Pontius Pilate

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Military Service ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Elite Status

Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea (26–37 ce) who crucified Jesus. There is little information about his life prior to this governorship. His appointment suggests elite status (equestrian), some notable civic and military service, and some patronage from the emperor Tiberius or from someone in Tiberius’s circle. He was recalled from his office in January 37 ce after protests, but Tiberius died in early 37. Pilate disappears from the historical record. Sources for his governorship include Philo and Josephus, though both have particular agendas. The Gospels focus on his role in crucifying Jesus. Interpretations have often focused on theological matters while neglecting the power dynamics of Roman imperial rule that shape the scenes. Pilate has long captured the imagination of interpreters and he has made regular appearances in various media—literature, dramas, and films.

Colonel Thomas Blood and the Restoration Political Scene

1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-582
Author(s):  
Alan Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Political Scene

Thomas Blood was born in Sarney, county Meath in Ireland around the year 1618. The circumstances surrounding his early life are obscure but his father was said to have been a blacksmith and ironworker of ‘no inferior credit’. Blood's first real appearance in the historical record occurs during the survey taken in Ireland in the period 1654–6. In this he is listed as a protestant who had owned some 220 acres of land at Sarney since at least 1640. In between these dates, however, Blood had evidently undertaken some sort of military service. The evidence concerning this military service is both slight and contradictory and there is at least the possibility that his later claims about an army career were partly bogus, or certainly inflated to suit his particular company.

The balance of power and the power struggles of the polis

2020 ◽  
pp. 175508822094287
Author(s):  
Kevin Blachford
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Constitutive Relationship ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Political Liberty ◽  
Imperial Expansion ◽  
Historical Contextualization ◽  
Distinct Approach

The balance of power is fundamental to the discipline of international relations, but its accuracy in explaining the historical record has been disputed. For international relations, balance of power theory represents a distinct approach which details the behaviour of states to counter hegemonic threats within an anarchic system. This article reimagines the balance of power tradition by highlighting its early modern foundations. Through providing a historical contextualization of the balance of power, this article shows how republican thinkers sought to balance against concentrations of power in order to safeguard political liberty. Early modern republics grappled with the challenge of maintaining a division of power within the polis in a co-constitutive relationship with the international. A republican polis could not secure liberty if under external domination or if the polis itself expanded to imperial proportions. Imperial expansion and the martial politics this entailed have traditionally been understood as incompatible to the safeguarding of political liberty. Recognizing this republican influence can uncover the co-constitutive connections between the internal power dynamics of the polis and the international sphere.

Military Service May Increase Osteoarthritis Risk

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (18) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
NASEEM S. MILLER
Keyword(s):  
Military Service

Reliability of MTurk Data From Masters and Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Steven V. Rouse
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Standard Samples ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Approval Ratings ◽  
Cognitive Abilities Test ◽  
Elite Status ◽  
Master Status ◽  
Amazon's Mechanical Turk

Abstract. Previous research has supported the use of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) for online data collection in individual differences research. Although MTurk Masters have reached an elite status because of strong approval ratings on previous tasks (and therefore gain higher payment for their work) no research has empirically examined whether researchers actually obtain higher quality data when they require that their MTurk Workers have Master status. In two different online survey studies (one using a personality test and one using a cognitive abilities test), the psychometric reliability of MTurk data was compared between a sample that required a Master qualification type and a sample that placed no status-level qualification requirement. In both studies, the Master samples failed to outperform the standard samples.

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