IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 138: An Empire Worthy of a Tragedy: The Many Collapses of Rome
Monday 3 July 2017, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Cooperative Centre for the Centrality of Peripheries |
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| Organiser: | Hervin Fernández-Aceves, School of History, University of Leeds |
| Moderator/Chair: | Daniele Morossi, Institute for Medieval Studies / School of History, University of Leeds |
| Paper 138-a | The Enemy Within: The Rise and Influence of Conspiracy Theories in Rome before the Gothic Sack, 410 (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Political Thought, Rhetoric, Social History |
| Paper 138-b | Deserters and Brigands: The Social Consequences of Military Failures in the Later Roman Empire (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Military History, Political Thought, Social History |
| Paper 138-c | Be Prepared for the Death of the King: The Passing of Attila and the Fall of Rome (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Rhetoric |
| Paper 138-d | Beyond Rome's Fall: (Re)Building Integration in the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo (Language: English) Index terms: Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy, Rhetoric |
| Abstract | The Western Roman Empire did not fall in 476; it had already been toppling for the previous century or more. In this series of papers, we will investigate some of the less obvious factors that affected the decline of imperial authority in the 4th and 5th centuries. The impact of political developments beyond the borders of the empire will be considered, especially the fallout that resulted from the death of Attila, alongside the social results of military campaigns and defeats within the borders of the empire, and the eschatological ideas that were circulating in Rome around this period. It is hoped that by assessing these disparate issues in conjunction we will be able to develop a more plausible synthesis regarding the final decades of an empire which had lasted for over seven centuries. |