https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142843 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:18:10 GMT 2026-07-14T01:18:10Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/143120 Title: The publicani and the governors of Asia : a power struggle on financial exploitation (123-41 BCE) Authors: Wang, Tom Zhuohun Abstract: The publicani, referred to in primary sources as τελώναι by the Greeks and publicani by the Romans, were private contractors responsible for organizing public games, performing public duties, and providing supplies for military expeditions. Most of them were from the equites class, whose social and political status gradually increased during the Roman Republic, especially after the Second Punic War. With the informal consent of Roman officials, they formed partnerships known as societates publicanorum to increase their financial gains and securities. With the Republic acquiring more and more provinces, the government conceived a new fiscal system for lowering costs and increasing efficiency. [excerpt] Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/143120 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/143023 Title: How to become a soldier of love : the transformation of militia and the poetic program of Tibullus’ 1.1 Authors: Wurzinger, Clemens Abstract: After a difficult initial phase of research, the elegies of Albius Tibullus have received more attention in recent years. Even though research is increasing, many themes of his elegies still seem to be unaddressed. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of Tibullus’ poetic program by looking at the whole of Elegy 1.1 and thus to join the recently growing research on Tibullus’ poetry. In particular the change of the poetic narrator’s militia in connection with its meaning regarding the poetic program will be the focus of the present paper. Elegy 1.1 is admittedly one of the few elegies of Tibullus that has definitely undergone intensive research from the beginning, especially with regard to the poet’s poetic program. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/143023 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/143012 Title: Change and evolution in the Roman army through Roman and Greek eyes Authors: Brusa, Gabriele Abstract: The Roman ability to change and innovate their weapons and military institutions, taking inspiration from foreign peoples, is well known to modern authors. Ancient sources, both Greek and Latin, constantly underline this cultural predisposition, and represent it as a Roman strength, both as a general rule and concerning specific military techniques or pieces of equipment. [excerpt] Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/143012 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142905 Title: ‘Girl against the world’ : Antigone’s afterlives in contemporary women’s myth writing Authors: Judge, Shelby Abstract: Adaptations of Greek myth by contemporary women writers is a rapidly expanding genre, and critical attention to this literary phenomenon is in its early stages. This paper functions as an in-depth case study of a single myth in prose adaptations. The diversity in adaptations of Antigone illustrates the generative potential in retelling myths– myths are malleable, and one myth can be appropriated for a multitude of purposes. Particular attention is paid in this paper to how the revolutionary aspects of Antigone’s myth are repurposed for 21st century audiences, and it is the ultimate goal of this paper to demonstrate that to rewrite Antigone’s myth is itself feminist activism. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142905 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z