University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Masters Theses Graduate School 5-2021 Monsters in Mesopotamia: Edessa, Goths, and Roman Identity in Euphemia and the Goth and the Julian Romance Emma Elisabeth Pugmire
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes Recommended Citation Pugmire, Emma Elisabeth, "Monsters in Mesopotamia: Edessa, Goths, and Roman Identity in Euphemia and the Goth and the Julian Romance. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2021. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/6188 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Emma Elisabeth Pugmire entitled "Monsters in Mesopotamia: Edessa, Goths, and Roman Identity in Euphemia and the Goth and the Julian Romance." I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Master of Arts, with a major in History. Jacob A. Latham (co-chair), Christine Shepardson (co-chair), Major Professor We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance: Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga Accepted for the Council: Dixie L. Thompson Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) Monsters in Mesopotamia: Edessa, Goths, and Roman Identity in Euphemia and the Goth and the Julian Romance A Thesis Presented for the Master of Arts Degree The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Emma Pugmire May 2021 ii Dedication For my grandfathers, Ronald Pugmire and Robert Barrus.