20 II 2025: Tomasz Derda (UW), Tomasz Borowski (UW), Julia Burdajewicz (ASP) & Piotr Zakrzewski (UW) For Body and Soul. A Bath Complex and a Church, or on Monumentalism in Philoxenite on Lake Mareotis

After two seasons of excavations of the northern bath compound in Philoxenite, the sheer scale of this architectural project became apparent. Covering over 1200m2, it was the largest bath complex ...

23 I 2025: Przemysław Piwowarczyk (UŚ), What did laypeople do during the Coptic Mass? – a non-liturgical perspective (ONLINE ONLY)

This paper will be presented online only. Studies on the Eucharist in late antique Christianity have traditionally focused on liturgical texts and the reconstruction of rites. However, this perspective is ...

16.01 Łukasz Różycki (UAM), Hush! The late Roman art of intimidation in the light of selected sources

The purpose of my paper is to examine the Roman art of war through the lens of silence, which was used both to intimidate the enemy and boost the morale ...

9 I 2025: Cezary Rudnicki (UMCS), The long duration of the Augustinian admonitio: From theology to politics

One of the best-known documents of the Carolingian era is the capitulary issued by Charlemagne in 789 and titled Admonitio generalis by its modern editor. Although we find many documents ...

19 XII 2024: Daniel Galadza (Pontificio Istituto Orientale), Piecing together Greek liturgy from Jerusalem after Late Antiquity

From Late Antiquity, liturgy in Jerusalem served as a model for the way Christians prayed throughout the Mediterranean world. Fourth-century pilgrim accounts describe worship at Jerusalem’s holy places and its ...

12 XII 2024: Andrea Bernier (Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika), Deconstructing the Theodosian Code. Archives and collections of laws in the later Roman empire

The Theodosian Code is a mine of information on all manner of subjects for modern historians of late Antiquity. Despite the wealth of data, however, there is a general problem ...