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Odour, perfume, and the female body in ancient Rome by Lawrence, Thea

Subjects: “…ancient Rome…”
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Carnal, bloody and unnatural acts: religious pollution in ancient Rome by Lennon, Jack

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Fall by Costantino, Thea

“…The title refers somewhat ironically to the decline and fall of ancient Rome. The erotic, aesthetic and economic excesses of the Empire have popularly been presented as the cause of its extinction, and the origins of Rome’s defeat by marauders and Europe’s descent into the so-called Dark Ages. …”
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On the core concepts of political theory: Hannah Arendt, Carl Schmitt and the ancients by Akarapattananukul, Yared

“…This sheds light on the absolute power of sovereignty in Christian theology during the time of Constantine, the Greek nomos and Roman ius conceptions of law, and the real possibility of the experience of war from ancient Rome as opposed to the Greek agon. Although Arendt and Schmitt do not give completely accurate accounts of these traditions in themselves, the findings of the thesis eventually bring modern political philosophy back to the contribution of classical political thought, adding another facet to understand these two political thinkers apart from the standard reading of Arendt and Schmitt that solely outline their political thought in light of the context of modernity.…”
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Communication failure and civil war in Virgil’s Aeneid, Lucan’s Bellum Ciuile and Statius’ Thebaid by Chhibber, Ashley

“…In the introductory chapter, I summarise the significance of civil war in ancient Rome, the important role of communication in Latin epic, and the ways in which my three texts can be considered to be civil war poems. …”
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