IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 706: Dynasty and Court Culture in Byzantium and the Near East, I: The Late Antique Court
Tuesday 4 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Cardiff Centre for Late Antique Religion & Culture, Cardiff University |
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Organiser: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Moderator/Chair: | Shaun Tougher, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Paper 706-a | Traveling Emperors: Which Court Follows (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Byzantine Studies |
Paper 706-b | Gallus Caesar: Life in Antioch (and Beyond) (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
Paper 706-c | 'Woe in many ways…': Child-Emperors and the Challenges of Court (Ceremonial) in Late Antiquity (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Byzantine Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | This session forms part of a four session strand on Dynasty and Court Culture in Byzantium and the Near East. The three papers in this session focus on the late Roman court. Danielle Slootjes focuses on the nature of the courts as travelling courts. Nicholas Baker-Brian considers the career of the Constantinian Caesar Gallus. Christian Rollinger examines child-emperors and court ceremonial. |