Eleanor Cowan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1428586 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eleanor Cowan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eleanor |
| FAMILY NAME | Cowan |
| SIGNATURE | COWAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7714-5393 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cassius Dio and the Julio-Claudians
Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world
The fact is that for most people, and especially for women and children, the family is the most violent group to which they are likely to belong. (Dobash and Dobash 1979: 7) This volume arises from a project born in part of statistics, or rather of the reality those statistics reveal. Globally, one in every three women in the twenty-first century will experience physical and/or sexual violence during her lifetime.1 Each year, over 1,500 deaths in…
Start with the cage’
This chapter investigates domestic violence in the ancient world by making use of the expanded understanding of the abusive relationship between perpetrator and victim offered by the concept of coercive control. Coercive control describes a pattern of behaviour which may include acts of physical violence, but also non-physical emotional, psychological and financial abuse. I offer four case-studies, each of which takes as its starting point a beha…
Velleius Paterculus
Velleius and the Princeps Romani Nominis
Contesting Clementia
This article examines a discussion about punishment which took place in Tiberian Rome. Should clementia or severitas inform the decisions of the judges and what was the proper relationship between the authority of the senate and the clementia of the princeps? My argument has five parts. I begin (I) by examining clementia and severitas in the work of Velleius Paterculus. I next (II) examine Velleius’ presentation of Tiberius as a figure who adjudi…
Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 415 avec le précieux commentaire de J. Thornton et la veille bibliographique qui précède chaque volume3 . Avec ses deux Indices qui le rendent maniable et son appareil de notes remarquable pour établir brièvement des états de la question, il deviendra indispensable aux antiquisants comme à tout lecteur intéressé par la pensée politique, les relations internationales et l’historiographie. Universit e de Franche-Comt e…
Velleius Paterculus
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Velleius Paterculus
Libertas and the Practice of Politics in the Late Roman Republic
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 415 avec le précieux commentaire de J. Thornton et la veille bibliographique qui précède chaque volume3 . Avec ses deux Indices qui le rendent maniable et son appareil de notes remarquable pour établir brièvement des états de la question, il deviendra indispensable aux antiquisants comme à tout lecteur intéressé par la pensée politique, les relations internationales et l’historiographie. Universit e de Franche-Comt e…
Contesting Clementia
This article examines a discussion about punishment which took place in Tiberian Rome. Should clementia or severitas inform the decisions of the judges and what was the proper relationship between the authority of the senate and the clementia of the princeps? My argument has five parts. I begin (I) by examining clementia and severitas in the work of Velleius Paterculus. I next (II) examine Velleius’ presentation of Tiberius as a figure who adjudi…
Velleius and the Princeps Romani Nominis
Velleius Paterculus
Cassius Dio and the Julio-Claudians
Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world
The fact is that for most people, and especially for women and children, the family is the most violent group to which they are likely to belong. (Dobash and Dobash 1979: 7) This volume arises from a project born in part of statistics, or rather of the reality those statistics reveal. Globally, one in every three women in the twenty-first century will experience physical and/or sexual violence during her lifetime.1 Each year, over 1,500 deaths in…
Start with the cage’
This chapter investigates domestic violence in the ancient world by making use of the expanded understanding of the abusive relationship between perpetrator and victim offered by the concept of coercive control. Coercive control describes a pattern of behaviour which may include acts of physical violence, but also non-physical emotional, psychological and financial abuse. I offer four case-studies, each of which takes as its starting point a beha…
History (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)