IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1129: Frontiers of Late Antiquity, II: Shifting Definitions and Perceptions of Frontiers
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Rebecca Usherwood, School of Classics, University of St Andrews |
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Moderator/Chair: | Adrastos Omissi, School of Humanities (Classics), University of Glasgow |
Paper 1129-a | The Topology of Territory: Analysis of Theoretical Approaches to Frontiers, Territory, Landscape, and Bounded Space in Late Antiquity (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Geography and Settlement Studies, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Social History |
Paper 1129-b | Symmachus and the Tribes of Romulus: Defending the Borders of Late Roman Senatorial Masculinity (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Social History |
Paper 1129-c | Gothic Pride and Roman Prejudice: Perception of Foreigners in the Ostrogothic Kingdom (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Social History |
Abstract | The refashioning of both physical spaces and social identities was a key feature of Late Antiquity, and the three papers of this panel investigate how these processes could unfold in both central and frontier locations. The first (Ellis) is the most theoretical, exploring identity and Roman state fragmentation in a case study of the south-eastern limes in Scythia Minor. The second (Watson) examines concepts of senatorial masculinity through the letters of Symmachus, particularly the othering of the east in relation to the west. The last (Cristini) discusses romanitas in the Ostrogothic kingdom, a place where regional and ethnic boundaries underwent major renegotiation. |