IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1724: Materializing an 'Augusta': Feminine Political Identity and Its Representations within the Byzantine Empire, II
Thursday 4 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Mattia Cosimo Chiriatti, Departament de Prehistòria, Història Antiga i Arqueologia, Universitat de Barcelona |
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Moderator/Chair: | Julia Hillner, Department of History, University of Sheffield |
Paper 1724-a | Ser o no ser Augusta: política dinástica en la corte del emperador Teodosio I (Language: Español) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History, Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
Paper 1724-b | Las emperatrices leónidas y su relación con el Paganismo (Language: Español) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History |
Paper 1724-c | The Image of Theodosian Empresses through Numismatic Iconography (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Ecclesiastical History |
Abstract | After Augustus' concession to Livia Drusilla the prestigious title of 'Augusta', the construction of the feminine power and its representations begin to dramatically evolve from Aelia Flaccilla, spouse of the emperor Theodosius I. On one hand, the political characterization of an empress begins to take shape, further to the numismatics evidence, through literary and material evidence, as bas-reliefs, coins, ivories, monuments, statues. In a broader sense, epigraphy and numismatics, as well as panegyrics and literary sources, provide materials to trace the study of this evolution. |