David Woods
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5637583 |
|---|---|
| NOME | David Woods |
| PRENOMES | David |
| SOBRENOME | Woods |
| ASSINATURA | WOODS D |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University College Cork |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9125-4158 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 76 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 76 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1971 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Tacitus, Livia and the Charges Against Agrippina and Nero in a.d. 27 and a.d . 29
Further to the argument of Deline in CQ 65 (2015), 766–72, it is argued that Tacitus deliberately reversed the sequence of charges brought against Agrippina the Elder and her son Nero in a.d . 27 and a.d. 29, and deliberately misdated the charges brought against them in a.d . 29, placing them after rather than before the death of the Empress Livia, to reinforce his negative depiction of Livia as an interfering and controlling mother.
Tiberius and the Ominous Surmullet (Suet. Tib . 60)
It is argued that the Emperor Tiberius reacted as badly as he did to the fisherman who climbed the cliffs at Capri to offer him a gift of a surmullet (Suet. Tib. 60) because he regarded this event as an omen that his death was near at hand. He had the fisherman’s face scrubbed with the surmullet to transfer the force of the omen to him instead
Caligula, Extravagant Dining, and Servius Asinius Celer
This paper investigates the significance of the emperor Caligula’s alleged declaration that a man ought to be either frugal or Caesar (Suet. Cal . 37.1). It argues that he probably made it once at a feast, that its humour lies in the ironic application of the term ‘frugal’ to the target of this joke, and that the target of his joke was likely Servius Asinius Celer, suffect consul in ad 38, after he had become notorious for paying an excessive pri…
Here One Minute, Gone the Next
The Third Policeman flyer, 1992. 'Designed by that friend of our promoter in North Wales (Irish music fan) - his name was John and he was a carpenter I think' (David Woods).On 1 April 2023, Flann O
Rereading the Secundinus Stone from Vindolanda
Meyer, Mullen, and Vanhala analysed the inscription SECVNDINVS CACOR accompanying the carving of a phallus on a stone excavated at Vindolanda and explained CACOR as the present passive of the verb cacare ‘to shit out’. I suggest that CACOR may have been intended in abbreviation of CACORVM , the neuter genitive plural of the adjective cacus , a transliteration of the Greek κακός ‘evil’, and that the phallus is depicted ejaculating over this word t…
Claudius and the Elephants for Britain (Cassius Dio 60.21.2)
Charles and Singleton have explained why Cassius Dio's claim (60.21.2) that elephants were among the equipment prepared for use in Britain during the Claudian invasion of a.d . 43 is probably untrue, if one assumes that by ‘elephant’ he means the animal of that name. It is argued here that the best explanation of this apparent error is that Dio preserves a reference to a type of military machine, probably a siege-tower, rather than to the animal …
Tertullian's Christian Chameleon
It is argued that Tertullian's relatively lengthy description of a chameleon in his De pallio serves as a metaphor not so much for the convert to a philosophical way of life in general but for the convert to Christianity in particular. The argument rests on the unusual emphases within this description which recall different features of Christianity or popular beliefs about the same
Notes On Suetonius (on T. Power, Collected Papers on Suetonius)
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Potential Singularity and Transformative Instability
Australian theatre’s #Metoo period brought worldwide focus to female targeted harassment in a theatre culture that had become entrenched in systemic misogyny. In its shadow a broader abuse of power
Mary, Queen of Scots, and the palm tree with tortoise
Salvation Expectations of Patients of Medicine, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Religion
Health and holistic quality of life, physical and emotional needs, somatic and spiritual aspects contain a comprehensive promise of healing. The aim of the current study is to measure the expectations of patients of medicine, alternative medicine and religion related to health and illness. The survey was carried out among 103 patients of a rural general practitioner from May to June 2013 and among 103 patients of the outpatient department for end…
Diverse stakeholders and their interests matter to the U.S. Forest Service
Ammianus Marcellinus From Soldier to Author
Ammianus Marcellinus composed a history of the Roman empire from 96 AD to 378 AD, focusing on the mid-fourth century during which he served in the army. His experience as a soldier during this period provides crucial realia of warfare, while his knowledge of literature, especially the genre of historiography, enabled him to imbue his narrative with literary flair. This book explores the tension between Ammianus’ roles as soldier and author, exami…
Rewriting a Contentious Omen
This paper investigates why Tacitus dates the alleged appearance of the phoenix in Egypt during the reign of the emperor Tiberius to AD 34 in contrast to Pliny the Elder and Dio who date it to AD 36. It argues that the appearance of the phoenix had originally been invented as an omen not so much of the death of Tiberius, but of the succession of Caligula, and that a later source changed the date of this alleged appearance and cast doubt on its va…
Tacitus on the Visit of Germanicus to Egypt
This paper investigates why, when Tacitus describes the visit of Germanicus to the East in AD 17-19, he chooses to describe his visit to Egypt in particular ( Ann . 2.59-61) at such length in contrast to his cursory descriptions of his other much more significant achievements during the same period. It is argued that he did this for two main reasons, partly to emphasize his implication that this was the event that finally persuaded Tiberius to or…
Theophilus of Edessa on the death of Constans II
It is argued that Theophanes the Confessor derives his information concerning the name of the baths where Constans II was allegedly assassinated from Theophilus of Edessa. It is further argued that Theophilus’ claim that Andrew deliberately killed Constans by hitting him with a bucket is rather unconvincing and may represent the hypothetical reconstruction of the event by an imperial administration that could not accept that the emperor had died …
Hormisdas and the Romano-Persian Treaty of 363
What happened to Hormisdas (to call him by the Greek version of his name), eponymous son of the Persian king Hormizd II (303-309), and brother of his next three successors in turn, Adur Narseh (309), Shapur II (309-379), and Ardashir II (379-383), following his participation on the Roman side during the emperor Julian’s ill-fated Persian expedition in 363?1 Was he killed in battle during the final stages of this expedition as the Roman army sough…
Chrysostom, Ammianus, and the Death of the Empress Eusebia
A homily by John Chrysostom recording the misfortunes suffered by a succession of emperors, beginning with Constantine I, includes a description of the death of Eusebia, the second wife of Constantius II, as a result of treatment for infertility, where the woman responsible for this treatment is said to have destroyed herself also, by which is presumably meant that she was executed for her apparent role in the empress’ death. It is argued that th…
Caligula, Asprenas, and the Bloodied Robe
The ultimate source of the descriptions by Josephus and Suetonius of the portents occurring immediately before the death of Caligula had originally described how Caligula had misinterpreted the significance of the splattering of sacrificial blood upon Asprenas in conformity with the normal interpretation of such an occurrence, that it pointed to the death of the one whose clothing was bloodied. However, the author of this account had probably sig…
Libanius on Julian's Alleged Murder of His Wife Helena
In a speech addressed to Polycles sometime after c .365, Libanius preserves the otherwise unattested claim that the Emperor Julian paid an unnamed doctor to kill his wife Helena, the sister of his cousin and Eastern rival at the time, Constantius II. However, he does so only in order to refute this charge which his former friend Polycles had made against Julian during a conversation concerning his reign. According to Libanius, Polycles had initia…
Seriously bored
Primary textual evidence confirms that Schopenhauer was aware of the widespread adoption of solitary confinement in the American penitentiary system, and some of its harmful effects. He understands its harmfulness in terms of boredom, a phenomenon which he is known to have given extensive thought and analysis. In this paper I interpret Schopenhauer’s account of boredom and its relation to solitary confinement. I defend Schopenhauer against the ob…
The Role of Lucius Vitellius in the Death of Messallina
The role of Lucius Vitellius in the events leading to the death of Valeria Messallina, the third wife of the emperor Claudius, in autumn 48 ad is re-examined. It is argued that the freedman Narcissus delayed his action against Messallina for her dangerous affair with Gaius Silius until he could be sure of the tacit support of Vitellius, where Vitellius had been hoping for a practical opportunity to strike against Messallina ever since she had for…
The Sublime in Schopenhauer’s Philosophy
Before even opening the pages of Bart Vandenabeele’s The Sublime in Schopenhauer’s Philosophy, it is an encouraging sight to behold. For, there are surprisingly few single-author monographs focused solely on Schopenhauer’s aesthetic philosophy, at least in the Anglophone literature—much less on Schopenhauer’s theory of the sublime in particular, as is rightfully boasted in the blurb to Vandenabeele’s book. The paucity of such books is all the mor…
The Process of Creation
In the 21st century, meaning making is a multimodal act; we communicate what we know and how we know it using much more than printed text on a blank page. As a result, qualitative researchers need new methodologies, methods, and tools for working with the complex artifacts that our research subjects produce. In this article we describe the co-development of an analytic methodology and a tool for working with youth produced films as multimodal art…
Gregory of Nazianzus on the Death of Julian the Apostate (Or. 5.13)
The Emperor Julian and the Passion of Sergius and Bacchus
The Emperor Julian and the Passion of Sergius and Bacchus David Woods (bio) Abstract The passion of Sergius and Bacchus (BHG 1624) describes the deaths of two members of the imperial bodyguard under Galerius Maximianus, Bacchus at Barbalissus, and Sergius at Resapha. Although archaeology has proven that Resapha was the focus for an important cult of Sergius by c. 425 at latest, the passion has often been dismissed as a fiction. Others have argued…
Intra-urban variations of neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in a developing city
Listener agreement on phonetic segments in early infant vocalizations
Diverse stakeholders and their interests matter to the U.S. Forest Service
Ammianus Marcellinus and the Rex Alamannorum Vadomarius
Caligula, Asprenas, and the Bloodied Robe
The ultimate source of the descriptions by Josephus and Suetonius of the portents occurring immediately before the death of Caligula had originally described how Caligula had misinterpreted the significance of the splattering of sacrificial blood upon Asprenas in conformity with the normal interpretation of such an occurrence, that it pointed to the death of the one whose clothing was bloodied. However, the author of this account had probably sig…
Caligula, Incitatus, and the Consulship
One of the most famous allegations made against the emperor Caligula was that he had intended to appoint his favourite horse, Incitatus, as consul. While Suetonius and Cassius Dio both preserve this allegation, neither explains the basis for it, what exactly Caligula had said or done to lead those about him to believe that this is what he had intended to do
Constantine and the Christian Empire
Strategius and the ‘Manichaeans’
This article offers a new argument defending the traditional identification of the Strategius named by Eusebius of Caesarea in his Vita Constantini with the Strategius Musonianus of Ammianus described by Ammianus Marcellinus in his Res Gestae, whom Constantius II appointed as his praefectus praetorio Orientis in 354. The argument also requires that we abandon any speculation concerning Strategius’ command of a third language in addition to Latin …
Ammianus 22.4.6
Journal Article AMMIANUS 22.4.6: AN UNNOTICED ANTI-CHRISTIAN JIBE Get access DAVID WOODS DAVID WOODS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, April 1998, Pages 145–148, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/49.1.145 Published: 01 April 1998
Maurus, Mavia, and Ammianus
Identification de la figure du Maure decrite par l'historien Ammien Marcellin dans son recit du couronnement de l'empereur Julien, successeur de Constance II, en 360 et dans son recit de la bataille du passage de Succi pendant l'expedition contre les Perses en 378. Se referant a l'histoire de la revolte de Mavia, reine des Sarrasins, decrite par Sozomene dans son «Histoire ecclesiastique», l'A. montre que l'animosite d'Ammien a l'encontre du Maur…
The Origin of the Legend of Maurice and the Theban Legion
The primary account of the martyrdom of Maurice and the Theban legion occurs in a letter addressed by Eucherius, bishop of Lyons c. 434–50, to a fellow bishop, Salvius. This relatively brief document has attracted a degree of scholarly attention out of all proportion to its length, the purpose of which has been to investigate its historical basis. There are those who believe with varying degrees of certainty that there is a historical basis to th…
The Early Career of the Magister Equitum Jacobus
Claudian's carm. min. 50 which is addressed ‘In Jacobum Magistrum Equitum’ has recently been the subject of a detailed study by J. Vanderspoel. In it he reviews what little we know about the career of Jacobus using as his second source in this matter the letter of Vigilius, bishop of Tridentum, to John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople, the heading of which reports that the relics of the martyrs Sisinnius, Alexander and Martyrius reached Const…
John Grierson
Underwater Warfare in the Age of Sail
Listener agreement on phonetic segments in early infant vocalizations
Arms and Independence
Intra-urban variations of neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in a developing city
The Date of the Translation of the Relics of SS. Luke and Andrew to Constantinople
The Date of the Translation of the Relics of Ss. Luke and Andrew To Constantinople
Une quasi unanimite s'est faite sur 357 comme date de cette translation, sous Constance, en opposition aux sources qui la situent en 336, sous Constantin et en oubliant la tradition de Jean de Rhodes, dans sa Passio Artemii, qui, seul, a garde le recit authentique : en octobre 359, Constance ordonne a Artemius de transporter les reliques a Constantinople. La ceremonie n'a eu lieu que le 3 mars 360
The Early Career of the Magister Equitum Jacobus
Claudian's carm. min. 50 which is addressed ‘In Jacobum Magistrum Equitum’ has recently been the subject of a detailed study by J. Vanderspoel. In it he reviews what little we know about the career of Jacobus using as his second source in this matter the letter of Vigilius, bishop of Tridentum, to John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople, the heading of which reports that the relics of the martyrs Sisinnius, Alexander and Martyrius reached Const…
The Martyrdom of the Priest Basil of Ancyra
The Martyrdom of the Priest Basil of Ancyra
Les Actes grecs du martyre de Basile d'Ancyre, victime en 362 de la persecution de Julien l'Apostat, peuvent apporter une contribution modeste mais importante a la connaissance des evenements et des personnalites de cette epoque si on ne se laisse pas arreter par le jugement negatif de la « Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire ». Un examen precis de l'oeuvre montre que les Actes ont probablement ete rediges peu apres le martyre et qu'ils sont …
A Historical Source of the Passio Typasii
La Passio Typassii a survecu dans un seul manuscrit qui a ete publie pour la premiere fois en 1890. Selon ce travail, Typasius etait un soldat en Mauritanie qui refusait le joug de l'Empereur Maximien. Typasius promit la victoire a l'Empereur a condition qu'on le laissât servir le Christ. Typasius fut martyrise sous la persecution de Diocletien. L'A. cherche les sources historiques de ce document en en publiant de larges extraits
A Historical Source of the Passio Typasii
The Origin of Honoratus of Lérins
Few documents are more frustrating for the historian of the late Roman period than those biographies of holy men which describe in loving detail the miracles and virtues of their subjects but virtually ignore the more mundane details of geographical or chronological exactitude. This criticism can be levelled at all such works in generad but it is particularly true of the life of early 5thcentury monk and bishop, Honoratus of L?rins (VH), which wa…
Changing patterns of language utilization in the Republic of Congo
St. Christopher, Bishop Peter of Attalia, and the Cohors Marmaritarum
St. Christopher, Bishop Peter of Attalia, and the Cohors Marmaritarum
Un unique recit du martyre de l'eveque Pierre d'Alexandrie pendant la Grande Persecution a ete traduit de l'ethiopique en anglais pour la premiere fois en 1980. L'A. se penche sur les consequences de ce recit a propos de la comprehension de la legende grecque de Saint Christophe. Christophe a ete capture par les romains durant une campagne en Marmarica en 302; il est deporte dans une garnison proche d'Antioche ou il est enrole dans la Cohors III …
The Origin of the Legend of Maurice and the Theban Legion
The primary account of the martyrdom of Maurice and the Theban legion occurs in a letter addressed by Eucherius, bishop of Lyons c. 434–50, to a fellow bishop, Salvius. This relatively brief document has attracted a degree of scholarly attention out of all proportion to its length, the purpose of which has been to investigate its historical basis. There are those who believe with varying degrees of certainty that there is a historical basis to th…
An Unnoticed Official
The Passio Typasii survives in only one manuscript and was published for the first time in 1890. It purports to describe the trial and death of a Mauretanian martyr, a military veteran by the name of Typasius, during the Diocletianic persecution. However as recently demonstrated its literary borrowings, from the Breviarium of Eutropius and the Vita Martini of Sulpicius Severus, suggest that it is a mere fiction and that it should be dated after c…
Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats that Won World War II
The fate of the Magister Equitum Marcellus
In A.D. 357 while at Antioch the sophist Libanius wrote a letter to his friend Anatolius in which he congratulated him on his appointment as praefectus praetorio Illyrid . He expressed his pleasure at the conduct of Anatolius in his new appointment, and related a story which he had heard at Antioch from Musonianus, the praefectus praetorio Orientis . On his appointment, Anatolius had promised Constantius II that he would not ignore the misconduct…
Varus of Egypt
The attitude of the early church to war and military service is a subject which has long exercised the attention of many scholars, and doubtlessly this will continue to be the case. There are those who hold a pacifist viewpoint and argue that originally the early Christians completely rejected military service, and there are others who are opposed to this viewpoint. However, all agree on one issue, that there is far less early material on this su…
Ammianus and some tribuni scholarum palatinarum c. A.D. 53–364
The Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus is a major source of our knowledge of the late Roman army. However, although himself a former army officer, it was not the intention of Ammianus to explain the institutions and organization of the late Roman army to his readers. We learn about these only from the incidental pieces of information which are scattered throughout his text. It was not his intention either to present us with the regimental histori…
The Emperor Julian and the Passion of Sergius and Bacchus
The Emperor Julian and the Passion of Sergius and Bacchus David Woods (bio) Abstract The passion of Sergius and Bacchus (BHG 1624) describes the deaths of two members of the imperial bodyguard under Galerius Maximianus, Bacchus at Barbalissus, and Sergius at Resapha. Although archaeology has proven that Resapha was the focus for an important cult of Sergius by c. 425 at latest, the passion has often been dismissed as a fiction. Others have argued…
The Role of the Comes Lucillianus during Julian's Persian Expedition
It is argued that Lucillianus was comes of the Lanciarii and Mattiarii during Julian's Persian expedition in AD363, and that he was dismissed from his post when he refused to lead his troops in a frontal assault against a fortified Persian position on the opposite bank of the Tigris (Lib. Or. 18.250)
Ammianus 22.4.6
Journal Article AMMIANUS 22.4.6: AN UNNOTICED ANTI-CHRISTIAN JIBE Get access DAVID WOODS DAVID WOODS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, April 1998, Pages 145–148, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/49.1.145 Published: 01 April 1998
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