create their own representation of this imaginary landscape. A new type of roman litterature emerges.

No description available.

Dissertation--Göttingen Universität, 1995. / Bibliogr. p. 285-297.

Tesis doct.--Departamento de ciencias históricas--Santander--Universidad de Cantabria, 1990. / La page de titre porte en plus : "Departamento de ciencias históricas" Bibliogr. p. 570-621. Résumés en espagnol, anglais et français.

Texte remanié de: Doct. th.--Hist.--Southampton University, 2001. / Bibliogr. p. 147-154.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Fachbereich 08--Gießen--Justus-Liebig-Universität, 1994. / Bibliogr. p. 359-398.