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This thesis examines the development of Roman Illyrian policy, from the late Republican hegemony over the region to the establishment of permanent imperial frontiers on the Danube and the beginning of the process that would integrate Illyricum ( the area between the Adriatic Sea and the River Danube ) into the Roman Empire. This thesis has two principal aims. Firstly, on the regional, ' microscopic ', level it defines and explains the development of Roman policy in Illyricum. Secondly, on the global, ' macroscopic ', level it examines some of the mechanisms of Roman policy - making, and fits Illyrian policy into the wider picture of Roman foreign and later provincial policy. Ultimately, the thesis recognizes and explains the reasons for a major change in Roman strategic interests from the Eastern Adriatic coast to the interior of the western Balkans in the late Republic and early Empire. Despite the problems of deficient sources, this thesis observes Roman Illyrian policy as essentially a political interaction between Rome and the entire regional geopolitical system of Illyricum, rather than defining it through Roman interactions with individual polities inside the system, or as part of the system. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--School of Humanities, 2005.

Thesis (M.Th.(N.T.))-University of Pretoria, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-86)

This thesis examines the Tabularium in Rome. Very little is written about this building, despite its imposing size and commanding location at the juncture of the Forum Romanum and the two crests of the Capitoline hill. It remains a cipher, unconsidered and unexplained. This thesis provides an explanation for the construction of the Tabularium consonant with the building’s composition and siting, the character of the man who commissioned it, and the political climate at the time of its construction — reconciling the Tabularium’s location and design with each of these factors. Previous analyses of the Tabularium dwelt on its topographic properties as a monumental backdrop for the Forum to the exclusion of all else. This thesis proposes the Tabularium was created by the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla as a military installation forging an architectural nexus between political and religious authority in Rome. The Tabularium was the first instance of military architecture behind the mask of a civic program — a prototype for Julius and Augustus Caesar’s monumental interventions in the Forum valley.

This thesis examines the Tabularium in Rome. Very little is written about this building, despite its imposing size and commanding location at the juncture of the Forum Romanum and the two crests of the Capitoline hill. It remains a cipher, unconsidered and unexplained. This thesis provides an explanation for the construction of the Tabularium consonant with the building’s composition and siting, the character of the man who commissioned it, and the political climate at the time of its construction — reconciling the Tabularium’s location and design with each of these factors. Previous analyses of the Tabularium dwelt on its topographic properties as a monumental backdrop for the Forum to the exclusion of all else. This thesis proposes the Tabularium was created by the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla as a military installation forging an architectural nexus between political and religious authority in Rome. The Tabularium was the first instance of military architecture behind the mask of a civic program — a prototype for Julius and Augustus Caesar’s monumental interventions in the Forum valley.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Philosophische Fakultät--Freiburg--Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 177-186.

Texte remanié de: Diss.--Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität--München, 1989. / Bibliogr. p. 151-174.

Th. doct.--Philosophische Fakultät--Göttingen--Georg- August Universität, 1996. / Bibliogr. p. 57-66.

Texte remanié de: Th. doct.--Hist.--Paris 1, 1996. / En appendice, choix de documents. Bibliogr. p. 567-578. Index.

Diss.--Frankfurt, 1997. / Bibliogr. p. IX-X. Index.