Saskia Roselaar
Biographic Data
| ID | 2580981 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saskia Roselaar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saskia |
| FAMILY NAME | Roselaar |
| SIGNATURE | ROSELAAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Leiden University, Department of History, PO Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands;, Email: [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Cult of Mithras in Early Christian Literature – an Inventory and Interpretation
This article investigates references to Mithraism in early Christian works, dating from the second to fifth centuries AD. It argues that the way the Mithras cult was described and/or addressed transformed as the relative positions in society of Christianity and pagan cults changed. In the earliest period Christianity was only one religious group among many, and its later dominance could not be foreseen. This may have made Christian writers eager …
Between Rome and Carthage
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 205 pragmatism with Greek “idle head-in-the-clouds conjecturing,” a simplistic convention that one would not expect of MacMullen (43). And any reader of Ovid would wonder at the statement that educated Romans did not wish to import Greek myths into their religion or poetry (44). That Romans prided themselves on refusing to wage war through sly tricks (44) may be true in principle, but it is hardly compatible with an in…
Colonies and processes of integration in the Roman Republic
This article aims to examine the evidence for the various roles that Latin and Roman colonies played in the integration of Italian allies into the Roman state. It discusses the evidence for the legal status of Italian settlers in colonies and argues that Italian allies were not normally admitted as official settlers, but often lived in nearby colonies or moved into them after the foundation. This happened especially in colonies which developed in…
Public Land in the Roman Republic
This thesis discusses ager publicus, a kind of public land specific to the Roman Republic. Although many works have been devoted to this kind of land, there is as yet no book which investigates in depth its role in the society, economy, and politics of the Roman Republic. Many aspects of the history of this type of land are still hotly debated, from its development in the early Republic and the legal rights that could be held on it by Roman citiz…
Assidui or proletarii? Property in Roman Citizen Colonies and the vacatio militiae
This article argues that colonists in fourth- and third-century BC colonies with Roman citizen status remained proletarii, because allotments of two iugera of land were not sufficient to raise them to the fifth census class. The vacatio militiae recorded by Livy as a privilege enjoyed by these colonies does not mean that the colonists had become assidui. The article argues that instead the vacatio served to ensure that all colonists in such colon…
Colonies and processes of integration in the Roman Republic
This article aims to examine the evidence for the various roles that Latin and Roman colonies played in the integration of Italian allies into the Roman state. It discusses the evidence for the legal status of Italian settlers in colonies and argues that Italian allies were not normally admitted as official settlers, but often lived in nearby colonies or moved into them after the foundation. This happened especially in colonies which developed in…
Public Land in the Roman Republic
This thesis discusses ager publicus, a kind of public land specific to the Roman Republic. Although many works have been devoted to this kind of land, there is as yet no book which investigates in depth its role in the society, economy, and politics of the Roman Republic. Many aspects of the history of this type of land are still hotly debated, from its development in the early Republic and the legal rights that could be held on it by Roman citiz…
Assidui or proletarii? Property in Roman Citizen Colonies and the vacatio militiae
This article argues that colonists in fourth- and third-century BC colonies with Roman citizen status remained proletarii, because allotments of two iugera of land were not sufficient to raise them to the fifth census class. The vacatio militiae recorded by Livy as a privilege enjoyed by these colonies does not mean that the colonists had become assidui. The article argues that instead the vacatio served to ensure that all colonists in such colon…
The Cult of Mithras in Early Christian Literature – an Inventory and Interpretation
This article investigates references to Mithraism in early Christian works, dating from the second to fifth centuries AD. It argues that the way the Mithras cult was described and/or addressed transformed as the relative positions in society of Christianity and pagan cults changed. In the earliest period Christianity was only one religious group among many, and its later dominance could not be foreseen. This may have made Christian writers eager …
Public Land in the Roman Republic
This thesis discusses ager publicus, a kind of public land specific to the Roman Republic. Although many works have been devoted to this kind of land, there is as yet no book which investigates in depth its role in the society, economy, and politics of the Roman Republic. Many aspects of the history of this type of land are still hotly debated, from its development in the early Republic and the legal rights that could be held on it by Roman citiz…
Assidui or proletarii? Property in Roman Citizen Colonies and the vacatio militiae
This article argues that colonists in fourth- and third-century BC colonies with Roman citizen status remained proletarii, because allotments of two iugera of land were not sufficient to raise them to the fifth census class. The vacatio militiae recorded by Livy as a privilege enjoyed by these colonies does not mean that the colonists had become assidui. The article argues that instead the vacatio served to ensure that all colonists in such colon…
Colonies and processes of integration in the Roman Republic
This article aims to examine the evidence for the various roles that Latin and Roman colonies played in the integration of Italian allies into the Roman state. It discusses the evidence for the legal status of Italian settlers in colonies and argues that Italian allies were not normally admitted as official settlers, but often lived in nearby colonies or moved into them after the foundation. This happened especially in colonies which developed in…
Between Rome and Carthage
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS 205 pragmatism with Greek “idle head-in-the-clouds conjecturing,” a simplistic convention that one would not expect of MacMullen (43). And any reader of Ovid would wonder at the statement that educated Romans did not wish to import Greek myths into their religion or poetry (44). That Romans prided themselves on refusing to wage war through sly tricks (44) may be true in principle, but it is hardly compatible with an in…
The Cult of Mithras in Early Christian Literature – an Inventory and Interpretation
This article investigates references to Mithraism in early Christian works, dating from the second to fifth centuries AD. It argues that the way the Mithras cult was described and/or addressed transformed as the relative positions in society of Christianity and pagan cults changed. In the earliest period Christianity was only one religious group among many, and its later dominance could not be foreseen. This may have made Christian writers eager …
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