Browsing Classics Senior Individualized Projects by Title
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Reading In-Between the Lines of the Hippocratic Corpus' Nature of Child and Nature of Women
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017) -
Resurrecting Sophronia: Eusebius' Christianization of the Livian Marker Rape
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2003)The paper and the journal are a culmination of my Kalamazoo College experience-this SIP, in fact, is a transitional piece in its own right. Before I went to Rome, my near and extended futures were both cloudy. Now, as ... -
Rome at End of the Republic: A Course Supplement to Cicero's Speeches Detailing the City of Rome and the Education of a Young Roman Man
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2000)The author offers many details about the City of Rome at the end of the Republic, its political structures, and the education of a Roman man. -
The Secret of Suggrundaria : 2013 Stobi Excavations and Late Antique Roman In-House Infant Burials
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)This Senior Individualized Project is made up of three distinct parts: a personal reflection of the author’s journey to becoming a Classics major and experiences in the 2013 Excavations in Stobi, Macedonia, a stratigraphic ... -
A Sphinx Statuette at Berenike, Egypt: The Evolution of a Type and the Significance of its Continuity into the Roman Period
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2000)Ancient Berenike lies on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, and was the southernmost outpost of the Roman Empire. Since 1994, the University of Delaware and Leiden University have conducted excavations at the site of this town ... -
Stargate: SG-1: Ancient Egyptian Deities to the Modern Eye
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)This paper seeks to understand the appropriation of ancient Egyptian deities into Stargate: SG-1. It seeks to understand why those particular deities were chosen, how they were manipulated and for what reasons the deities ... -
Suicide in Antiquity: A Study of the Attitudes towards Suicide from the 5th Century BCE to the 5th Century CE
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1999)The act of suicide has rarely been viewed by society as a wholly good thing. There are always certain groups who refuse to allow others that last bit of control over their own destiny, just as there are always those who ... -
The Sword and the Cross : Examining the Transference Between Mithraism and Christianity
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)The author describes the history and practices of the cult of Mithras and the evolution of the Christian Church to show that Jesus and Mithras share many striking similarities. Although the gods are different they are ... -
The Terracotta Figurines from Berenike, Egypt: A Typological, Contextual, and Functional Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2003)The questions that this particular corpus poses are numerous and difficult to answer. First of all, no evidence of ceramic production has been unearthed at Berenike, although there is archaeological evidence indicating ... -
The Thirty Tyrants : A New Translation and Reading Commentary
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2020-01-01)The Tyranni Triginta, contained within the Historia Augusta, is, on the surface, a factual account of the pretenders to Gallienus’ throne. However, it is much more than a history; it is a work of literature chronicling the ... -
This Place Is Sacred: The Importance of Location in the Symbolism of the Villa of Maxentius
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2007)The last decade of archaeological excavations between the second and sixth miles of Rome's Via Appia (figure 3, page 126) has produced a new understanding of the function of suburban villa culture in the creation of a ... -
Twenty-four Days at a Bar in Pompeii
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2001) -
Two Experiences Culminating into One: The Villa of Maxentius Fieldschool; A Comparative Archaeological and Intercultural Analysis
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2007)This paper is organized into three chapters. Chapter One is an archaeological comparison that addresses the similarities and differences in material and non-material culture I experienced while working at TRC, studying ... -
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The Venationes: Ita Mortem Homocidiis Consolabantur - 'They Found Comfort for Death in Murder
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010)It is difficult to separate the gladiatorial combats from the venationes because once the venationes became part of the shows, they almost always occurred together. Many of the explanations for the beast fights are shared ... -
Vergil and Augustus
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)With his victory at Actium over the combined powers of Marc Antony and Cleopatra of Egypt in 31 B.C., Gaius Octavian Caesar stood alone atop the political and military power structure of Rome and the western world. ... -
Volumptuous Infamy: Prostitution in the Ancient Roman Empire
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2008) -
Why Romans Play: An Adventure in Creating a Portable Exhibition for Children
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2006)The following Senior Individualized Project is the culmination of a years worth of activities. It is the result of my interest in museums studies, which I hope to explore further after graduating from Kalamazoo College. ... -
The Wonders of Kalamazoo Project
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010)This write-up contains the lesson plans I used to teach each of the Seven Wonders of the World as well as pictures and activities in the appendix. The conclusion describes the changes needed to make the lessons clearer, ...