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A Roman Diary, Sarah Yebin Park
A Roman Diary, Sarah Yebin Park
Montserrat Annual Writing Prize
This collection of diary entries uses historical fiction to capture a glimpse of Roman life in the year XV B.C. through the eyes of of a young man Felix who was visiting Rome with his father Julius, a libertus (or emanicapted slave).
Why Did The Greek "Polis" Originally Need Coins?, Thomas R. Martin
Why Did The Greek "Polis" Originally Need Coins?, Thomas R. Martin
Classics Department Faculty Scholarship
Why did the ancient Greek polis originally need coins? This question, so simple to pose and so difficult to answer, leads to more specific queries such as what practical purposes coins served in the polis and what messages they communicated either explicitly through their types and legends or implicitly by their very creation as products of the political community of the polis.
Silver Coins And Public Slaves In The Athenian Law Of 375/4 B.C., Thomas R. Martin
Silver Coins And Public Slaves In The Athenian Law Of 375/4 B.C., Thomas R. Martin
Classics Department Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Sulla Imperator Iterum : The Samnites And Roman Republican Coin Propaganda, Thomas R. Martin
Sulla Imperator Iterum : The Samnites And Roman Republican Coin Propaganda, Thomas R. Martin
Classics Department Faculty Scholarship
A large number of inscriptions surviving from the late Roman Republic testify to the abiding interest that public figures of the time had in publicizing themselves. By proclaiming their own achievements and those of their families in inscribed texts, displayed as conspicuously as possible, Romans with ambitions could create the kind of personal publicity which apparently helped to advance their status and careers. The most conspicuous publicity was generated by inscriptions placed on public monuments; the most widely circulated publicity, however, was generated by the inscriptions and small relief sculptures which appeared on coins. Since people at all levels of …
The Chronology Of The Fourth-Century B.C. Facing-Head Silver Coinage Of Larissa, Thomas R. Martin
The Chronology Of The Fourth-Century B.C. Facing-Head Silver Coinage Of Larissa, Thomas R. Martin
Classics Department Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.