5 XII 2024 Gavin Kelly (University of Edinburgh), Reinterpreting Ammianus Marcellinus: a new translation and a new edition
The Res gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus was transmitted through two closely-related Carolingian manuscripts, the better of which was lost in the sixteenth century and survives only in fragments and indirect ...
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28 XI 2024: Agata Deptuła & Adam Łajtar: Severus of Antioch in Nubia. Tracing early Christian traditions in Qasr Ibrim’s Greek manuscripts
Qasr Ibrim, located on the right bank of the Nile midway between the first and second cataracts, stands as a significant medieval settlement, seat of the civilian authorities of the ...
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21 XI 2024: Serena Ammirati (Università Roma Tre), References and cross-references in late antique law books: a few years after REDHIS
Abstract In this paper I seek to show how internal and external quotations and references contained in late antique law books (authors' works and commentaries) use somewhat recurrent expressions, which ...
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14 XI 2024: Basemah Hamarneh (Universität Wien), Iconophobia in the Churches of the Levant: (Re)inventing images or seeking salvation?
Abstract Excavations carried out in the Levant have yielded a wealth of archaeological documentation, which has demonstrated the extent of censorship, alteration, and intentional damage, particularly to images of living ...
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7 XI 2024: Jakob Riemenschneider (Universität Giessen), Social distinctions and commonalities in sixth-century Gaza
Abstract One of the more common paradigms for the study of late antiquity is that of fragmentation – fragmentation of political entities, fragmentation of Mediterranean identities, and fragmentation in the ...
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24 X 2024: Paulina Komar (UW): Wine, Church and economy during Late Antiquity
Abstract Wine held a multifaceted significance in Late Antiquity, serving not only as a staple beverage but also as a symbol of divine communion and social cohesion. At the same ...
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