IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 320: The Later Roman Empire in Transition: The Sons of Constantine, III - Culture and Reform

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:	Mark Humphries, School of Humanities: Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology, Swansea University
Paper 320-a	The Sons of Constantine and the Scope of Their Empire (Language: English) Danielle Slootjes, Faculteit der Letteren, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy
Paper 320-b	Rome, Constantinople, and the Senatorial Order, 337-343 (Language: English) Alexander Skinner, Department of Classics, Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Birmingham Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Political Thought, Social History
Abstract	This is part of a series of sessions on The Later Roman Empire in Transition: The Sons of Constantine. It is the third and final session, entitled Culture and Reform. The three speakers will consider the effects of Diocletianic and Constantinian reforms under the sons of Constantine, the development of the senate of Constantinople, and the relationship between the sophist Libanius and Emperor Constantius II.