IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 106: #TakeBackControl: Imperial Authority in Late Antiquity
Monday 5 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele, Vakgroep Geschiedenis, Universiteit Gent |
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| Moderator/Chair: | R. W. Benet Salway, Department of History, University College London |
| Paper 106-a | 'Publicus ac noster inimicus': Constantine II and His Hegemomic Authority, 337-340 (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Epigraphy, Law, Numismatics |
| Paper 106-b | 'The Last Shadow Puppets'?: The Final Fight for Western Imperial Control, 455-480 (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Byzantine Studies, Military History, Political Thought |
| Paper 106-c | Succeeding Heraclius: Army, Dynasty, and the Power of the People in Mid-7th-Century Constantinople (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Local History, Military History, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | Fergus Millar once defined the Roman Emperor as 'what the emperor does'. By that definition, whatever the emperor did in Late Antiquity was bound to face more challenges than during the Principate. From the 4th to the 7th century, the Empire evolved from a single sovereign state in Europe and the Mediterranean, to one polity threatened by political fragmentation. Domestically, emperors in East and West also had to manage more stakeholders in army, church, and bureaucracy. This session will look at structural challenges emperors faced when trying to establish or reassert their authority c. 330-650 CE. |