IMC 2025: Sessions
Session 640: Single Combat in Late Ancient and Medieval Contexts, II: Cross-Cultural Cases - Roman, Georgian, and Rus'
Tuesday 8 July 2025, 11:15-12:45
| Sponsor: | Cardiff Centre for Late Antique Religion & Culture (CLARC) |
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| Organiser: | Eve MacDonald, School of History, Archaeology & Religion / Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alison Vacca, Middle Eastern, South Asian & African Studies, Columbia University |
| Paper 640-a | Jumping at Shadows: Constantius II in Single Combat at the Third Siege of Nisibis (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Mentalities, Political Thought |
| Paper 640-b | Single Combats in Late Antique and Early Medieval Georgian Art (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies, Mentalities |
| Paper 640-c | Single Combat and Ritual Humiliation in Rus' Narratives about the Pechenegs (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Mentalities |
| Abstract | This is the second session in the strand on Single Combat in Late Ancient and Medieval Contexts. It foregrounds depictions from a variety of cultures: Late Roman, Georgian and Rus. The first paper considers the story of an apparition of Emperor Constantius II at the siege of Nisibis in 350. The second paper explores the interplay of mythological, biblical and historical narratives on late antique and early medieval Georgian art. The third paper analyses the narrative in The Primary Chronicle of a Rus youth beating a more physically imposing Pecheneg in the context of the literary, military and cultural history of early Rus. |