Nicols, John

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This collection contains some of the work being carried out by John Nicols, Professor of History and Classics, University of Oregon. For more complete information, visit the author's personal web site

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Antonia and Sejanus
(Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1975) Nicols, John
The following discussion will consist of three parts: I.) the alleged re-lationship between Antonia and Sejanus before 31, II.) the tradition thatstresses Antonia's importance in the fall of Sejanus, and III.) based on thecondusions of the first two sections, a reconstruction of the process bywhich Antonia became associated with the events of 31.It will here be argued that Antonia did not, in all probability, provideTiberius with the critical information about the intentions of Sejanus. Herimportance in the tradition is an invention of the Claudian and FlavianPeriods.
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Civic Religion and Civic Patronage
(2004) Nicols, John
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The Emperor and the Selection of the patronus civitatis. Two Examples
(München, C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1978) Nicols, John
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Hospitium and Political Friendship in the Late Republic
(Journal of Roman Archaeology L.L.C., supplement 43, 2001-06) Nicols, John
During the Republic, the relationship between Roman senators and peregrines, both individuals and communities, was regulated especially by hospitium. Generally speaking, hospitium involves a personal connection developing out of a guest-host experience. This notion of reception in the home of another and the establishment of mutual protection is a fundamental feature of Greek and Roman social history.1 In the Roman concept, as in other ancient cultures, hospitium belonged to mos; that is, it was not regulated by human law, but was sacred (hospitium…quod sanctissimum est, Cic. Verr. II 2.110), being guaranteed by the gods to serve the interests of mankind. For my purpose here, the primary interest of this material lies in the interaction between two Roman institutions, hospitium and patrocinium; between the hospes/patron, on one hand, and the members of the local and provincial eliteson the other. The exercise of hospitium was a central element not only in the day-to-day administrative practice, but provided also structure that allowed imperial and local interests to be reconciled. This paper examines two components of hospitium: first, we shall look at a number of specific cases in the late republic and then examine some of the epigraphical manifestations of the phenomenon. The most useful single document for such an analysis is Cicero’s “Verrine Orations”. No other single literary source provides as much information as does this work. Moreover, though the audience as “virtual”, Cicero had to remain true to its expectations about how hospitium worked. Though there is clearly some oratorical exaggeration, the description of both the positive and negative aspects of hospitium is constructed as a historically consistent context whole.
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Idea of Rome, Idea of Europe
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) Nicols, John
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Indigenous culture and the process of romanization in Iberian Galicia
(1987) Nicols, John
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Mapping the Crisis of the Third Century
(Brill, 2007) Nicols, John
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On the Standard Size of the Ordo Decurionum
(Hermann Bohlaus, 1988) Nicols, John
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Patrona Civitatus: Gender and Civic Patronage
(1989) Nicols, John
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Patrons of Greek Cities in the Early Principate
(Dr. Rudolf Habelt GMBH, 1990) Nicols, John
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Patrons of Roman Cities--database
(2007-08-20T18:16:43Z) Nicols, John
This is a collection of epigraphically attested civic patrons known from the late Roman Republic through the mid-3rd Century AD.
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Patronum cooptare, patrocinium deferre: Lex Malacitana
(ZRG Rom. Abteilung, Volume 105, 1979) Nicols, John
The process by which an individual became a civic patron is regulated in several of the municipal codes found in Roman Spain.
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Patronum cooptare, patrocinium deferre: Lex Malacitana c. 61
(Hermann Bohlaus Nachfolger, 1979) Nicols, John
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Pliny and the Patronage of Communities
(Stuttgart [etc.] F. Steiner [etc.], 1980) Nicols, John
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Prefects, patronage, and the administration of justice
(2006-06-03T17:18:00Z) Nicols, John
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Sallust and the Greek Historical Tradition
(Regina Books, Claremont, California, 1999) Nicols, John
The Roman historian Sallust was very familiar with Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War. The argument of this article is that Saullust revealed his erudition by demonstrating his knowledge of rather obscure episodes in the latter's history.
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Studies in Roman Civic Patronage
(2013-07-18) Nicols, John
This is a companion archive to Civic Patronage in the Roman Empire, published by Brill in the fall of 2013. The contents include: low resolution images of the most important inscriptions; supplementary studies in civic patronage that were deemed too marginal or too speculative for the print version; a database including all or most patrons of communities, the communities, benefactions, and references to standard scholarly publications like PIR or RE. This database has been broken down into several segments. In its entirety it is too large for standard monitors. As posted this database is a 'read-only' PDF. Also available on request is an Excel spreadsheet that can be manipulated and sorted to address particular questions.
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Tabulae patronatus: A Study of the Agreement between Patron and Client-Community
(Walter de Gruyter, 1980) Nicols, John
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Zur Verleihung offentlicher Ehrungen in der romischen Welt
(München, C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1979) Nicols, John