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  • Nesiotai and Poleis Aspects of Agency in the Hellenistic Cyclades 

    Foley, Elizabeth Catherine (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2023)
    This thesis examines the interactions of the poleis of the Cycladic Islands with hegemonic powers in the Hellenistic period on two levels: 1) the level of the Nesiotic League and 2) the level of the individual island poleis. ...
  • Oppian's Piscine Dialectic 

    McGrath, Sean Everett (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2023)
    The central premise of this study is that Oppian?s Halieutica is a poem that poses questions and offers a variety of perspectives on issues such as the place of humans in the natural world, the cognitive abilities of ...
  • The Libyan Wars: Crisis, Climate, and Conflict in Carthaginian North Africa 

    Hill, Andrew Martin (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2023)
    Africa is mother to some of humanity's oldest civilisations, among them the maritime state of Carthage (ca. 814-146 BC). At its height, Carthage was one of the largest cities on earth and was the first truly urban centre ...
  • Contesting Chronos: An Exploration of Competing Ontologies of Time in Early Greek Thought 

    Ashton, Susannah Francesca (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2022)
    This thesis explores the diverse ontologies of time that are evidenced in the early Greek cosmologies of Hesiod, Pherecydes of Syros, and Empedocles. Through three case studies, I argue that in order to understand the ...
  • Keeping Up with the Julii: Roman lmpact on Social Stratification and Mobility in the Rhône Basin c.125-10BCE 

    Moore, Ralph Thomas (Trinity College Dublin. School of Histories & Humanities. Discipline of Classics, 2022)
    This thesis investigates the character and fate(s) of the local ruling classes of Gallic communities around the Greater Rhône Basin (such as the Aedui, Arverni, Allobroges, and Volcae Arecomici) in relation to the advent ...