Lampas - Volume 56, Issue 2, 2023

Abstract This article focuses on the question how Cicero is able to legitimize the use of the seaside resort Baiae and its negative associations in order to create and widen the moral contradiction between Caelius and Clodia in his Pro Caelio. It claims that Cicero treats the accusations about Baiae in different ways in relation to Clodia and Caelius to create a double standard for two people who are being accused of the same t Read More

Abstract This paper argues that the many languages allegedly spoken by Cleopatra VII (Plutarch, Life of Antony 27.2-4) were part of a court ritual and should be understood in the context of imperial ideology and rhetoric. They can be read as a blueprint of Cleopatra’s (imagined) empire, a blueprint which consists of regions that were claimed by the Ptolemies more often: the Red Sea, Nubia, Egypt, Nabataea, and the Levant Read More

Abstract Although Roman law may rightfully be considered one of the most enduring legacies of the ancient world, as a field of study it has all too often been quite disconnected from Roman history. In recent years, however, academic interest in a more interdisciplinary approach that highlights the interconnectedness between Roman law and its wider societal context has steadily become more popular. This contribution will argu Read More