Ammianus Marcellinus And The Anger Of Julian
Ammianus Marcellinus And The Anger Of Julian By Barbara Sidwell Iris: Journal of the Classical Association of Victoria, Vol.21 (2008) Introduction: The Res Gestae…
The Beauty of Reasoning: A Reexamination of Hypatia of Alexandra
The Beauty of Reasoning: A Reexamination of Hypatia of Alexandra By Bryan J. Whitfield The Mathematics Educator, Vol.6:1 (1995) No handiwork of Callimachus,…
Rats, Communications, and Plague: Toward an Ecological History
Rats, Communications, and Plague: Toward an Ecological History By Michael McCormick Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol.34:1 (2003) Introduction: Until recently, there were no…
The End of Roman Spain
The End of Roman Spain By Michael Kulikowski PhD Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1997 Abstract: ‘The End of Roman Spain’ narrates the history…
Pots and boundaries: On cultural and economic areas between Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages
Pots and boundaries: On cultural and economic areas between Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages By Paul Arthur Late Roman Coarse Wares,…
Land, freedom and the making of the medieval West
In the course of the fifth and sixth centuries, barbarian warbands acquired property rights in the former provinces of the Roman west, in a process that established the broad structural characteristics of early medieval society in western Europe
Liberty and advocacy in Ennodius of Pavia: the significance of rhetorical education in late antique Italy
Liberty and advocacy in Ennodius of Pavia: the significance of rhetorical education in late antique Italy By S.J.B. Barnish Hommages a Carl Deroux,…
Ammianus Marcellinus and Procopius of Caesarea: The Eastern Campaigns of Julian and Justinian, 4th and 6th centuries A.D
By using both of these historians it is hoped that the Persian campaigns of Julian and Justinian will be made clearer in the context of the emperors and their goals and flaws.
Emperors, Jurists and Kings: Law and Custom in the Late Roman and Early Medieval West
Emperors, Jurists and Kings: Law and Custom in the Late Roman and Early Medieval West By P. S. Barnwell Past and Present, No. 168…
The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe
In particular, the two main phases of population movement – c. 376-86 and 405-8 – were directly caused by the intrusion of Hunnic power into the fringes of Europe.
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT
THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF CURSE TABLETS [DEFIXIONES] IN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT Adams, Geoff W. Studia Humaniora Tartuensia, vol. 7…
Philosophies of Imprisonment in Late Antiquity
Philosophies of Imprisonment in Late Antiquity By Mary Olson Constructing the Past, Vol.9:1 (2008) Abstract: One of the few things that prisons were not…
Peregrini, Barbari, and Cives Romani: Concepts of Citizenship and the Legal Identity of Barbarians in the Later Roman Empire
Peregrini, Barbari, and Cives Romani: Concepts of Citizenship and the Legal Identity of Barbarians in the Later Roman Empire By Ralph W. Mathisen The American…
Romans, Barbarians and Provincials: Social Boundaries and Class Conflict in Late Roman Gaul
Romans, Barbarians and Provincials: Social Boundaries and Class Conflict in Late Roman Gaul By Leslie Dodd ESharp, Issue 3 (2004) Introduction The Romans traditionally…
The Byzantines in the West in the Sixth Century
The Byzantines in the West in the Sixth Century By John Morehead The New Cambridge Medieval History, ed. Paul Fouracre (Cambridge University Press,…
Stylistic Variation and Roman Influence in the Bayeux Tapestry
There are a number of places in the Tapestry where the graphics of the main register are different in both subject matter and style. The men pictured at these points are workers, engaged in practical, mundane (distinctly non-heroic) tasks.
An Appeal to Rome: Anglo-Saxon Dispute Settlement, 800-810
In this paper, I argue that Anglo-Saxon dispute settlement in the early ninth century exploited Charlemagne’s title as Holy Roman Emperor. T
Scandinavia and the Huns. A source-critical approach to an old question
Scandinavia and the Huns. A source-critical approach to an old question By Ulf Nasman Fornvannen: Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research, Vol. 103 (2008)…
The construction of authority in ancient Rome and Byzantium : the rhetoric of empire
The construction of authority in ancient Rome and Byzantium : the rhetoric of empire By Sarolta A. Takács Cambridge University Press, 2009 ISBN:…
Monotheism between Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity
Monotheism between Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity By Stephen Mitchell and Peter Van Nuffelen Peeters, 2009 ISBN: 978-90-429-2242-6 The fourth century was…
The Rise and Function of the Concept “Late Antiquity”
The Rise and Function of the Concept “Late Antiquity” By Edward James Journal of Late Antiquity, Vol.1:1 (2008) Abstract: This article examines the development…
A Long Late Antiquity?: Considerations on a Controversial Periodization
A Long Late Antiquity?: Considerations on a Controversial Periodization By Arnaldo Marcone Journal of Late Antiquity, Vol.1:1 (2008) Abstract: Late Antiquity as a period has…
Survivals of the Cult of the Matronae into the Early Middle Ages and Beyond
From the late first century to the beginning of the fifth century CE, the area now referred to as the Rhineland was under Roman occupation. During this period, thousands of altars were carved and dedicated by individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, in honor of divine beings known as the Matres in Gaul and the Matronae in Germania Inferior
Relation between the Late Roman World and Barbarian Europe in the Light of the Coin Finds
Relation between the Late Roman World and Barbarian Europe in the Light of the Coin Finds By Aleksander Bursche XIV International Economic History…
Religion, Women and Politics in Imperial Rome (4th-5th century A.D.)
The aim of this study is to look at the close relations and certain continuity existing between the pagan and Christian ideologies concerning the role played by women of the aristocracy and by the image of women associated with political power.