IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 830: Rules of Violence, IV: The (Organised, Staged, or Predictable) Violent Death of the Individual in Late Antiquity
Tuesday 10 July 2012, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Cora Dietl, Institut für Germanistik, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen |
| Paper 830-a | Murder in the Palace: Violent Eliminations of Political Opponents in Late Antiquity (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 830-b | Beasts, Burning, and Beheading: Show Executions in Late Antiquity (Language: English) |
| Paper 830-c | Military Careers and Their Violent Ends in the 5th and 6th Centuries (Language: English) |
| Abstract | The very end of violence, the death of the individual, often does not occur occasionally, but is either planned or staged or it is at least predictable, i.e. it follows a set of rules. Those, however, aren't universal, but subject to cultural settings. The papers of this session analyse different cases of the violent destruction of marked individuals (political opponents, criminals, military leaders and heroes) in Late Antiquity. Two of the major questions of the papers concern the function of openly displayed violence and the relationship between fortuna, justice and politics. |