IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1501: Between Byzantium and Sasanian Persia, I: Settlement and Movement within the Limits of Ērānshahr and the Eastern Roman Empire
Thursday 8 July 2021, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) / Cardiff Centre of Late Antique Religion & Culture, Cardiff University |
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| Organisers: | Domiziana Rossi, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Università di Bologna Sean Strong, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Eve MacDonald, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
| Paper 1501-a | Between the Hammer and the Anvil: Byzantium, Sasanians, and North Syrian Trade in the 6th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Economics - Trade, Economics - Urban, Geography and Settlement Studies |
| Paper 1501-b | How Did the Environment Affect the Spread of the So-Called Justinianic Plague?: New Reflections on Settlements and Movements between Persia and Byzantium (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Byzantine Studies, Demography, Geography and Settlement Studies |
| Paper 1501-c | Trades along the Eastern Frontier: The Pottery Evidence from South-Eastern Anatolia, 250-500 (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Byzantine Studies, Economics - Urban |
| Abstract | This session analyses the climate of trade, economics, and patterns of human and physical settlements in the Near East during Late Antiquity. The movement of people and materials has often been overlooked despite it playing a key role, especially along the limes. This created a dynamic climate of interconnectivity throughout the Near East. The enforcement of certain trade routes not only developed economic patterns but also impacted the demography and the spread of pestilence between the Eastern Roman Empire and Ērānshahr. This panel aims to bring new research to the field and examine certain aspects of this interconnectivity. |