Essays about: "mercenaries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word mercenaries.

  1. 1. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Guns for Hire: Private Military Companies in Nigeria and Mozambique

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Olof Hjorth; [2023]
    Keywords : PMCs; Mercenaries; Nigeria; Mozambique; State capacity; Insurgency; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This case study investigates the involvement of private military companies (PMCs) in two African conflicts. Nigeria and Mozambique hired PMCs in 2014 and 2019 respectively to combat internal insurgencies. The paper aims to answer why these countries hired PMCs and if the PMCs were successful in combating the insurgencies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Overt Partnership, Covert Intervention : Russian use of mercenaries in the Central African Republic

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Benjamin Hemche Billberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Wagner; Wagner PMC; Proxy war; Private Military Company; Mercenaries; Indirect intervention; Central African Republic; Russia;

    Abstract : Private Military Companies (PMCs) have increased significantly since the end of the Cold War, primarily hailing from the Western countries and South Africa, and notably employed in the War on Terror. In recent years, the Russian group generically known as ‘Wagner PMC’ has been deployed in Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa. READ MORE

  5. 4. Commitment Concerns Concerning Contemporary Condottieri : What effect do Private Military Contractors and their use have on Civil War Recidivism?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Carl Fredrik Kjellberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Mercenaries; PMC; commitment problems;

    Abstract : This paper addresses the relationship between Private Military Contractors and their use, whether operationally active or strictly training, on civil war recidivism. The paper aims to contribute to the wider research on Private Military Contractors, and specifically whether their use can cause commitment problems or information asymmetries that can hamper peace-making. READ MORE

  6. 5. Vestiges of Roman Cult Religion and Household Deities in the Northern Barbaricum: A study of statuettes and other anthropomorphic figures from Barbaricum, Britannia Superior and the Roman heartlands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : David Stuart Parker; [2021]
    Keywords : Lares; penates; genius; anthropomorphic figures; household deities; domestic religion; cult worship; lararium; romanisation; hybridisation; animism; Romans; Roman cults; Roman Britain; Roman Iron Age; tribal societies; classical art.; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This text serves as a fresh approach to the study of Roman influence on the Scandinavian region. This is achieved through the medium of various bronze statuettes, both from the Roman Empire itself as well as in the form of locally-produced anthropomorphic figures. READ MORE