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Disability and Ability in the Accounts of the Emperor Claudius
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Whitacre, Amanda Joree
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1532088905482623
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2018, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies.
Abstract
This thesis examines the passages in Seneca’s
Apocolocyntosis
, Suetonius’
Lives of the Caesars
, and Dio’s
Roman History
, which pertain to the Emperor Claudius’ disability. The passages are discussed in terms of how they reflect the Roman perception of disability. This perception equates leadership with physical control of one’s body and hence portrays Claudius as an unsuitable leader. The thesis concludes with portions of a letter which Claudius wrote to the Alexandrians, the contents of which reveal Claudius as a man who commands authority, making him appear as a capable leader despite what his physical differences implied.
Committee
Jennifer Larson, PhD (Advisor)
Sarah Harvey, PhD (Committee Member)
Brian Harvey, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
86 p.
Subject Headings
Ancient Civilizations
;
Classical Studies
;
Families and Family Life
;
Foreign Language
;
Gender
;
Health
;
Literature
;
Minority and Ethnic Groups
;
Social Structure
Keywords
Latin literature
;
Claudius
;
disability
;
Imperial image
;
physiognomy
;
virtues
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Whitacre, A. J. (2018).
Disability and Ability in the Accounts of the Emperor Claudius
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1532088905482623
APA Style (7th edition)
Whitacre, Amanda.
Disability and Ability in the Accounts of the Emperor Claudius .
2018. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1532088905482623.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Whitacre, Amanda. "Disability and Ability in the Accounts of the Emperor Claudius ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1532088905482623
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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