IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 220: The Later Roman Empire in Transition: The Sons of Constantine, II - Death and (Dis)Unity

Sponsor:	Cardiff Centre for Late Antique Religion & Culture (CLARC), Cardiff University
Organisers:	Nicholas Baker-Brian, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University
Moderator/Chair:	Nicholas Baker-Brian, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University
Paper 220-a	The Forgotten Caesar?: Crispus and the Constantinian Dynasty (Language: English) Rebecca Usherwood, Department of Classics, University of Nottingham Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 220-b	City of Queens: Imperial Women in the Constantinian Dynasty (Language: English) Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 220-c	Empire on the Edge: Unity and Usurpation in the Constantinian Dynasty (Language: English) Mark Humphries, School of Humanities: Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology, Swansea University Index terms: Biblical Studies, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract	This is part of a series of sessions on 'The Later Roman Empire in Transition: The Sons of Constantine['. This is Session 2, entited 'Death and (Dis)unity'. The three speakers will address the infamous death of Constantine's son Crispus in 326, the role of imperial women in the politics of the period (particularly the daughters of Constantine), and the imperial disunity of the period and the problem of usurpartion.