On this episode of Byzantium & Friends, Anthony speaks with Hartmut Leppin about how one could be a Roman in Syriac, focusing on the sixth-century author John of Ephesos, otherwise known as Yuhannan from Amida. If one could be Roman in Greek (which is what we call “Byzantium”), why not also in Syriac?
Hartmut Leppin is professor of ancient history at Goethe University Frankfurt. Click here to view his university webpage. The discussion is based on Hartmut’s study of “The Roman Empire in John of Ephesus’ Church History: Being Roman, Writing Syriac,” in P. Van Nuffelen, ed., Historiography and Space in Late Antiquity (Cambridge University Press 2019) 113-135.
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Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics at The Ohio State University. You can follow him on his personal website.
On this episode of Byzantium & Friends, Anthony speaks with Hartmut Leppin about how one could be a Roman in Syriac, focusing on the sixth-century author John of Ephesos, otherwise known as Yuhannan from Amida. If one could be Roman in Greek (which is what we call “Byzantium”), why not also in Syriac?
Hartmut Leppin is professor of ancient history at Goethe University Frankfurt. Click here to view his university webpage. The discussion is based on Hartmut’s study of “The Roman Empire in John of Ephesus’ Church History: Being Roman, Writing Syriac,” in P. Van Nuffelen, ed., Historiography and Space in Late Antiquity (Cambridge University Press 2019) 113-135.
Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics at The Ohio State University. You can follow him on his personal website.
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