| Paper 614-a | Empire of Elites: Integrating the Senatorial Order in the 4th Century
(Language: English)
Mariana Bodnaruk, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies, Epigraphy, Social History |
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| Paper 614-d | The Policy of the Emperor Justinian I towards His Subjects the Arabs of Syria during the 6th Century
(Language: English)
Salah Hadi Mustafa Al-Haideri, Department of History, University of Soran, Iraq
Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Local History, Military History |
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| Abstract | Paper -a:
The status elevation for high equestrians culminated under the emperor Constantine in the fusion of the ordo equester and ordo senatorius into one new expanded order of clarissimi. My paper focuses on the relationship between the emperor and his elites and the honorific language by which the ruler and aristocracy articulated their interaction in the 4th-century Roman Empire. A redefinition of the political and social status of elites within the imperial system was manifested most clearly in the imperial honorifics as applied to senatorial officials. I address the cultural dimension of social and political integration examining honorific practice exposed by late Roman inscriptions, papyri, and legal documents.
Paper -b:
According to Guizot, ancient chronicles do not deliver the material of the official history, 'all the judgment of the historian to restore history' is thus necessary, according to him, in spite of so many discordant elements. One can not say more clearly that the historians of the monarchy had forged a history serving the legitimacy of power. The objective pursued in this paper is to identify conflicting facts supplied by the manuscripts and the chronicles of the reality of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, any traces of the power of Byzantium and the political utility of the thesis the 'fall' of the Empire.
Paper -c:
The deposition of the last emperor in 476 was recorded by Byzantine authors of the 6th century in terms which suggest they saw it as a major change, but the Western aristocracy still the same. As Anonymus Valesianus mentioned the Eastern emperor Zeno made a treaty with Theoderich, this agreement declared that Theoderich will be the governor while Zeno came to Italy, but the Eastern emperor died in 491 and after this everything changed. Anastasius the new emperor not legitimated Theoderich's reign at once, so missions sailed towards East to legitimate ostrogothic leader's rule but at the same time various rioting broke out in Italy. The most important event was the Laurentian schism although this was a mainly ecclesiastical affair however the senatorial aristocracy played an important role in this. The former researches distinguished two considerable senatorial families: the gens Anicii and the gens Decii. The above mentioned senatorial families lived in pace under Odoacer therefore is the main question: What caused violences between the two families?
Paper -d:
Historians mention that the early presence of the Arabs in Syria began in the first millennium BC. From that time onwards their number increased, and most of them came from Arabia. They belonged to various tribes such as Tanukh, Lakham, and Ghassan. Syria became under the domination of the Romans since 62 BC, and they called it Provincia Arabia.
The Romans consider it as very important area, due to the threat of the Persians. So, when Justinian I was coroneted in 527 AD as the Emperor, he attempted to strengthen his relationship with Arabs of Syria in order to safeguard his open borders with Persians. This seems to coincide with his efforts in the west which were devoted to restoring the unity of the old Roman Empire. However, the relationship continued between both sides, Arabs and Byzantines, on good terms until the rise of Islam.
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