Browsing Theses by Subject "Rome"
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Gallo-Roman Relations under the Early Empire
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)This paper examines the changing attitudes of Gallo-Romans from the time of Caesar's conquest in the 50s BCE to the start of Vespasian's reign in 70-71 CE and how Roman prejudice shaped those attitudes. I first examine the ... -
Interstitial Landscape as Interstitial Tissue: Parco degli Acquedotti al'Mandrione
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-03)This thesis emerged from a series of journeys / ‘percorsi’, conducted between 2007 and 2009 along the course of the aqueducts and railway lines in the south-east of Rome. During this time, my focus shifted from figure to ... -
A Portrait of Porta Portese
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)This thesis investigates an informally self-organized street market, Porta Portese, in Rome, Italy. As a response to the contemporary phenomenon of migration, of people and goods, Porta Portese reflects the city’s evolving ... -
Remembering the River: The Retrieval of Rome's Forgotten Relationship with the Tiber
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)Ever since its founding, Rome has been vulnerable to the swelling waters of its Tiber River. This river was so important to the city that it was a defining character in Rome’s history for over two thousand years. However, ... -
Sulla's Tabularium
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)This thesis examines the Tabularium in Rome. Very little is written about this building, despite its imposing size and commanding location at the juncture of the Forum Romanum and the two crests of the Capitoline hill. It ...