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Domestic architecture in the western Black Sea area with recpect for circumstances in the northwestern Black Sea area
Mačková, Marcela ; Bouzek, Jan (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
1 Abstract This diploma thesis describes domestic architecture in the western Black Sea area in the time range between two half of the 6th century and the first half of the third century BC. Geographically, the studied settlement is located mainly in today's Bulgaria and on the coast Romania and Ukraine. Locations in the northwestern Black Sea area (e.g. Olbia, Berezan) have (in the Greek colonies in their neighborhood) much better preserved domestic architec- ture than sites in the western Black Sea area. The work is historical and culturally divided into Greek and Thracian settlement. Based on a comparison is made interpretation of the above mentioned settlements. The aim was to characterize individual sites, interpret and compared with each other, or finds analogous parallels especially in the Greek world. The work should refer to the func- tioning of domestic architecture (or the whole domestic urban), as in Greek cities in defined areas of the western and northwestern Black Sea area, and in places that were inhabited by the original (Thracian) population. Interpretative result of the work needed to improve under- standing of cultural relations between Greeks and Thracians which determined urban devel- opment mainly in the inner Thrace. Keywords: domestic architecture, settlement, Thracians, Greeks,...
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Iconography of marine life in Greek and Roman art
Štampachová, Michaela ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to define and to summarize the manner, the context and the meaning of depictions of marine fauna in the Ancient Art from 8th century BC to 5th century AD in the Mediterranean region. Based on remarks of ancient authors and on current secondary literature it compiles and comments on some pieces of Acient Art. Artistic motives with marine fauna were very popular in the ancient times and they can join a wide range of situations and contexts: from attributes of divinities and symbols of marine location to filling ornaments. Their significance was economic, social, as well as mythological and symbolical. The peak of their popularity is represented by black-figure vases, south Italian fish-plates and Hellenistic mosaics. Realistic and ornamental tendencies of style coexisted. While drawing and painting suited better to fish and cephalopods, sculpture flattered dolphins.
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Late Roman glass lamps
Doležalová, Jitka ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Ondřejová, Iva (referee)
This thesis proposes to describe glass lamps of late roman and early byzantine era and their origin and emergence in these periods. Part of the thesis is a desription of objects related with using of lamps, summary of their function and advantages and disadvantages in comparison with lamps made of other materials. Important section is also catalogue of shapes of lamps and their comparison with the finds from several localities with the largest found groups of glass lamps.
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Noric-Pannonian belt garnitures and their socio-ethnical meaning
Krištofová, Veronika ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Ondřejová, Iva (referee)
Thesis concerns with question of occurrence of norlc-pannonian beh gamitures in Czech barbari cum. White in roman provinces were these be1ts wom by women, in Bohemia are they often found in graves with warrior equipment. By solving these problems were osed iconographic, written and archaeological evidences. In appropriate cases were used nondestructive metallographic analyses or stereomicroscope. Belts were explored from point of view of social status of their owners, total graves equipment, or ethnicity. Special attention was devoted to so-called Germanic imitations of noric-pannonian belts, which do not occur in Roman provinces and so they are typical for barbaricum area. Thesis also concerns with appearance of noric-pannonian and Germanic dress and their reconstruction. With dresses were also reconstructed noric-pannonian belt and his Germanic imitation.
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Roman villas along the Moselle
Kovalovská, Soňa ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Stančo, Ladislav (referee)
This thesis focuses on the individual Roman villas along the Moselle, with their historical and geographical contexts. It also provides general information about Roman villas. The introductory part of the work deals with the localization of the Moselle and the definition of the investigated area, the next part is devoted to its historical development. The thesis includes the typology of Roman villas. The main part deals with specific individual villas along the Moselle. Theoretical knowledge is supplemented by my own photographs.
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Dionysiac scenes on red figure vases of south Italy
Kalasová, Barbora ; Ondřejová, Iva (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
South Italy, once called Magna Graecia, was source of ancient Greek pottery fabricated mostly during the fourth century B.C. which is commonly called South Italian pottery. First, many scholars thought, that this pottery was imported from Athens, but in fact the Greeks living in South Italy produced here their own red- figured pottery since the end of fifth century B.C. Many workshops were influenced by Attic pottery and they developed their own style later during the fourth century B.C. All South Italian workshops initially took up the style of Attic workshops of Athens, when many craftsmen left the city because of the Peloponnesian Wars. Five areas or schools of South Italian pottery, that produced the red-figured ware, are identified: Apulia (various workshops in Taras), Lucania (Heraclea, Metaponto), Paestum (Paestum), Campania (Capua and Cumae) and Sicily (Syracuse and Lipari). The red-figured pottery was produced here between 440 B.C. and the end of fourth century B.C. Almost all pottery forms that were developed in Greece were produced also in South Italy. Very popular were calyx-craters and bell-craters, which were marvellously decorated by the vase painters. South Italian potters developed some new pottery forms and shapes(bail amphora, nestoris etc.). At first the elements of decoration were the...
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Maritime trade in the Northern Pontic region in Byzantine era
Jiroušková, Martina ; Bouzek, Jan (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
The thesis is divided into a few chapters-History, Ships and Wrecks, Pottery. The first chapter-History-deals with the History of northern Black Sea Region, history of maritime trade and history of Crimea and Chersonesos, which became the only Byzantine town on that peninsula in the process. The second chapter-Ships and wrecksis engaged in ships development during the Middle Ages, their constructions and building. A short history of underwater archaeology is part of this chapter just before the part about shipwrecks. There have been found quite a lot of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea but only a few of them were properly excavated. The most significant wrecks are those from Yassi Ada, Bozburun and Serce Limani in the Mediterranean, as well as shipwrecks in the Sea of Marmara and Pisa shipwreck on the shores of Crimea. These wrecks are important because of their cargo and in case of Yassi Ada, Bozburun and Serce Limani wrecks also because of the extant hull. The third chapter discuss pottery that was found in northern Black Sea region including the pottery found at the Pisa wreck. The chapter is divided into two sections: 1) glazed pottery, 2) amphoras. There are two more articles as supplements, the first one deals with the Black Sea Shipwreck Research Project, the other one considers...
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The coins of the soldier emperors in the collection of the Charles University
Lužický, David ; Marek, Václav (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
The thesis Coins of the soldier emperors in the Collection of the Charles University is drawn up as a two-peiced study. First part of the study relates to the history, striking of the coinage, iconography and economy of the period under consideration. Historical events from 235 to 284 AD are briefly outlined, mentioned are also the extraordinary state formations, which arose after 260 AD. Further is described the grow of the mints in provinces, grow of the mint production, iconography and typical features of particular mints. In the passage relates to economy are described particular nominals, their gradual debasement, including the impact of these steps on the monetary system and the Aurelian's reform. Outlined are the revenues and expenses of the state budget and their estimation for the 3rd century AD based on grow of the soldiery salary. The second part of the thesis is created by the catalogue of 558 coins of the soldier emperors. Evaluation of the processed material is carried out in form of charts and graphs. The catalogue is composed by virtue of modern processes by use of the literature commonly used in the foreign publications. The notes of the catalogue mainly records inconsistency between the processed material and literature, only in four cases, where the inconsistencies are considerable, had...
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Carnuntum. Roman city on Danube (1st - 4th Century AD)
Broncová, Lucie ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with questions of urban development in the Roman city of Camuntum. The main foeus is foremost to specify and review the global strueture of settlement, urbanism and civilian architecture during the first four hunderts AD. In the first chapters provide an overview of loeation and historical situation of Camuntum. In the following chapters the description of the urban settlement is divided jnto "civilian" and , "military" territory. including description of several archaeologieal findings and monuments, maily publie buildings and religious areas. Furthermore, questions related to typology of dwelling-houses and their interior have not been omitted. The thesis also tries to summarize other topics associated with the area of Roman provinees, for example trade and burialground. The last part of the thesis is devoted to comparison and parallels with other important sites in the area of Rhine and Danube.
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Unicameralism in the constitutional system of the Czech Republic?
Musil, Jiří ; Kysela, Jan (advisor) ; Antoš, Marek (referee)
The present Master's thesis seeks to analyze the constitutional system of the Czech Republic in the point of its bicameralism compared to the constitutional system of Hungary, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic. The work's hypothesis assumes the bicameral parliament states are more successful than unicameral in their economic indicators. This assumption is based on the fact being a state of law where all activities must be in compliance with law which is given by a parliament and economy of the state is determinated by the quality of the rules. This paper does not use the mainstream way of constitutinal law or political science analysis as a main method but prefer the Law and Economics (LAE) and the first mentioned is used as corrective element only. GDP per capita is used becouse of its eligibility to be the most depictive economic indicator. Due to the lack of relevant data set World Bank statistics in US dollars of recent price level are used. The mentioned countries were chosen as the low rate of unobserved heterogenity states, decreasing the possibility of inexact analysis but these countries are different in the number of parliament houses and it permits to use Difference-in-differences method (DID). The used DID is very similar to the placebo response and it helps to distinguish...
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