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Studies of Death in Ancient Rome

Research Project

Project/Area Number 63450051
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field History of Europe and America
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

HASEGAWA Hirotake  Nagoya Univ. School of Letters Professor, 文学部, 教授 (50022364)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SUNADA Toru  Nagoya Univ. School of Letters, Research Assistant, 文学部, 助手 (10206576)
OGAWA Masahiro  Nagoya Univ. School of Letters, Assistant Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (40127064)
TAMURA Takashi  Junior Coll., Assistant Prof., 助教授 (80179902)
TOKI Shousaku  Nagoya Univ. of Foreign Studies, Assistant Professor, 助教授 (20197859)
KUNIHARA Kichinosuke  Sugiyama Jogakuen Univ., School of Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (10022344)
Project Period (FY) 1989 – 1990
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1990)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1989: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
KeywordsRomans / death / ius imaginum / deification / hero-cult / view of life and death / acts of martyrs / senatus consultum ultimum / ius imaginum / sexageharii / 棄老 / イマ-ギネ-ス / 墓所 / 埋葬 / カエサル / ポンペイウス / 政治的殺人 / 自殺 / 墓碑銘 / 死と詩人 / ローマ人
Research Abstract

We have studied various aspects of death in ancient Rome, and the results can be summarized as follows.
1 From the point of view of social history, we considered "imagines maiorum" and an old Roman proverb. The imagines, a symbol of gloria of Roman noble families, could be transferred from one family to another by woman at their marriage. The proverb "sexagenarii de ponte" can be interpreted as a reflection of the practice of disposing of old men by abandonment and also of the antagonism between the young and the aged.
2 In the literary field, an examination was made on the image of after-life in Propertius' and Lucretius' poems and on the problem of death and deification of Roman heroes in mythology and historiography.
3 In the politics, we have investigated about the succession of power after the death of leading men in the late republican period and also on the political murder under senatus consultum ultimum which was a declaration of a state of emergency.
4 Lastly we studied the suicide of Roman people and observed that their attitude to it had changed under the influence of Christianity.
By these studies we have reached a deeper understanding of what the Romans thought of their life and death and how their view of death was different from those of other peoples including the Japanese. This collaboration has suggested, however, that their remains much to be explored in the Roman idea of death so that we may know better about our own.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1990 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1989 Annual Research Report
  • 1988 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (29 results)

All Other

All Publications (29 results)

  • [Publications] 長谷川 博隆: "カエサルの寛怒" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 110. (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 田村 孝: "A Note on the Political Treads at Greek Cities in Asia Minor during the First Mithridatic War" 名古屋短期大学研究紀要. 27. (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 田村 孝: "第1次ミトリダテス戦争期におけるギリシア都市の政治潮流について" 西洋古典学研究. 38. 61-72 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小川 正廣: "叙事詩人のエ-トスーホメロスとウェルギリウス" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 109. (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 砂田 徹: "「元老院最終決議」考ーロ-マ共和政末期における政治的殺人ー" 史学雑誌. 98ー8. 1-35 (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 砂田 徹: "P・クロディウスをめぐる最近の諸研究ーロ-マ共和政末期の「都市民衆」とのかかわりでー" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 107. 87-102 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 長谷川 博隆編: "権力・知・日常ーヨ-ロッパ史の現場へー" 名古屋大学出版会, 294 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 土岐 正策訳: "殉教者行伝" 教文館, 446 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] H. Hasegawa,: "Clementia Caesaris" The Journal of the Faculty of Letters Nagoya Univ. 110.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T. Tamura,: "A Note on the Political Trends at Greek Cities in Asia Minor during the First Mithridatic War" Bulletin of Nagoya Junior Cell. 27,. (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T. Tamura,: "The Political Trends at Greek City-States in Asia Minor during the First Mithridatic War" Journal of Classical Studies. 38,. 61-72. (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T. Sunada,: "Senatus Consultum Ultimum : Political Murder in the Late Roman Republic" Shigaku=Zasshi. 98-8. 1-35. (1989)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] T. Sunada,: "Recent Studies of P. Clocius Pulcher (tr. pl. 58 B. C.)" The Journal of the Faculty of Letters Nagoya Univ.107. 87-102. (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M. Ogawa,: "The Ethos of the Epic Poets : Homer and Virgil" The Journal of the Faculty of Letters Nagoya Univ. 109.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] H. Hasagawa(ed.),: The University Press of Nagoya 1991.Power, Knowledge and Everyday Life,

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S. Toki(trans.): Kyobunkan 1990.The Acts of the Christian Martyrs,

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1990 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 長谷川 博隆: "カエサルの寛恕" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 110. (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小川 正廣: "アイルランドと古典学の伝統" 京都産業大学国際言語科学研究所所報. 11. 210-235 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小川 正廣: "中世におけるラテン語写本について" 京都産業大学国際言語科学研究所所報. 11. 53-79 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 砂田 徹: "P.クロディウスをめぐる最近の諸研究ーロ-マ共和政末期の「都市民衆」とのかかわりでー" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 107. 87-102 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小川 正廣: "叙事詩人のエ-トスーホメロスとウエルギリウスー" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 109. (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 長谷川 博隆編: "権力・知・日常ーヨ-ロッパ史の現場へー" 名古屋大学出版会, 294 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 砂田徹: "「元老院最終決議」考-ロ-マ共和政末期における政治的殺人" 史学雑誌. 98-8. 1-35 (1989)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 砂田徹: "P.クロディウスをめぐる最近の諸研究-ロ-マ共和政末期の「都市民衆」とのかかわりで-" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 36. (1990)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 田村孝: "A Note on the Political Trends at Geek Cities in Asia Minor during the First Mithridatic War" 名古屋短期大学研究紀要. 27. (1989)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 田村孝: "第1次ミトリダテス戦争期におけるギリシャ都市の政治潮流について" 西洋古典学研究. 38. 1-12 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1989 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 砂田徹: 『史学雑誌』.

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 國原吉之助: "ポケット医学ラテン語辞典" 南江堂,

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 土岐正策 訳: "殉教者行伝" 教文館,

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report

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