A revision of the author's thesis, Heidelberg. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--New York University, 1912 / Bibliography: p. 126-130 Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.

Programm--Königliches Katholisches Gymnasium zu Leobschütz, 1884. / Part I of a work that was originally issued as an inaugural dissertation, Breslau, 1863. "1884. Progr. Nr. 175." Includes bibliographical references.

In this doctoral dissertation I seek to reassess the innovativeness of the young Corduban poet Lucan’s masterpiece, the Civil War. Faced with the abrupt closure of Lucan’s poem 546 lines into Book 10, I adopt the view propounded by Haffter, Masters and Tracy, that what most have taken as incompletion brought on by the poet’s premature death in 65 CE is in fact a deliberate artistic decision. I then argue back from this view and reread several key features of the poem as manifestations of the same deliberate bodily incompleteness, the same sudden mutilation of a voice that the ending of the poem as we have it presents. My dissertation consists of two macro-sections, one on the structural and thematic characteristics of Lucan’s Civil War, and one on the characterization of the two antagonists most actively involved in the conflict: Julius Caesar, himself the author of an incomplete prose account of the very civil war that Lucan chooses to focus on; and Pompey the Great, a broken man whose mangled body reproduces at the microcosmic level the lack of finish exhibited by the textual body of the poem itself.

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Texte remanié de : Thèse de doctorat : Lettres : Heidelberg : 1983. / Bibliogr. p. 243-252.

Texte remanié de : Ph. D. / Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Uppsala University, 2001. / Abstract (1 leaf) and improved print-outs for five diagrams (on p. 280, 290, 301, 308, 309) inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-529) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Uppsala University, 2001. / Abstract (1 leaf) and improved print-outs for five diagrams (on p. 280, 290, 301, 308, 309) inserted. Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-529) and index.

This paper examines the Roman invasions of and interactions with Britain in the mid first century BCE and early first century CE and evaluates the results. Specifically, this paper analyzes motives and the actual military events of the invasions of Julius Caesar in 55 and 54 BCE and evaluates their aftermath, leading up to the invasion of Claudius in 43 CE. Caesar’s stated motive for launching the invasion was to prevent the islanders from interfering in the new Roman order being constructed in Gaul. However, as will be shown, Caesar’s more personal motives, in the form of a desire for wealth and glory, played as much if not more of a role in the launching of these expeditions. In light of these motives, the invasions can be defined, at best, as partial successes. The Romans militarily defeated the enemy but failed to materially benefit from that victory. Caesar’s account also leaves numerous points of scholarly debate unresolved on the surface, but a careful examination of the evidence allows us to answer them in part. This paper provides a thorough discussion of this interesting period as well as a look at the motives, actions, and fortunes of the participants. iii / vi, 148 leaves ; 29 cm