Venationes Caesarum: Hunts of the Caesars
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Hagemann, Luke
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Classics
- Abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to research and assess the role of hunting in the lifestyle and image of the Roman emperors. The hunt of bestiae (wild animals) has been regarded as a distinctive monarchical activity for millennia. Hellenistic, Parthian, and European kings have all taken up hunting, and the practice continues to the present day. As recently as 2012, Juan Carlos, the King of Spain, received criticism for secretly undertaking a hunting safari in Botswana while his country was suffering from economic crisis. Such widespread monarchical enthusiasm for the activity raises the question of whether or not the Roman principes (emperors) held similar regard for venationes (hunts), why that was or was not the case, and how that regard might have changed over time. In this thesis, I seek to explore these questions.
- Date of publication
- spring 2014
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- Funding: None
- Advisor
- Talbert, Richard J. A.
- Degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Honors level
- Honors
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Extent
- 69
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