Bc. Radka Michaláková

Master's thesis

Ethical Values in the Roman Principate: the Case of the Princeps

Ethical Values in the Roman Principate: the Case of the Princeps
Abstract:
Cílem této diplomové práce je přinést nové informace o tom, jak Římané v období principátu vnímali ctnost, a to zejména prostřednictvím srovnání četnosti výskytu vybraných jedenácti ctností ve čtyřech literárních dílech z daného období, konkrétně: Dialogus de oratoribus a De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae z pera Publia Cornelia Tacita, De vita Caesarum od Gaia Suetonia Tranquillia a Panegyricus napsaný …more
Abstract:
The present thesis aims to shed new light on the attitudes Romans held towards virtue during the Principate. To do so, it analyses the relative frequency of eleven particular virtues within four literary works, which were published during the period in question: Dialogus de oratoribus and De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, De vita Caesarum by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillius …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 2. 7. 2019

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 3. 9. 2019
  • Supervisor: Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D.
  • Reader: doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Arts

Master programme / field:
Humanities / Ancient History