IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 1319: Renovatio in the East Roman and Byzantine World, II: Emperors and Reform
Wednesday 8 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Byzantine Society, University of Oxford |
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Organiser: | Andrew Mackenzie Small, Kellogg College, University of Oxford |
Moderator/Chair: | Adrastos Omissi, Oriel College, University of Oxford |
Paper 1319-a | New Approaches on the Literary Value of the Palatinus Graecus 398 (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Language and Literature - Greek |
Paper 1319-b | Palaeologan Coins as a Source of Evidence: Tradition, Novelties, and Foreign Influences (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Economics - General, Numismatics |
Paper 1319-c | Balkan Renovatio in the Age of Justinian (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Byzantine Studies |
Abstract | A blurred program of reform presented as renewal, renovatio was an extremely important concept for the Classical Roman Empire, and remained so for the entire history of its eastern continuation. As emperors sought to establish their legitimacy through issuing law codes, building programs, and reconquering lost lands, both the reality and the rhetoric of renovatio had a fundamental impact on the Byzantine view of themselves and their state. Evidence of these programs for restoration resonates today throughout surviving texts, coins, and art and architecture, strongly influencing our historiographical reconstructions. |