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Displaying Results 1 - 17 of 17 on page 1 of 1
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Commento storico al libro III dell'epistilario di Q. Aurelio Simmaco
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Commento storico al libro III dell'epistilario di Q. Aurelio Simmaco
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
Few late antique authors provoke more visceral reactions than Quintus Aurelius Symmachus: I have seen grown men yawn at the very mention of his name. Yet there is no denying his usefulness as a window onto the mentalités of the late Roman senatorial aristocracy.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/618/
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Constantine, Christianity and Rome
(2001)
Humphries, Mark
Constantine, Christianity and Rome
(2001)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
John Curranâs impressive book on fourth century Rome is an important contribution to a fertile area of research. In recent years, the study of the fate of the classical city has been particularly fruitful: articles, chapters, and conference proceedings on the topic have abounded; monographs on specific examples and broader samples have multiplied
http://eprints.nuim.ie/369/
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History and Silence. Purge and the Rehabilitation of Memory in Late Antiquity.
(2004)
Humphries, Mark; Hedrick Jr, C. W.
History and Silence. Purge and the Rehabilitation of Memory in Late Antiquity.
(2004)
Humphries, Mark; Hedrick Jr, C. W.
Abstract:
In AD 431 a statue of the senator Virius Nicomachus Flavianus was erected in Trajanâs Forum at Rome. On its base was inscribed an imperial letter that rehabilitated Flavianusâ reputation (CIL 6. 1783). Flavianus had committed suicide after the usurper Eugenius, whose revolt he had supported, was defeated in 394. In the aftermath, Flavianus was subject to damnatio memoriae for his part in the rebellion. This disgrace and subsequent rehabilitation form the theme of H.âs study, which has at its heart a study of the inscription on the statue base.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/359/
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In Mommsen's Shade: Roman Historiography, Past and Present
(2002)
Humphries, Mark
In Mommsen's Shade: Roman Historiography, Past and Present
(2002)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
When it comes to assessing the reputations of the great modern historians of Roman antiquity, Edward Gibbon (1737-94), in the English speaking world at any rate, perhaps counts for more than Theodor Mommsen (1818-1903). Gibbonâs theme is on a grand scale, articulated in mellifluous prose. Mommsenâs work cannot compare on either level: the history of the Republic does not evoke the same visceral fascination as the fall of the Empire; and a translation can hardly match the art of an original. Yet as all those who pursue research into the Roman world know, our debt to Mommsen is perhaps greater than that to Gibbon.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/367/
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Mark
La politica religiosa di Graziano
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
La politica religiosa di Graziano
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
Gratian is not an emperor who usually attracts attention in his own right, but more often lurks in the shadows cast by his more distinguished contemporaries, notably Theodosius I and Ambrose of Milan. The topic of his religious policy, however, is important. He was the first emperor over whom Ambrose sought to wield influence. Moreover, by his rejection of the title pontifex maximus and his removal of the altar of Victory from the senatorial curia in Rome, he signalled an important change in the attitudes of Christian emperors towards paganism.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/619/
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Mark
Laying Down the Law: A Study of the Theodosian Code.
(2004)
Humphries, Mark; Matthews, J. F.
Laying Down the Law: A Study of the Theodosian Code.
(2004)
Humphries, Mark; Matthews, J. F.
Abstract:
At the outset of Laying Down the Law, John Matthews states that his book will attempt to provide âan understanding of the nature of the [Theodosian] Code and how it was producedâ, and that it will be âabout the Code itself and not about the Roman Empire portrayed in its pagesâ (vii). The nervous reader might anticipate dry exegesis of legalistic minutiae, particularly when M. goes on to express the concern that this will be his âleast âpopularâ bookâ (xi). Neither M. nor the nervous reader should be concerned. Laying Down the Law is quintessentially a Matthewsian book, sharing many of the virtues and much of the style of his Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court AD 364-425 (1975) and The Roman Empire of Ammianus (1989)
http://eprints.nuim.ie/360/
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Mark
Pagani e Cristiani a Siracusa tra il III e il IV secolo d. C.
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Pagani e Cristiani a Siracusa tra il III e il IV secolo d. C.
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
Rosario Grecoâs study of the religious dynamics of third- and fourth-century Syracuse starts with a promise to approach the subject free from the Christianizing preconceptions that have often bedevilled such studies in the past (p. 7). His first chapter (on pagan cults in late antique Syracuse) begins in a style that holds true to this intention: a broadside against the use of the monolithic term âpaganismâ and the authorâs preference for an emphasis on plural âpagan religionsâ (p. 13). He is similarly scathing of any credence given to legends of the apostolic foundation of Christianity at Syracuse (p. 53 and n. 10). Some readers might see the need to make such points as rather quaint. But pious, Christianizing whimsy (memorably characterized as âmaudlin flapdoodleâ by E. A. Thompson in Who Was St Patrick? [Woodbridge, 1985], 165) can be remarkably tenacious: thus G.âs polemical declarations are worth making.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/617/
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Mark
Portraits of Spiritual Authority. Religious Power in Early Christianity, Byzantium and the Christian Orient (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 137)
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Portraits of Spiritual Authority. Religious Power in Early Christianity, Byzantium and the Christian Orient (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 137)
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
This volume presents revised versions of ten papers delivered at a workshop in Cardiff in May 1998: The essays are concerned with the nature of authority exercised by members of the late antique religious hierarchy, or individuals closely connected to them, as depicted in literary texts. As the editors remark in their preface (ix-xiii), historians these days are increasingly sensitive not only to different types of authority, but also to how that authority is represented or manipulated by the authors of texts.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/616/
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Mark
Roman Senators and Absent Emperors in Late Antiquity
(2003)
Humphries, Mark
Roman Senators and Absent Emperors in Late Antiquity
(2003)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
It is often assumed that the political fortunes of the city of Rome and of its élite, the Senate, decline in late antiquity. Such decline is attributed to emperors residing in other centres closer to the frontiers and to the inflation of senatorial status in the fourth century. This article argues, however, that the senators of Rome continued to see themselves as important participants in imperial high politics throughout the period. Such ambitions were ably demonstrated by Q. Aurelius Symmachus, whose role as senatorial ambassador to the imperial court was predicated on the basis that the Senate in Rome was still an important political institution. Similar ambitions motivated Roman senators to give active support to rival sides in political usurpations in the fourth century; this activity was advertised, moreover, by an impressive series of dedications set up in the Forum Romanum in close proximity to the Senate House itself. The climax of these aspirations came in the unstable ci...
http://eprints.nuim.ie/366/
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The End of the Past. Ancient Rome and the Modern West.
(2004)
Humphries, Mark; Schiavone, Aldo
The End of the Past. Ancient Rome and the Modern West.
(2004)
Humphries, Mark; Schiavone, Aldo
Abstract:
Why did the Roman Empire fall? For Edward Gibbon, the answer lay with the triumph of superstition and barbarism. Other answers have been sought, from manpower supply to lead poisoning. More recently, scholars have preferred to think in terms of continuities and innovations that make the world of late antiquity a vigorous one, and well worthy of study. Now along comes Aldo Schiavone with a different analysis. For him, the study of late antiquity is a valuable enterprise: the age presents the historian with âan entirely new universe ⦠in which simplistic and teleological explanations have no partâ
http://eprints.nuim.ie/362/
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The Lexicon of Abuse: Drunkenness and political illegitimacy in the late Roman world
(2002)
Humphries, Mark
The Lexicon of Abuse: Drunkenness and political illegitimacy in the late Roman world
(2002)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
In the anonymous, mid-fourth century narrative known as the Origo Constantini Imperatoris (The Origin of the Emperor Constantine), several apparently remarkable statements are made about the moral fibre â or more precisely the lack of it â of the enemies of the emperor Constantine.1 Prominent among these villains are Galerius, Augustus of the eastern empire (305-311), and his short-lived associate as western emperor, Severus (Caesar 305-6; Augustus, 306-7). The relationship between the two men, so our anonymous author has it, was based on their shared propensity to heavy drinking: âSeverus Caesar was ignoble both by character and by birth; he was a heavy drinker (ebriosus) and for this reason he was a friend of Galerius.â2 Galeriusâ own fondness for drink and its deleterious effects are soon described: âGalerius was such a heavy drinker (ebriosus) that, when he was intoxicated, he gave orders such as should not be implemented.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/368/
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Mark
The Life and Works of Potamius of Lisbon.
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
The Life and Works of Potamius of Lisbon.
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
Potamius of Lisbon is hardly one of the more celebrated churchmen of the fourth century AD. His life is shrouded in obscurity: we do not know when he was born, when he became bishop, or when he died. He emerges into the light of history in the mid-350s when, during the western residence of the âArianâ emperor Constantius II, many bishops were called upon to adhere to the emperorâs preferred version of Christian orthodoxy â a version that would later be denounced as heresy after the triumph of Nicene Christology at the Council of Constantinople in 381. Potamiusâ actions during this period are instructive.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/614/
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The Making of a Christian Aristocracy: Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
The Making of a Christian Aristocracy: Social and Religious Change in the Western Roman Empire
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
Why did the Roman Empire become Christian? This question has significant ramifications for the whole of western history. Michele Renee Salzman is not, of course, the first to seek to explain this seismic change, but her approach seeks to make good the shortcomings of earlier attempts.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/620/
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Mark
The Olympic Games, ancient and modern
(2004)
Humphries, Mark
The Olympic Games, ancient and modern
(2004)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
In August 2004, Athens will host the twenty-eighth modern Olympic Games. In the run-up to the event, much is being made of the fact that this yearâs Olympiad will see the games returning to Greece, where the first modern games were held in 1896, and where the very notion of the Olympics originated in antiquity. But to what extent, if any, do the modern Games resemble the ancient Olympic festival?
http://eprints.nuim.ie/370/
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Mark
The Religious Context of Early Christianity. A Guide to Graeco-Roman Religions,
(2004)
Humphries, Mark; Klauck, Hans-Josef
The Religious Context of Early Christianity. A Guide to Graeco-Roman Religions,
(2004)
Humphries, Mark; Klauck, Hans-Josef
Abstract:
This book (an English translation of Die religiöse Umwelt des Urchristentums [2 vols, Stuttgart 1995-1996]) presents a survey of Graeco-Roman religions aimed at theology students seeking to understand the pagan religious background to the emergence of the Church. Judaism is explicitly excluded because its relationship with Christianity was âquite different (because much closer)
http://eprints.nuim.ie/361/
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The Roman Countryside & Villa to Village: The Transformation of the Roman Countryside in Italy, c. 400-1000
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
The Roman Countryside & Villa to Village: The Transformation of the Roman Countryside in Italy, c. 400-1000
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
These volumes are published in the series âDuckworth Debates in Archaeologyâ edited by Richard Hodges. Each is designed to introduce students and scholars âto a theme which is the subject of contemporary debate in archaeologyâ (thus the back cover blurb). The books are short in compass but are provided with thorough bibliographies and indices (this latter much to the credit of series editor and publisher alike). The two volumes considered here are very different in scope and character. In what follows, I will devote most space to Stephen L. Dysonâs The Roman Countryside, because it is likely to be of more interest to readers of this journal.
http://eprints.nuim.ie/621/
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Viglia di romanizzazione. Altino e il Veneto orientale tra II e I sec. a.
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Viglia di romanizzazione. Altino e il Veneto orientale tra II e I sec. a.
(2005)
Humphries, Mark
Abstract:
This volume assembles fifteen papers from a conference devoted to the âcrucial moment of transition that signalled for the settled communities of the eastern Veneto the passage to Romanitasâ
http://eprints.nuim.ie/615/
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