IMC 2006: Sessions

Session 705: Conflict, Emotion, and the Family in Late Antiquity

Organiser:	Judith Evans-Grubbs, Department of Classics, Washington University in St Louis
Moderator/Chair:	Judith Evans-Grubbs, Department of Classics, Washington University in St Louis
Paper 705-a	Conflict within the Imperial Family: A Case Study of Julian (Language: English) Lisa Alberici, Postgraduate Office, Historical Studies, College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Daily Life, Social History
Paper 705-b	Ascetism and Familial Conflicts in the 4th and 5th Centuries (Language: English) Ville Vuolanto, Department of History, University of Tampere Index terms: Daily Life, Monasticism, Social History
Paper 705-c	Wives and Concubines: St Augustine and Marital Life (Language: English) Judith Evans-Grubbs, Department of Classics, Washington University in St Louis
Abstract	This session looks at family conflict in the late Roman Empire (4th-5th centuries). Lisa Alberici examines the turbulent relationship between the 'apostate' emperor Julian and his brother, wife, and cousin (the emperor Constantine). Ville Vuolanto discusses intra-familial conflicts caused by the adoption of ascetic ideals and practices, when one spouse wanted to take a vow of continence without the other's consent, or children preferred a life of celibacy to the marriage arrangements made by their parents.