This dissertation presents an investigation of the place of the horse in Roman society, within the context of its roles as equus publicus, which derived ultimately from that of the cavalry mount, and race-horse. Consideration of the ceremonial role of the horse provides a clearer understanding of the value placed upon horses and horsemanship in the Roman world, thus permitting inferences to be drawn regarding the role played by the horse in the development of the equester ordo. Evidence is drawn from both literary and archaeological sources to shed light on the management and training of the horses of equestrian Rome. Chariot racing is also re-examined from the perspective of its equine players, and evidence is drawn from various sources to provide a more complete picture of the Roman horse-racing industry as a social structure. The importance of the racehorse in Roman society is examined and the symbolism of the victorious horse as represented in Roman art is discussed. / Classics & Modern European Languages / M.A. (Ancient Languages and Cultures)

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Five hundred years of Christian martyrdom are represented in the Ecclesiae militantis triumphi (1583). Engraved by Giovanni Battista Cavalieri, the series that was bound into a book reproduces a fresco cycle in the church of San Stefano Rotondo in Rome. While the church belonged to the Jesuit German-Hungarian College, the book accompanied priests in their proselytizing mission in Northern Europe. This thesis will look at the function of the book in relation to various audiences, in different viewing contexts. Analyzed primarily in relation to the intended Jesuit audience as an object of devotion, the book will also be inserted within the Early Christian revival promoted by Gregory XIII (1572-1585). Finally, it will be looked at in relation to an audience composed of individuals interested in factual knowledge about Early Christian history and in the martyr as a historical figure. A general endeavor of the thesis is to situate the Ecclesiae militantis triumphi in relation to late sixteen-century representations of martyrdom, both Catholic and Protestant, as well as in relation to other contemporary Roman printed works.

Zugl.: Oxford, University, Diss. - Bibliogr. S. (511)--548.

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This dissertation presents an investigation of the place of the horse in Roman society, within the context of its roles as equus publicus, which derived ultimately from that of the cavalry mount, and race-horse. Consideration of the ceremonial role of the horse provides a clearer understanding of the value placed upon horses and horsemanship in the Roman world, thus permitting inferences to be drawn regarding the role played by the horse in the development of the equester ordo. Evidence is drawn from both literary and archaeological sources to shed light on the management and training of the horses of equestrian Rome. Chariot racing is also re-examined from the perspective of its equine players, and evidence is drawn from various sources to provide a more complete picture of the Roman horse-racing industry as a social structure. The importance of the racehorse in Roman society is examined and the symbolism of the victorious horse as represented in Roman art is discussed. / Classics and Modern European Languages / M.A. (Ancient Languages and Cultures)

Orientadores: Andre Leonardo Chevitarese, Pedro Paulo Abreu Funati / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T00:02:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Selvatici_Monica_D.pdf: 1882966 bytes, checksum: a5d0dc4f5d5f3eb01d8997d2bf327845 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: O presente trabalho de pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar as evidências textuais e arqueológicas que permitam construir um contexto histórico plausível para a primeira expansão do movimento cristão, ocorrida na década de 30 do século I d.C., após a morte de Jesus. Esta expansão se caracterizou, segundo apresenta o relato do livro de Atos dos Apóstolos nos capítulos 6:1 a 8:40, e, possivelmente, também no relato da fundação da comunidade de Antioquia em Atos 11:19-26, pela ação missionária de judeus cristãos, ditos helenistas, saídos de Jerusalém, na região da Samaria e em áreas exteriores à Palestina, nomeadamente, a província romana da Síria e a ilha de Chipre, e pelas primeiras conversões de gentios à fé em Jesus como o Messias de Israel. O trabalho parte de uma historização do modelo interpretativo dominante sobre o Cristianismo antigo e de uma discussão dos propósitos teológicos e da questão da visibilidade histórica da narrativa de Atos dos Apóstolos. A análise da documentação textual é realizada a partir dos pressupostos da Nova História Cultural e o conceito de etnicidade é utilizado no sentido de compreender o aspecto mutável das identidades cristãs nos primeiros anos de vida do movimento cristão. A abordagem cronologicamente invertida da seqüência de passagens do livro de Atos acima apresentada permitiu a esta tese alcançar resultados diferenciados, em relação àqueles da historiografia dominante, sobre a questão da expansão inicial do movimento cristão do universo judaico palestino para o mundo helenizado do Mediterrâneo romano / Abstract: The purpose of the present research work is to build a plausible historical setting for the early spread of the Christian movement in the 30s of the 1st century CE, after Jesus¿ death, by way of an analysis of textual and archaeological evidence related to it. According to Acts 6:1 - 8:40 and, possibly, also Acts 11:19-26 (with regard to the establishment of the Antioch community), the spread in question was the result of missionary activity of Jewish Christians, named Hellenists, in a way from Jerusalem northward into Samaria and, outside Palestine, reaching the Cyprus island and the Roman province of Syria. According to Acts, the first conversions of Gentiles to the faith in Jesus Christ occurred precisely during that missionary activity. The present dissertation analyzes the traditional interpretive framework that guides most studies in early Christianity and discusses both the theological purpose and the question of historical visibility in the book of Acts. New Cultural History premises are followed in the analysis of textual sources and the concept of ethnicity is employed with the goal of understanding the relational aspect of Christian identities in the early years of the Jesus movement. The study moves chronologically backwards from the passage related to the foundation of the church in Antioch until it reaches the account of the appointment of the seven Hellenists in the Jerusalem community. This approach allowed the present research work to reach new conclusions ¿ compared to those of the dominant trend in scholarship ¿ on the early spread of the Christian movement from a Palestinian Jewish setting to the Hellenistic culture dominated world of the Roman East / Doutorado / Historia Cultural / Doutor em História

Various interpretations of the Germanic invasions of the early Middle Ages have been advanced. These present to the student of historiography a fertile field for inquiry. In this thesis the interpretations of the Germanic invasions propounded by Jules Michelet (1798-1874) and Gustav Freytag (1816-1875) are examined with a view to establishing the cultural context in which their mutually exclusive versions were formulated, and the extent to which that context lent the interpretations of both writers a perceptible national and aesthetic bias.