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Exotic beasts in roman empire: Their symbolism and meanings
Kováčik, Lukáš ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
In this diploma thesis I will deal with symbolism and meanings of exotic cat beasts in different spheres of the Roman Empire. First part will emphasize cat beasts in general. Familiarization with species and subspecies of these beasts and their appearance in time of the greatest territorial expansion of the Roman Empire. In the next main chapter, which contain several sections, I will look into their effect on different parts of people's life (art, funerary context, entertainment etc.). Part of these chapters will be also comparation of the impact of cat beasts on cultures around Roman Empire, on the basis of which I want to evaluate which parts of this impact Romans could adopt and which part are their own. In the end part of thesis, I will focus on archaeological findings related directly with exotic cat beasts. In the very end this work contain also bibliography list of used literature and list of illustrations. Key words Cat beasts, Roman Empire, culture, art, propaganda, arena, gladiator, lion, leopard, tiger, impact.
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Lion monuments in Greece: their meaning and development
Kamp, Tomáš ; Stančo, Ladislav (advisor) ; Verčík, Marek (referee)
The representation of lion in Greece repeatedly occurs in connection with divine cults or a myth, but chiefly in funeral context as grave markers. Among numerous preserved examples there are monumental sculptures associated with tombs and polyandria. Their best-known examples are lion of Chaeronea and lion of Amphipolis. However, their meaning may also be commemorative. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to evaluate all known examples of monumental lions in such contexts by using archeological data and literary sources and to determine relations between them. The first chapter outlines the evolution of the lion's motif in Greece from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. The following chapters provide an overview of the individual lion monuments and the meaning attributed to them. In the conclusion, the individual monuments are compared and their relations and differences are observed, whether local or chronological.
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