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From the Editor Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Sabine R. Huebner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: From the Editor Sabine R. Huebner This once again very well-filled edition offers an intriguing insight into the multidisciplinary study of Late Antiquity and covers a wide range of pioneering research on textual and material sources from the third to eighth centuries. The main focus of this issue is on late antique Syria: five of the
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A Curious Problem in the Renovation of the Christian Building at Dura-Europos: Reconstructing the Use of Water in the Durene Baptismal Rite and its Ritual Significance Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Karl Berg
Abstract: Situating the Christian building of Dura-Europos within its ambient domestic context accentuates a curious problem: During the renovation in which the Christians of Dura converted this building into a worship space, this community installed a large water basin, presumably used for baptism. Yet concurrent with this transformation, Dura's Christians also paved over their house's cistern, located
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The Hand of the Slave and the Hand of the Martyr: Pamphilus of Caesarea, Autography, and the Rise of Textual Relics Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Sabrina Inowlocki
Abstract: This paper analyzes a specific reconfiguration of the text as body in the framework of martyrdom and the retrieval and preservation of the Origenian textual corpus. In this context, I suggest that autographic copies and corrections (that is, textual gestures performed in one's own hand) took on a new meaning. I will focus on the subscriptions left by Pamphilus of Caesarea and his students
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The Julian Romance: A Full Text and a New Date Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Marianna Mazzola, Peter Van Nuffelen
Abstract: The Syriac Julian Romance, a tripartite fictional account of the reign of the Emperor Julian, was hitherto only partially known from two manuscripts. This article publishes the missing first section from Vat. Sir. 37, a section that narrates the death of Constantius II. The complete text allows us to demonstrate that the narrative was composed by a single author and that the tripartite structure
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John Chrysostom's Homily against the Jews 8 as a Response to Antiochene Jewish Healthcare Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Chance Bonar
Abstract: This article argues that John Chrysostom's Homily against the Jews (Adv. Iud. 8), preached at Antioch in 387 ce, is produced as a response to the popularity of Antiochene Jewish healers among John's congregants. As a solution to the perceived problem of Christians seeking out Jewish healing, John develops a model of anti-medicinal martyrdom by which he calls congregants to seek out death
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Isaiah and the Issue of Genre in the Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 James C. Wolfe
Abstract: This article seeks to elucidate the thesis and literary programme of the Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite, which was written in Syriac in Edessa by an anonymous author sometime in the first two decades of the sixth century during the reign of the Roman emperor Anastasius. To do so, it examines how the anonymous author situates events in the Chronicle against historical and theological
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Saint Stephen in Africa: On Saints, Spinsters, and Synagogues in Late Antiquity Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Hagith Sivan
Abstract: This study forges a novel link between an image molded unto an oil lamp from Carthage and the text that inspired it. Wrongly considered unique and misinterpreted for over a century, the lamp features a hallowed figure holding a cross in its right arm and crushing a serpent-dragon under its feet. This triad—man, cross, beast—is planted atop an inverted seven-branch candelabra, the ubiquitous
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The Classical Canon and its Uses in Late Late Antiquity: 600–775 CE Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Michael W. Herren
Abstract: This essay has two essential aims. The first is to provide an overview of classical Latin texts known in Western Europe ca. 600–ca. 775 ce. The second is to establish what classical works were favored and formed literary tastes and literary techniques. The survey concentrates on a few regions and several influential writers of late Late Antiquity. It draws evidence from dated manuscripts
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Jerome in Rome: Memory and Project Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Mark Vessey
Abstract: "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." What happened to Jerome in Rome has proved harder to contain. Sixteen centuries and several decades later, gossip still circulates, helping shape the meanings we attach to the names "Rome" and "Jerome." The proceedings of a recent conference provide an opportunity for historical and critical reflection on the earliest recoverable forms of that Jerome/Rome
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The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identities in Late Antique Christianity by Yuliya Minets (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Carson Bay
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identities in Late Antique Christianity by Yuliya Minets Carson Bay The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identities in Late Antique Christianity Yuliya Minets. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Pp. xvi + 418. ISBN: 978-1-108-83346-2 Presses are encouraged to submit books dealing
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Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership by Ally Kateusz (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Michael Beshay
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership by Ally Kateusz Michael Beshay Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership Ally Kateusz Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 2019. Pp. xvii + 295. ISBN: 978-3-030-11111-6. What did the Virgin Mary mean to ancient Christians? Many historians of the early church might
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Das Sepulkralwesen im Rauen Kilikien am Ende der Antike: Funerärarchäologie und Grabepigraphik einer spätantiken Landschaft by Jon Cubas Díaz (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Philipp Pilhofer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Das Sepulkralwesen im Rauen Kilikien am Ende der Antike: Funerärarchäologie und Grabepigraphik einer spätantiken Landschaft by Jon Cubas Díaz Philipp Pilhofer Das Sepulkralwesen im Rauen Kilikien am Ende der Antike: Funerärarchäologie und Grabepigraphik einer spätantiken Landschaft Jon Cubas Díaz Asia Minor Studien 98. Bonn:
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Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity by Ellen Muehlberger (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Scott G. Bruce
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity by Ellen Muehlberger Scott G. Bruce Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity Ellen Muehlberger Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. Pp. xiii + 245. ISBN: 978-0190459161. Building on the work
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La fin de la cité grecque: métamorphoses et disparition d'un modèle politique et institutionnel local en Asie Mineure, de Dèce à Constantin by Anne-Valérie Pont (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Nikolas Hächler
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: La fin de la cité grecque: métamorphoses et disparition d'un modèle politique et institutionnel local en Asie Mineure, de Dèce à Constantin by Anne-Valérie Pont Nikolas Hächler La fin de la cité grecque: métamorphoses et disparition d'un modèle politique et institutionnel local en Asie Mineure, de Dèce à Constantin Anne-Valérie
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Jews and Their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel by Katell Berthelot (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Christine Hayes
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Jews and Their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel by Katell Berthelot Christine Hayes Jews and Their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel Katell Berthelot Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. Pp. 552. ISBN: 978-0-691-19929-0. Jews and their Roman Rivals: Pagan Rome's Challenge to Israel is
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Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul: Rethinking Gregory of Tours by Tamar Rotman (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Richard Shaw
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul: Rethinking Gregory of Tours by Tamar Rotman Richard Shaw Hagiography, Historiography, and Identity in Sixth-Century Gaul: Rethinking Gregory of Tours Tamar Rotman Social Worlds of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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A Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm ed. by Mike Humphreys (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Sophie Schweinfurth
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: A Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm ed. by Mike Humphreys Sophie Schweinfurth A Companion to Byzantine Iconoclasm Edited by Mike Humphreys Brill's Companion to the Christian Tradition, Vol. 99. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2021. Pp. xvii + 630. ISBN: 978-9004339903. This sizable volume is a daring venture and is wisely entitled "A
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From the Editor Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Sabine R. Huebner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: From the Editor Sabine R. Huebner This issue was produced in part under the aegis of my predecessor, Professor Andrew Cain, who steered the ship expertly over the past five years, and I cannot thank him enough for his generous and patient introduction to the complex business of being editor-in-chief. I am also delighted to have gathered
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Hamstrung Horses: Dating Constantine's Departure from the Court of Galerius Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Adrastos Omissi
Abstract: This article reconciles contradictory ancient evidence concerning the date and circumstances of Constantine's departure from the court of Galerius to join his father, Constantius I. Modern consensus places this departure in mid-305 on the strength of evidence derived from Pan. Lat. 6.7.5–8.2, which states that Constantine joined his father in Gaul, and a military diploma unearthed in Italy
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The Famine and Plague of Maximinus (311 to 312): Between Ekphrasis, Polemic, and Historical Reality in Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Scott Kennedy, David J. DeVore
Abstract: In Book 9.8 of his Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea describes a horrific famine and plague that ravaged the eastern Roman empire. Hitherto, scholars have generally treated this as an exaggerated but truthful account of these catastrophes. In this paper, we question the veracity of this account. We first demonstrate how Eusebius masterfully models his account on Thucydides's plague
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A Bad Romance: Late Ancient Fantasy, Violence, and Christian Hagiography Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Jennifer Barry
Abstract: In Gerontius's labor of love, the Life of Melania the Younger, the hagiographer makes it clear that this is an intentional exercise in memory-making as well as a performance of personal piety. To craft his hagiographical fantasy, Gerontius imports romantic themes from Greek romance novels and ancient dream theory to evaluate Melania's pre-saintly life. Here, I explore the framing of the vita
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No Voice of Reason: Socrates of Constantinople's Adaptation of Athanasius of Alexandria as a Source for his Ecclesiastical History Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Karl Dahm
Abstract: This article explores Socrates of Constantinople's literary strategies in his use of Athanasius of Alexandria as a source for his Ecclesiastical History against the contemporary ecclesiastical and political background. Contrary to the prevailing view which sees Socrates as a blind copyist of Athanasius, this article argues that Socrates deliberately abandoned or altered aspects of his source
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Hagiographic History: Reading and Writing Holiness in the Ecclesiastical History of Anonymous Cyzicenus Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Sean Tandy
Abstract: The late fifth-century Ecclesiastical History of Anonymous Cyzicenus (formerly attributed to a fictitious "Gelasius of Cyzicus") treats the Council of Nicaea from a pro-Chalcedonian perspective, containing far more doctrinal discussion and spiritual admonition than is usual for the genre. This article demonstrates how the author incorporates numerous hagiographic elements into his ecclesiastical
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Orfitus: The Rise and Fall of an Urban Prefect of Rome Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 William Lewis
Abstract: In the Roman empire of the fourth century, emperors ruled from the frontiers, and it was the forceful personalities of the urban prefects who governed the city of Rome in their names. The urban prefecture was the pinnacle of an administrative career and an office of genuine importance, but the officials who held it form a shadowy part of imperial history, often attested only by their names
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Historicizing Ontologies: Qur'ānic Preternatural Creatures between Ancient Topoi and Emerging Traditions Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Valentina A. Grasso
Abstract: This article investigates the ontology and taxonomy of the Qur'ānic jinn and their relationship with liminal creatures of ancient and late antique times. Echoes of pagan and scriptural traditions are traceable in the merging of jinn and shayṭān (plural: shayāṭīn) in the Qur'ān, as exemplified by the Qur'ānic version of the Solomonic Cycle. While the jinn were Arabian preternatural beings
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Does Smoke Mean Fire? Illumination, Incense, and the Senses in Late Antique Synagogues Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Karen B. Stern
Abstract: Synagogues remain among the best studied institutions of Late Antiquity. Associated scholarship commonly considers activities of prayer or scriptural recitation once conducted within synagogues and impacts of their architectural and visual programs on visitors. Yet, regardless of recent interest in embodied dimensions of ancient life, attention to Jews' sensory experiences inside these buildings
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Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Brandon T. McDonald
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper Brandon T. McDonald Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History Kyle Harper Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. Pp. x + 686. ISBN: 9780691192123 Presses are encouraged to submit books dealing with Late Antiquity
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The Formation of Christendom, 2nd ed. by Judith Herrin (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Sam Ottewill-Soulsby
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Formation of Christendom, 2nd ed. by Judith Herrin Sam Ottewill-Soulsby The Formation of Christendom, 2nd ed Judith Herrin Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. Pp. 568. ISBN: 9780691219219 It takes confidence to reissue, largely unchanged, a book more than thirty years old concerned with a scholarly field that
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La fin de la cité grecque: métamorphoses et disparition d'un modèle politique et institutionnel local en Asie Mineure, de Dèce à Constantin by Anne-Valérie Pont (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 François Gerardin
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: La fin de la cité grecque: métamorphoses et disparition d'un modèle politique et institutionnel local en Asie Mineure, de Dèce à Constantin by Anne-Valérie Pont François Gerardin La fin de la cité grecque: métamorphoses et disparition d'un modèle politique et institutionnel local en Asie Mineure, de Dèce à Constantin Anne-valérie
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Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity by Jennifer Barry (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Dirk Rohmann
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity by Jennifer Barry Dirk Rohmann Bishops in Flight: Exile and Displacement in Late Antiquity Jennifer Barry Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. Pp. xix + 200. ISBN: 9780520300378 The primary scope of this book is the exile primarily of two famous bishops
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East and West in the Early Middle Ages: The Merovingian Kingdoms in Mediterranean Perspective ed. by Stefan Esders et al. (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Scott G. Bruce
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: East and West in the Early Middle Ages: The Merovingian Kingdoms in Mediterranean Perspective ed. by Stefan Esders et al. Scott G. Bruce East and West in the Early Middle Ages: The Merovingian Kingdoms in Mediterranean Perspective Stefan Esders, Yaniv Fox, Yitzhak Hen, and Laury Sarti, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University
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Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism by Caroline T. Schroeder (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Arietta Papaconstantinou
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism by Caroline T. Schroeder Arietta Papaconstantinou Children and Family in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism Caroline T. Schroeder Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Pp. xiii + 255. ISBN 9781107156876 When in 2006 Alice-Mary Talbot and I organized a conference
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Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity by Maria E. Doerfler (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Blake Leyerle
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity by Maria E. Doerfler Blake Leyerle Jephthah's Daughter, Sarah's Son: The Death of Children in Late Antiquity Maria E. Doerfler Oakland: University of California Press, 2020. Pp. xii + 396. ISBN: 9780520304154 In this nuanced and exquisitely written study
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Justinian und die Armee des frühen Byzanz by Clemens Koehn (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2023-03-21 Christian Michel
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Justinian und die Armee des frühen Byzanz by Clemens Koehn Christian Michel Justinian und die Armee des frühen Byzanz Clemens Koehn Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2018. Pp. viii + 309. ISBN: 978-3-11-059701-1 The emperor Justinian I is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of Late Antiquity. In more than 38 years
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From the Editor Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Andy Cain
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: From the Editor Andy Cain This special issue, "Shaping Christian Politics in Late Antiquity," which has been curated by Richard Flower, Meaghan McEvoy, and Robin Whelan, collects seven revised and peer-reviewed papers originally delivered at a conference hosted in June 2019 at the University of Liverpool. As detailed in this issue's Introduction
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Introduction Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Richard Flower, Meaghan McEvoy, Robin Whelan
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Introduction Richard Flower, Meaghan McEvoy, and Robin Whelan This special issue stems from a conference entitled "Beyond Eusebius and Augustine: Rethinking Christian Political Thought in Late Antiquity," hosted at the University of Liverpool on 18 June 2019.1 This conference brought together a range of speakers, with a particular focus
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Lactantius and Empire: Political Theology in On the Deaths of the Persecutors Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 James Corke-Webster
Abstract: This article presents a new reading of On the Deaths of the Persecutors as a means to better appreciate Lactantius's political theology. Starting with this text's oddest feature—that though it ostensibly focuses on imperial mistreatment of Christians and the divine punishment that it provoked, much of it in fact does not discuss Christians or Christianity at all—and reading it both in its
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The Politics of Female Namelessness between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, circa 300 to 750 Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Julia Hillner, Máirín MacCarron, Ulriika Vihervalli
Abstract: A representative sample of late antique and early medieval texts reveals that nearly two-thirds of female characters within them are left nameless by their authors. Whether for narrative or feminist reasons, the instinct of modern historians is to identify as many such women as possible by name. In this article, we instead investigate the range of reasons why late antique and early medieval
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Where Are the Names of the Iovii and Herculii? Exploring Christian Responses to Tetrarchic Material Culture Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Rebecca Usherwood
Abstract: This essay explores the relationship between traditional and Christian concepts of imperial failure and disgrace. Using the writings of Eusebius and Lactantius as a springboard, I discuss the significance of the idea that emperors suffered body, image, and name destruction as a consequence of persecuting the Christians. This is then related to a body of epigraphic evidence in North Africa
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Emperors, Aristocrats, and Columns: Christian Imperial Politics in the Late Fifth Century CE as Reflected in the Life of Daniel the Stylite Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Meaghan McEvoy
Abstract: This paper examines the hagiography of Daniel the Stylite, believed to have been written by one of his disciples soon after the saint's death at Constantinople in the late fifth century. It first explores the identity of Daniel's named patrons, highlighting the status of these individuals as members of former imperial families who were not currently in power in the East, but who were competing
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Constructing Christian Bureaucrats: Justinian and the Governor's Oath of Office Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Michael Wuk
Abstract: This article examines aspects of the investiture oath sworn by provincial governors during the reign of Justinian. This oath, which was implemented alongside the promulgation of Novel 8 in 535, was intended to act as an overt articulation of the governor's duties. Owing to this purpose, it is significant that parts of the oath's formula directly relate to the swearer's doctrinal affiliation
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Procopius and the Lord of the Demons: The Synthesis of the Demonic Justinian Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Ryan Denson
Abstract: This article examines the sections of the sixth-century Secret History of Procopius of Caesarea where the emperor Justinian, and occasionally his wife, Theodora, were portrayed as demons, further giving special consideration to the three instances where Justinian was referred to specifically as the "Lord of the Demons" (ἄρχων τῶν δαιμόνων). I argue that Procopius's depiction of the demonic
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The Christianization of Political Discourse: Reflections on the Irish Evidence Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Conor O'Brien
Abstract: A wealth of political writings survives from early Christian Ireland. While traditionally this material has been understood in terms of a dichotomy between "pagan" and "Christian," recent scholarship has borrowed the category of the "secular" from late antique studies to make sense of early Irish intellectual culture and its political discourses. This article builds on this trend to reveal
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A Companion to Julian the Apostate ed. by Stefan Rebenich and Hans-Ulrich Wiemer (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Andrea Murace
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: A Companion to Julian the Apostate ed. by Stefan Rebenich and Hans-Ulrich Wiemer Andrea Murace A Companion to Julian the Apostate Stefan Rebenich and Hans-Ulrich Wiemer, eds. Leiden and Boston: E.J. Brill, 2020. Pp. 481. ISBN: 978-90-0441-456-3 This volume brings together the proceedings—appropriately expanded and improved—of
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The Go-Between: Augustine on Deacons by Bart J. Koet (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Stanisław Adamiak
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Go-Between: Augustine on Deacons by Bart J. Koet Stanisław Adamiak The Go-Between: Augustine on Deacons Bart J. Koet Leiden and Boston: E.J. Brill, 2019. Pp. 169. ISBN 978-90-04-36077-8 Writing in the preface, Bart J. Koet states that his book caters to "different audiences: Augustine enthusiasts on the one hand, and people
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The Rich and the Pure: Philanthropy and the Making of Christian Society in Early Byzantium by Daniel Caner (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Bronwen Neil
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Rich and the Pure: Philanthropy and the Making of Christian Society in Early Byzantium by Daniel Caner Bronwen Neil The Rich and the Pure: Philanthropy and the Making of Christian Society in Early Byzantium Daniel Caner Oakland: University of California Press, 2021. Pp. 440. ISBN 978-05-2038-158-2 This volume addresses
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Fisco, annona, mercato. Studi sul Tardo Impero Romano by Domenico Vera (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Paolo Tedesco
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Fisco, annona, mercato. Studi sul Tardo Impero Romano by Domenico Vera Paolo Tedesco Fisco, annona, mercato. Studi sul Tardo Impero Romano Domenico Vera Bari: Edipuglia, 2020. Pp. 433. ISBN 978-88-7228-901-3 This volume contains a selection of nineteen articles that Domenico Vera published over a span of twenty years, from
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The Making of Medieval Rome: A New Profile of the City, 400–1420 by Hendrik Dey (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Dale Kinney
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Making of Medieval Rome: A New Profile of the City, 400–1420 by Hendrik Dey Dale Kinney The Making of Medieval Rome: A New Profile of the City, 400–1420 Hendrik Dey Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. ix + 338. ISBN: 978-11-08-83853-5 Hendrik Dey's "new profile" of Rome in the Middle Ages is explicitly intended
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The Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia: Construction and Invention by Santiago Castellanos (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Andrew Kurt
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia: Construction and Invention by Santiago Castellanos Andrew Kurt The Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia: Construction and Invention Santiago Castellanos Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020. Pp. 188, ISBN: 978-081-2252-53-8 This book offers an interpretation of the emergent Visigothic
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Figureless Art: Anti-Figural Trends in Jewish Art During the Late Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods by Noa Yuval-Hacham (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Oz Avraham Tamir
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Figureless Art: Anti-Figural Trends in Jewish Art During the Late Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods by Noa Yuval-Hacham Oz Avraham Tamir Figureless Art: Anti-Figural Trends in Jewish Art During the Late Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods Noa Yuval-Hacham Magnes Press: Jerusalem, 2021. Pp. 381. ISBN: 978-965-7776-58-2 Noa
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Environment and Society in the Long Late Antiquity ed. by Adam Izdebski and Michael Mulryan (review) Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Scott G. Bruce
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Environment and Society in the Long Late Antiquity ed. by Adam Izdebski and Michael Mulryan Scott G. Bruce Environment and Society in the Long Late Antiquity Adam Izdebski and Michael Mulryan, eds. Leiden and Boston: E.J. Brill, 2019. Pp. 375. ISBN: 978-90-04-38379-1 Originally published in 2018 as two volumes of the journal
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The Other Woman: Felicitas in Late Antiquity Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-03-11 L. Stephanie Cobb
Abstract: The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas narrates the stories of four men and two women. Late ancient homilies regularly address the relative unimportance of the male martyrs in the church's celebrations of the Carthaginian martyrs. For the late ancient church, the Passion was primarily the story of Perpetua's and Felicitas's heroic witness to their faith. Modern scholarship has further restricted
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The Battle Of Mursa, 351: Causes, Course, and Consequences Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-03-11 John F. Drinkwater
Abstract: I argue that Magnentius was brought to power by, and ruled with, a team of high-status imperial politicians, best referred to collectively as "Magnentians." The Magnentians' main aim was to share power with Constantius through a formally established imperial college, and, even when his refusal compelled them to march towards him, they still hoped to extract a settlement without having to
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The Re-invention of the Kalends of January in Late Antiquity: A Public Festival Between "Pagans" and Christians Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Jacob A. Latham
Abstract: The late antique Kalends of January (Kalendae Ianuariae) are often labeled a "pagan survival." However, the Kalends were neither solely "pagan" nor a "survival," but rather a re-invented public festival between "pagans" and Christians (and others). "Survival" paints a triumphalist picture that mis-represents the historical situation, ignoring the stark differences between the homespun late
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Narrating the Saints: Paulinus of Nola and the Beginning of Verse Hagiography Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Michael Roberts
Abstract: Paulinus of Nola's Natalicia represent a poetic cycle unparalleled in Latin literature: thirteen complete poems (and a fourteenth fragmentary one) composed every year for the annual festival of Saint Felix of Nola. This article considers the poems as a group, analyzing the sources of Paulinus's poetic invention and identifying significant features that run through the corpus. In particular
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A Late Antique Preacher in Action: Augustine, Ep. 29 Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Mattias Gassman
Abstract: In Ep. 29, Augustine describes four sermons he delivered in May 395. A vivid account of the delivery and reception of late antique preaching, the letter shows how Augustine's listeners debated his message, and how Augustine shaped his preaching to win them over. This article situates the events in the social and archeological setting at Hippo, arguing that the laity were not as indifferent
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Cassiodorus, Theoderic, and the Dream of a Pan-Gothic Kingdom Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Massimiliano Vitiello
Abstract: When in the year 511 Theoderic removed Gesalic from the Visigothic throne, he could not have known that his most feared western antagonist, his father-in-law Clovis, would pass away soon afterwards. Theoderic was able to attain an international peace and a general harmony in the western Mediterranean world. This situation was the result of military victories combined with an almost twenty-year
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Catechumens, Women, and Agricultural Laborers: Who Used the Fourth-century Hall at the Church of 'Ain el-Gedida, Egypt? Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Nicola Aravecchia
Abstract: This article assesses the archaeological evidence of a large hall that was part of a fourth-century church complex discovered at 'Ain el-Gedida, in the Dakhla Oasis of Egypt's Western Desert. The focus is on the spatial and functional relationship of the hall with the church and the rest of the complex. The room was broadly identified as a gathering hall because of the existence of mudbrick
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Who Built Qal'at Sim'ān? Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Dina Boero
Abstract: Qal'at Sim'ān, the cult site dedicated to Symeon the Stylite the Elder (died 459), is one of the largest building projects completed in late Roman Syria and was a premier pilgrimage destination in Late Antiquity. Scholars have proposed that the emperors Leo I (reigned from 457 to 474) or Zeno (reigned from 474 to 491) provided funding for construction, but no textual sources record imperial
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The Oases of Egypt's Western Desert from Byzantine to Islamic Rule: Problems and New Perspectives Journal of Late Antiquity Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Nicoletta De Troia
Abstract: Once a part of Byzantine Egypt, the oases of Egypt's Western Desert acquired the status of an independent kingdom in the early Islamic period and retained this status at least until the advent of the Fatimid dynasty. As I argue in this article, a nuanced interpretation of a limited dossier of Greco-Latin and Arabic texts (consisting mostly of literary sources) yields insight into the mechanisms