Books / Edited Vols by Johannes Wienand
The death of a citizen on the battlefield carries significant social implications. Beyond the pra... more The death of a citizen on the battlefield carries significant social implications. Beyond the practical challenges of dealing with war casualties, the fallen citizen also imposes the burden of assigning meaning to the deceased, and can easily become a focal point of societal conflicts. The act of self-sacrifice for the collective confronts the community with the inherently political dimension of death. This book critically examines this complex issue in the context of ancient democracy in classical Athens. The first part of the study offers a comprehensive reassessment of the historical development and political significance of Athenian commemoration of the fallen. Building on this, the second part delves into the genre of literary “funeral orations” (epitaphioi logoi), written by prominent authors such as Gorgias, Thucydides, Lysias, Plato, and Demosthenes. These literary works generate finely calibrated tensions in the political discourse of their time. For the first time, this study provides a detailed analysis and historical contextualization of the entire genre of literary epitaphioi logoi. Ultimately, this investigation sheds light on the central role of the precarious power politics of Athens and their domestic and foreign policy consequences.
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When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the ... more When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two cities were formed and transformed into powerful symbols of Empire and Church. For the first time, this book investigates the increasingly dense and complex net of reciprocal dependencies between the imperial center and the navel of the Christian world. Imperial influence, initiatives by the Church, and projects of individuals turned Constantinople and Jerusalem into important realms of identification and spaces of representation. Distinguished international scholars investigate this fascinating development, focusing on aspects of art, ceremony, religion, ideology, and imperial rule. In enriching our understanding of the entangled history of Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, City of Caesar, City of God illuminates the transition between Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Middle Ages.
Contents
Constantinople & Jerusalem in Late Antiquity: Problems – Paradigms – Perspectives
Konstantin Klein & Johannes Wienand
PART ONE: THE CENTERS OF A NEW WORLD ORDER
The Making of the Holy Land in Late Antiquity
Kai Trampedach
Always in Second Place: Constantinople as an Imperial and Religious Center in Late Antiquity
Rene Pfeilschifter
PART TWO: URBAN TOPOGRAPHIES CONNECTED
Delineating the Sacred and the Profane: The Late-Antique Walls of Jerusalem and Constantinople
Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger & Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah
From the City of Caesar to the City of God: Routes, Networks, and Connectivity Between Constantinople and Jerusalem
Marlena Whiting
Neighbors of Christ: Saints and their Martyria in Constantinople and Jerusalem
Konstantin M. Klein
A New Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem? The Construction of the Nea Church (531–543) by Emperor Justinian
Kai Trampedach
PART THREE: THE POWER OF RELIGION AND EMPIRE
Eusebius in Jerusalem and Constantinople: Two Cities, Two Speeches
Johannes Wienand
Surpassing Solomon: Church-building and Political Discourse in Late Antique Constantinople
Nadine Viermann
Palestine at the Periphery of Ecclesiastical Politics? The Bishops of Jerusalem after the Council of Chalcedon
Jan-Markus Kötter
PART FOUR: JERUSALEM, CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE END OF ANTIQUITY
The Church of St John the Apostle and the End of Antiquity in the New Jerusalem
Paul Magdalino
Jerusalem in 630
James Howard-Johnston
From ‘King Heraclius, Faithful in Christ’ to ‘Allenby of Armageddon’: Christian Reconquistadores Enter the Holy City
Lutz Greisiger
Indexes
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The rule of Constantine I. (306–337 AD) marks a pivotal moment in the history of the Roman empire... more The rule of Constantine I. (306–337 AD) marks a pivotal moment in the history of the Roman empire. On the threshold between Principate and Late Antiquity, the Roman monarchy experienced a profound social, political, religious, and cultural transformation. The book approaches the era focussing on the development of triumphal rulership. The attention lies on two main genera of historical sources that are analysed systematically: panegyrical texts (the Panegyrici Latini, but also the panegyrical figure poems of Publilius Optatianus and the Eusebius' tricennial oration) on the one hand and imperial coins and medallions on the other. Both Panegyrics and coins/medallions served as media of communicative interaction between the ruler and the ruled. On the basis of a close analysis of these sources, the book carves out fascinating tensions between tradition and innovation in the fields of military representation, court culture, religious change and social conflict. // —
Awards: Bruno-Snell-Preis (Mommsen-Gesellschaft); Walter-Hävernick-Preis (Numismatische Kommission) // —
Reviews: Latomus 75.2 (2016), 533—536 [Jean-Pierre Callu]; Journal of Late Antiquity 8.1 (2015), 235—237 [Noel Lenski]; KLIO 97 (2015), 360—372 [Frank Kolb]; Frankfurter Elektronische Rundschau 28 (2015), 63—71 [Raphael Brendel]; Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 5/6 (2014), 391—393 [Raimund Schulz u. Uwe Walter]; L'Antiquité Classique 83 (2014), 455—457 [Alain Chauvot]; Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft 17 (2014), 1167—1177 [Horst Schneider]; Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 63 (2013), 377—385 [Kay Ehling]; Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt 9 (2013), 332—333 [Bernhard Weisser]; Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt 8 (2013), 314—315 [Karl Strobel]; H-Soz-Kult 8.4.2013 [Ulrich Lambrecht]. // —
"This is a formidable book. It demonstrates a remarkable mastery of a large and very complex body of sources. Wienand’s command of details as well as the big picture—the sweep of historical change over thirty-seven years—are heartily to be commended. In some ways, the book’s greatest virtue is also its main shortcoming. Wienand’s unflagging pursuit of precision, breadth, and depth can cause even the diligent reader to lose interest in—and track of—the argument. Overall, however, this is a very important book by a very accomplished young scholar.“
— Noel Lenski, in: Journal of Late Antiquity 8 (2015), 235—237
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Civil war is the most radical form of political conflict. This volume analyses the impact of civi... more Civil war is the most radical form of political conflict. This volume analyses the impact of civil war on society and culture in Greco-Roman antiquity. The collected papers examine phenomena such as tyrannicide, staseis and usurpations from the classical age to late antiquity. The focus lies on the lasting impact violence and disorder had on political discourse and memory culture. In particular, the contributions explore how internal conflicts were staged and performed. Beyond spectacular triumphal celebrations there existed a broad range of symbolic forms of communication pertaining to civil war: rituals of reconciliation, reintegration and restoration as well as acts of commemoration and condemnation. The multidisciplinary volume aims at contributing to a better understanding of the performative and communicative logic of civil conflict within the ancient societies of Greece and Rome.
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Contested Monarchy reappraises the wide-ranging and lasting transformation of the Roman monarchy ... more Contested Monarchy reappraises the wide-ranging and lasting transformation of the Roman monarchy between the Principate and Late Antiquity. The book takes as its focus the century from Diocletian to Theodosius I (284–395), a period during which the stability of monarchical rule depended heavily on the emperor’s mobility, on collegial or dynastic rule, and on the military resolution of internal political crises. At the same time, profound religious changes modified the premises of political interaction and symbolic communication between the emperor and his subjects, and administrative and military readjustments changed the institutional foundations of the Roman monarchy. This volume concentrates on the measures taken by emperors of this period to cope with the changing framework of their rule. The collection examines monarchy along three distinct yet intertwined fields: Administering the Empire, Performing the Monarchy, and Balancing Religious Change. Each field possesses its own historiography and methodology, and accordingly has usually been treated separately. This volume’s multifaceted approach builds on recent scholarship and trends to examine imperial rule in a more integrated fashion. With new work from a wide range of international scholars, Contested Monarchy offers a fresh survey of the role of the Roman monarchy in a period of significant and enduring change. // – – –
“This exceptionally valuable book offers multiple perspectives on the development of the institutional, ideological and religious aspects of the Roman empire’s first Christian century. Breaking away from traditional divisions according to dynasty or religion, we see how the Roman state developed new answers to the central question of its own legitimacy. Eschewing simplistic generalizations, the diverse contributions offer multiple perspectives on the way the Roman system of government interacted with its subjects. Wienand has performed an invaluable service by facilitating a wide ranging encounter among scholarly styles to promote a well-articulated discussion of significant themes in the governance of the Roman Empire, illuminating not only the period under consideration, but earlier and later periods as well.”
—David Potter, University of Michigan
Reviews
Journal of Roman Studies 106 (2016), 361-363 [Alexander Skinner]; Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.11.34 [Jan Willem Drijvers]; Sehepunkte 15 (2015) Nr. 11 [Adrastos Omissi]; H-Soz-Kult 18.5.2015 [Raphael Brendel]
Reviewers Quotes:
"This is a book that deepens our sense of the complexity, and unexpectedness, of the late Roman Empire. It is a landmark."
—Alexander Skinner
"Contested Monarchy is an enormously valuable volume without a weak link in its chain of articles. It is a must have for any scholar working on late Roman political, social, or religious history and for the library of any university that offers courses on the fourth century. Its depth of inquiry and range of coverage means that it will be of great value to researchers but the articles are all sufficiently accessible that advanced students will be able to gain much from them as well. The articles can be read individually, but the volume repays reading as a whole."
—Adrastos Omissi
"This is a fine collection of articles articulating the contested Roman imperial rule of late antiquity. Everybody interested in the late Roman empire will profit from it."
—Jan Willem Drijvers
CONTENTS
<Introduction>
1. Johannes Wienand: "The Cloak of Power: Dressing and Undressing the King"
<Part One: Administering the Empire>
2. John Weisweiler: "Domesticating the Senatorial Elite: Universal Monarchy and Transregional Aristocracy in the Fourth Century AD"
3. John Noël Dillon: "The Inflation of Rank and Privilege: Regulating Precedence in the Fourth Century AD"
4. Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner: "Ostentatious Legislation: Law and Dynastic Change, AD 364–365"
5. Doug Lee: "Emperors and Generals in the Fourth Century"
6. Joachim Szidat: "Gaul and the Roman Emperors of the Fourth Century"
7. Michael Kulikowski: "Regional Dynasties and Imperial Court"
<Part Two: Performing the Monarchy>
8. Mark Humphries: "Emperors, Usurpers, and the City of Rome: Performing Power from Diocletian to Theodosius"
9. Johannes Wienand: "O tandem felix civili, Roma, victoria! Civil-War Triumphs from Honorius to Constantine and Back"
10. Hartmut Leppin: "Coping with the Tyrant’s Faction: Civil-War Amnesties and Christian Discourses in the Fourth Century AD"
11. Christopher Kelly: "Pliny and Pacatus: Past and Present in Imperial Panegyric"
12. Henning Börm: "Born to Be Emperor: The Principle of Succession and the Roman Monarchy"
13. Christian Reitzenstein-Ronning: "Performing Justice: The Penal Code of Constantine the Great"
<Part Three: Balancing Religious Change>
14. Harold Drake: "Speaking of Power: Christian Redefinition of the Imperial Role in the Fourth Century"
15. Bruno Bleckmann: "Constantine, Rome, and the Christians"
16. Noel Lenski: "Constantine and the Tyche of Constantinople"
17. Steffen Diefenbach: "A Vain Quest for Unity: Creeds and Political (Dis)Integration in the Reign of Constantius II"
18. Johannes Hahn: "The Challenge of Religious Violence: Imperial Ideology and Policy in the Fourth Century"
19. Rita Lizzi Testa: "The Famous ‘Altar of Victory Controversy’ in Rome: The Impact of Christianity at the End of the Fourth Century"
<Epilogue>
20. Johannes Wienand: "The Empire’s Golden Shade: Icons of Sovereignty in an Age of Transition"
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The Roman triumphal procession is the most spectacular victory performance of antiquity and one o... more The Roman triumphal procession is the most spectacular victory performance of antiquity and one of the most persistent rituals in European history. Scholarly interest in the Roman triumph was largely restricted to the Republican history of the performance: there has never been a comprehensive systematic investigation into the development and functions of the triumph under the conditions of the Roman monarchy. The ritual has indeed changed its role, but well into late antiquity it has retained its status as one of the most important political performances. The present volume is the first book that systematically investigates the Roman triumph from the late Roman Republic until the end of late antiquity. From various perspectives the different book chapters show how the triumph adapted to the empire's monarchic order, how it retained its significance for imperial representation, and how it was used as a prominent stage for complex processes of social negotiation up until the Post-Roman/Early Byzantine era.
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This volume explores one of the most complex, multifaceted and momentous of all western cultural ... more This volume explores one of the most complex, multifaceted and momentous of all western cultural transformations: the refashioning of the Roman principate under Constantine in the early fourth century AD. It does so through the kaleidoscopic lens of one of antiquity’s most fascinating (and maligned) artists: Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius. Optatian’s works are little known among classicists and historians. Nevertheless, his picture-poems uniquely reflect, figure, and shape the cultural dynamics of the period. By bringing together different disciplinary perspectives the volume demonstrates how the poems give unique form to the various political, intellectual and cultural currents of the age. Contributors champion Optatian as a uniquely creative artist – and one who anticipated some of our most pressing literary critical, art historical and philosophical concerns today.
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This volume explores the various forms and effects of cultural integration and disintegration in ... more This volume explores the various forms and effects of cultural integration and disintegration in Europe. What are the mechanisms of social, political, and religious cohesion and conflict in Europe? Unter which normative and symbolic circumstances do integration and disintegration take place? What factors influence the diverse developments? Where are the boundaries to the potential for inclusion and assimilation? The interdisciplinary approach of this volume allows to explore the phenomenon in its whole complexity and thus contributes to a deeper understanding of the process of European integration.
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The volume analyses the impact and implications of religious pluralism and tolerance in Europe. T... more The volume analyses the impact and implications of religious pluralism and tolerance in Europe. The approach is interdisciplinary: history and culture, religious studies and theology, political science and sociology.
Contents:
- Julian Nida-Rümelin: Geleitwort
- Christian Augustin / Johannes Wienand / Christiane Winkler: Religiöser Pluralismus und Toleranz in Europa. Eine Vorbemerkung
- Michael Salewski: Europa, der tolerante Kontinent?
- Christa Frateantonio: Das Erbe des antiken Pluralismus
- Alexander Patschovsky: Das Erbe des Mittelalters: Intoleranz und Toleranz des Christentums
- Wolfgang Wüst: An der Konfessionsgrenze: Der frühmoderne „Ernstfall“ für Aufklärung, Toleranz und Pluralismus
- Wolfgang Benz: Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus. Die Folgen für das Verständnis von Pluralismus und Toleranz in Europa
- Rainer Forst: Toleranz und Anerkennung
- Otfried Höffe: Toleranz in Zeiten interkultureller Konflikte
- Christoph Schwöbel: Pluralismus und Toleranz aus der Sicht des Christentums. Eine protestantische Perspektive
- Angelika Hartmann: Pluralismus und Toleranz aus der Sicht des Islam
- Karl-Josef Kuschel: Kinder Abrahams: Konsequenzen für Juden, Christen und Muslime in Europa
- Jens Mattern: Ist der Dialog des Teufels? Überlegungen zu Toleranz und Pluralismus im Blick auf den jüdischen Schöpfungsgedanken
- Kocku von Stuckrad: Die Rede vom „Christlichen Abendland“: Hintergründe und Einfluss einer Meistererzählung
- Jörn Rüsen: Zivilgesellschaft und Religion – Idee eines Verhältnisses
- Gerhard Robbers: Recht, Religion und Toleranz
- Johannes Twardella: Tariq Ramadan – liberaler Erneuerer des Islam oder fundamentalistischer Denker?
- Rainer Dollase: Umfrageergebnisse zur Akzeptanz und Ablehnung des Islam und der Muslime
- Hartmut Zinser: Diskussion um das Lebensbewältigungshilfegesetz 1997/1998
- Michael Minkenberg: Demokratie und die Religion heute – theoretische und empirische Betrachtungen zu einem besonderen Verhältnis
- Claus Leggewie: Religionen und Globalisierung
- Ulrich Beck / Edgar Grande: Kosmopolitismus – Europas Weg aus der Krise
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The yearbook series "Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte" is been published jointly by th... more The yearbook series "Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte" is been published jointly by the Landesmuseum Hannover, the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig and the Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg. This volume presents 21 essays, written by renowned authors, on old painting and art collecting.
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The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum (HAUM) presents silver medals of the Guelphs from an outstanding c... more The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum (HAUM) presents silver medals of the Guelphs from an outstanding collection of coins and medals. The collection documents the development of Guelph coinage and medal art in an otherwise unavailable precision. The origins of the collection, which today comprises over 8,000 coins and medals, date back to the 19th century and lie in coin holdings of the Braunschweigische Staatsbank. In building up the collection, complete series of the known coin types were selectively assembled from an academic point of view. The collection is on permanent loan to the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.
Coins and medals of the Guelphs reflect exciting facets of economic and monetary history: from the beginning of the 16th century, the new silver mines were opened in the Harz Mountains and the first silver thalers were minted. Soon the Guelphs had to react to the import of silver from the newly discovered America: To combat inflation, Duke Julius had the large Löser minted. The Guelph silver medals were created from the image program of these extraordinary pieces. The silver mines of the Harz Mountains remained important: In the medal art of the Guelphs, the mines in the Harz Mountains and the Wild Man as a symbolic figure of the Harz Mountains appear again and again. In addition, there are classic themes of princely representation, especially portraits of the rulers and symbols of their power, such as depictions of the castles and residences or the Guelph steed.
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stasis.hypotheses.org, 2023
Internal conflict has shaped the course of civilizations, and studying this multifaceted phenomen... more Internal conflict has shaped the course of civilizations, and studying this multifaceted phenomenon offers invaluable insight into the cohesive forces and disintegrative potentials of human culture. Yet our understanding of how polarization, violent disintegration, and reconciliation transformed the ancient world remains limited to date. Against this backdrop, a new blog "Stasis – Avenues to Ancient Civil War" (stasis.hypotheses.org) provides a unique and timely academic forum for exploring the processes and implications of civil war in antiquity, from factionalization and destructive internal strife to reintegration and reconstruction. Interconnecting historical, philological, and archaeological perspectives, the blog covers the wider Mediterranean world and the Near East from the second millennium BCE through the first millennium CE. It seeks to deepen our understanding of the profound impact that the collapse and reconstruction of political orders in civil wars had on ancient societies.
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This chapter examines two orations by the bishop Eusebius of Caesarea: one given in 335 in the co... more This chapter examines two orations by the bishop Eusebius of Caesarea: one given in 335 in the course of the inauguration ceremonies for the Constantinian basilica in Jerusalem (De Sepulchro Christi), the other given in 336 in the imperial palace of Constantinople on the occasion of the thirtieth jubilee of Constantine’s reign (Tricennial Oration). Both speeches (two of the earliest literary sources we have concerning the Constantinian re-foundations of Jerusalem and Constantinople) deal with the ramifications of the Constantinian religious transformation for the Roman monarchy in a heterogeneous empire. As the differences in character between the two speeches show, Jerusalem and Constantinople played diverging but complementary roles in the imperial concept of a Christian monarchy on the one hand and in the interpretations by a Christian bishop on the other. A close examination of the two speeches in their ceremonial contexts sheds light on the earliest phase of the formation of a Christian Roman Empire and the two single most important cities of the new era.
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When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the ... more When Emperor Constantine triggered the rise of a Christian state, he opened a new chapter in the history of Constantinople and Jerusalem. In the centuries that followed, the two cities were formed and transformed into powerful symbols of Empire and Church. This chapter introduces a volume that for the first time investigates the increasingly dense and complex net of reciprocal dependencies between the imperial center and the navel of the Christian world. Imperial influence, initiatives by the Church, and projects of individuals turned Constantinople and Jerusalem into important realms of identification and spaces of representation. Distinguished international scholars investigate this fascinating development, focusing on aspects of art, ceremony, religion, ideology, and imperial rule. In enriching our understanding of the entangled history of Constantinople and Jerusalem in Late Antiquity, the volume illuminates the transition between Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Middle Ages.
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The Latin poetry of Optatian rank among the most astonishing literary products of their times, an... more The Latin poetry of Optatian rank among the most astonishing literary products of their times, and Optatian's cursus honorum amounts to one of the most surprising senatorial careers in the age of Constantine the Great.
The chapter provides an overview of Optatian's poetry and argues that the poet’s special creations were used as a medium for interacting with the emperor – which again conveys precious information about the poetic conception of Optatian’s works.
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NUMiD is a collaborative digitisation and research network of 29 German university coin collectio... more NUMiD is a collaborative digitisation and research network of 29 German university coin collections. The project receives substantial funding by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a three-year period from April 2017 to March 2020. The paper gives an overview of the aims and objectives of the project. For more information: www.numid-verbund.de.
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In AD 274/275 the imperial mint of Serdica issued a highly unusual series of aureliani with a 'de... more In AD 274/275 the imperial mint of Serdica issued a highly unusual series of aureliani with a 'deo et domino' legend, assigning to the roman emperor Aurelian (AD 270–275) the title “god and master”. The coins are well known to scholars of Roman antiquity, but the series has never been properly analyzed. This paper provides the first comprehensive and systematic investigation of the coins: A detailed technical examination (production scheme, die analysis etc.) lays the basis for a historical (re)appraisal. The paper shows that (a) the quantities of coins minted were significantly higher than expected, (b) the coins imitate characteristic features of Roman provincial coinage, and (c) they were produced for a ceremonial occasion of public largesse in the presence of the Emperor. These insights have broader implications for our understanding of the increasing tendency towards deification of the Roman emperors.
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This paper examines the role religious toleration played in the history of the early Christian mo... more This paper examines the role religious toleration played in the history of the early Christian monarchy in terms of praxis and political discourse, with a particular focus on the reign of the first Christian emperor Constantine 'the Great' (306-337 AD). The article starts from a close analysis of the so called Donatist controversy in northern Africa that lead to a violent clash between a military detachment and a Donatist congregation in Carthage arount 320 AD. The paper carves out that Constantine opted for religious toleration only when his policy of enforced unity failed. However, toleration here was not understood as a beneficial ruler quality. Rather, Constantine asked the parishioners of the officially recogniced 'orthodox' church finding themselves in an increasingly inferior position in certain regions of North Africa to tolerate their inner-church rivals and endure their unfavorable situation. Considering these observations, the paper sets out to draw a broader picture of how the notion of toleration was applied vis-à-vis the different religious groups in the Roman empire, in particular pagans, various Christian groups ('orthodox', 'heretic', 'schismatic'), and Jews. In order to work out the conceptual framework for such an analysis, three main approaches to the phenomenon of religious tolerance/toleration prevalent in Constantinian scholarship are put under scrutiny, among them the interpretations of Timothy D. Barnes and Harold Drake.
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Morphogrammata / The Lettered Art of Optatian: Figuring Cultural Transformation in the Age of Constantine, 2017
The life and work of Optatian are intricately interwoven: just as Optatian’s carmina rank among t... more The life and work of Optatian are intricately interwoven: just as Optatian’s carmina rank among the most astonishing literary products of their times, his cursus honorum amounts to one of the most surprising senatorial careers in the age of Constantine. The sources are few and far between. But by reexamining the available materials, this chapter points to Optatian’s meteoric rise to political prominence: although the poet’s political career stagnated before his exile, Optatian rose to the highest strata of the senatorial elite immediately after his rehabilitation. The chapter begins by surveying the epigraphic and epistolary evidence for this astonishing career: while a close analysis of the prosopographical information contained in two inscriptions (one from Rome and one from Sparta) provides a basic framework for Optatian’s political biography, a close reading of the two surviving letters (for which a new chronology and context is suggested) yields crucial insights into the earliest phase of interaction between poet and emperor. Against this backdrop, the chapter revisits the manuscript tradition in order to propose a new model for the editing and publication of the purported insigne volumen dedicated to Constantine, and through which the poet secured his recall from exile. The sudden twists of fate in Optatian’s biography, the chapter argues, are closely linked to the poet’s special creations as a medium for interacting with the emperor – which again conveys precious information about the poetic conception of Optatian’s works.
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After serving five years as a Caesar in Gaul, Julian was prepared to fight a civil war against th... more After serving five years as a Caesar in Gaul, Julian was prepared to fight a civil war against the emperor Constantius II to defend his claim to the title of Augustus. Yet on his way to the encounter, Constantius suddenly died, and the new sole ruler Julian, the less promising candidate in the conflict, emerged as a victor devoid of a victory proper. This paper analyses the way in which Julian handled the curious succession in ideological and practical terms: What ruler image did he establish? How did he set the new government apart from the old one? How did he wish to be seen by his subjects? And how did he intend to shape and frame his empire? Noticeably, in dealing with the transformation, Julian and his new ruler clique discarded typical modes of social reintegration after civil war. Julian opted for a broadly confrontational approach, deliberately taking the risk of alienating large parts of the estab-lished administrative elite. One of his closest companions at the time, Claudius Mamertinus, described Julian’s controversial role as that of a law’s avenger. The aim of this contribution is to determine the precise function of this notion in political discourse and praxis.
The book will be available November 2015
http://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/60680.html
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Books / Edited Vols by Johannes Wienand
Contents
Constantinople & Jerusalem in Late Antiquity: Problems – Paradigms – Perspectives
Konstantin Klein & Johannes Wienand
PART ONE: THE CENTERS OF A NEW WORLD ORDER
The Making of the Holy Land in Late Antiquity
Kai Trampedach
Always in Second Place: Constantinople as an Imperial and Religious Center in Late Antiquity
Rene Pfeilschifter
PART TWO: URBAN TOPOGRAPHIES CONNECTED
Delineating the Sacred and the Profane: The Late-Antique Walls of Jerusalem and Constantinople
Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger & Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah
From the City of Caesar to the City of God: Routes, Networks, and Connectivity Between Constantinople and Jerusalem
Marlena Whiting
Neighbors of Christ: Saints and their Martyria in Constantinople and Jerusalem
Konstantin M. Klein
A New Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem? The Construction of the Nea Church (531–543) by Emperor Justinian
Kai Trampedach
PART THREE: THE POWER OF RELIGION AND EMPIRE
Eusebius in Jerusalem and Constantinople: Two Cities, Two Speeches
Johannes Wienand
Surpassing Solomon: Church-building and Political Discourse in Late Antique Constantinople
Nadine Viermann
Palestine at the Periphery of Ecclesiastical Politics? The Bishops of Jerusalem after the Council of Chalcedon
Jan-Markus Kötter
PART FOUR: JERUSALEM, CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE END OF ANTIQUITY
The Church of St John the Apostle and the End of Antiquity in the New Jerusalem
Paul Magdalino
Jerusalem in 630
James Howard-Johnston
From ‘King Heraclius, Faithful in Christ’ to ‘Allenby of Armageddon’: Christian Reconquistadores Enter the Holy City
Lutz Greisiger
Indexes
Awards: Bruno-Snell-Preis (Mommsen-Gesellschaft); Walter-Hävernick-Preis (Numismatische Kommission) // —
Reviews: Latomus 75.2 (2016), 533—536 [Jean-Pierre Callu]; Journal of Late Antiquity 8.1 (2015), 235—237 [Noel Lenski]; KLIO 97 (2015), 360—372 [Frank Kolb]; Frankfurter Elektronische Rundschau 28 (2015), 63—71 [Raphael Brendel]; Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 5/6 (2014), 391—393 [Raimund Schulz u. Uwe Walter]; L'Antiquité Classique 83 (2014), 455—457 [Alain Chauvot]; Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft 17 (2014), 1167—1177 [Horst Schneider]; Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 63 (2013), 377—385 [Kay Ehling]; Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt 9 (2013), 332—333 [Bernhard Weisser]; Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt 8 (2013), 314—315 [Karl Strobel]; H-Soz-Kult 8.4.2013 [Ulrich Lambrecht]. // —
"This is a formidable book. It demonstrates a remarkable mastery of a large and very complex body of sources. Wienand’s command of details as well as the big picture—the sweep of historical change over thirty-seven years—are heartily to be commended. In some ways, the book’s greatest virtue is also its main shortcoming. Wienand’s unflagging pursuit of precision, breadth, and depth can cause even the diligent reader to lose interest in—and track of—the argument. Overall, however, this is a very important book by a very accomplished young scholar.“
— Noel Lenski, in: Journal of Late Antiquity 8 (2015), 235—237
“This exceptionally valuable book offers multiple perspectives on the development of the institutional, ideological and religious aspects of the Roman empire’s first Christian century. Breaking away from traditional divisions according to dynasty or religion, we see how the Roman state developed new answers to the central question of its own legitimacy. Eschewing simplistic generalizations, the diverse contributions offer multiple perspectives on the way the Roman system of government interacted with its subjects. Wienand has performed an invaluable service by facilitating a wide ranging encounter among scholarly styles to promote a well-articulated discussion of significant themes in the governance of the Roman Empire, illuminating not only the period under consideration, but earlier and later periods as well.”
—David Potter, University of Michigan
Reviews
Journal of Roman Studies 106 (2016), 361-363 [Alexander Skinner]; Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.11.34 [Jan Willem Drijvers]; Sehepunkte 15 (2015) Nr. 11 [Adrastos Omissi]; H-Soz-Kult 18.5.2015 [Raphael Brendel]
Reviewers Quotes:
"This is a book that deepens our sense of the complexity, and unexpectedness, of the late Roman Empire. It is a landmark."
—Alexander Skinner
"Contested Monarchy is an enormously valuable volume without a weak link in its chain of articles. It is a must have for any scholar working on late Roman political, social, or religious history and for the library of any university that offers courses on the fourth century. Its depth of inquiry and range of coverage means that it will be of great value to researchers but the articles are all sufficiently accessible that advanced students will be able to gain much from them as well. The articles can be read individually, but the volume repays reading as a whole."
—Adrastos Omissi
"This is a fine collection of articles articulating the contested Roman imperial rule of late antiquity. Everybody interested in the late Roman empire will profit from it."
—Jan Willem Drijvers
CONTENTS
<Introduction>
1. Johannes Wienand: "The Cloak of Power: Dressing and Undressing the King"
<Part One: Administering the Empire>
2. John Weisweiler: "Domesticating the Senatorial Elite: Universal Monarchy and Transregional Aristocracy in the Fourth Century AD"
3. John Noël Dillon: "The Inflation of Rank and Privilege: Regulating Precedence in the Fourth Century AD"
4. Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner: "Ostentatious Legislation: Law and Dynastic Change, AD 364–365"
5. Doug Lee: "Emperors and Generals in the Fourth Century"
6. Joachim Szidat: "Gaul and the Roman Emperors of the Fourth Century"
7. Michael Kulikowski: "Regional Dynasties and Imperial Court"
<Part Two: Performing the Monarchy>
8. Mark Humphries: "Emperors, Usurpers, and the City of Rome: Performing Power from Diocletian to Theodosius"
9. Johannes Wienand: "O tandem felix civili, Roma, victoria! Civil-War Triumphs from Honorius to Constantine and Back"
10. Hartmut Leppin: "Coping with the Tyrant’s Faction: Civil-War Amnesties and Christian Discourses in the Fourth Century AD"
11. Christopher Kelly: "Pliny and Pacatus: Past and Present in Imperial Panegyric"
12. Henning Börm: "Born to Be Emperor: The Principle of Succession and the Roman Monarchy"
13. Christian Reitzenstein-Ronning: "Performing Justice: The Penal Code of Constantine the Great"
<Part Three: Balancing Religious Change>
14. Harold Drake: "Speaking of Power: Christian Redefinition of the Imperial Role in the Fourth Century"
15. Bruno Bleckmann: "Constantine, Rome, and the Christians"
16. Noel Lenski: "Constantine and the Tyche of Constantinople"
17. Steffen Diefenbach: "A Vain Quest for Unity: Creeds and Political (Dis)Integration in the Reign of Constantius II"
18. Johannes Hahn: "The Challenge of Religious Violence: Imperial Ideology and Policy in the Fourth Century"
19. Rita Lizzi Testa: "The Famous ‘Altar of Victory Controversy’ in Rome: The Impact of Christianity at the End of the Fourth Century"
<Epilogue>
20. Johannes Wienand: "The Empire’s Golden Shade: Icons of Sovereignty in an Age of Transition"
Contents:
- Julian Nida-Rümelin: Geleitwort
- Christian Augustin / Johannes Wienand / Christiane Winkler: Religiöser Pluralismus und Toleranz in Europa. Eine Vorbemerkung
- Michael Salewski: Europa, der tolerante Kontinent?
- Christa Frateantonio: Das Erbe des antiken Pluralismus
- Alexander Patschovsky: Das Erbe des Mittelalters: Intoleranz und Toleranz des Christentums
- Wolfgang Wüst: An der Konfessionsgrenze: Der frühmoderne „Ernstfall“ für Aufklärung, Toleranz und Pluralismus
- Wolfgang Benz: Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus. Die Folgen für das Verständnis von Pluralismus und Toleranz in Europa
- Rainer Forst: Toleranz und Anerkennung
- Otfried Höffe: Toleranz in Zeiten interkultureller Konflikte
- Christoph Schwöbel: Pluralismus und Toleranz aus der Sicht des Christentums. Eine protestantische Perspektive
- Angelika Hartmann: Pluralismus und Toleranz aus der Sicht des Islam
- Karl-Josef Kuschel: Kinder Abrahams: Konsequenzen für Juden, Christen und Muslime in Europa
- Jens Mattern: Ist der Dialog des Teufels? Überlegungen zu Toleranz und Pluralismus im Blick auf den jüdischen Schöpfungsgedanken
- Kocku von Stuckrad: Die Rede vom „Christlichen Abendland“: Hintergründe und Einfluss einer Meistererzählung
- Jörn Rüsen: Zivilgesellschaft und Religion – Idee eines Verhältnisses
- Gerhard Robbers: Recht, Religion und Toleranz
- Johannes Twardella: Tariq Ramadan – liberaler Erneuerer des Islam oder fundamentalistischer Denker?
- Rainer Dollase: Umfrageergebnisse zur Akzeptanz und Ablehnung des Islam und der Muslime
- Hartmut Zinser: Diskussion um das Lebensbewältigungshilfegesetz 1997/1998
- Michael Minkenberg: Demokratie und die Religion heute – theoretische und empirische Betrachtungen zu einem besonderen Verhältnis
- Claus Leggewie: Religionen und Globalisierung
- Ulrich Beck / Edgar Grande: Kosmopolitismus – Europas Weg aus der Krise
Coins and medals of the Guelphs reflect exciting facets of economic and monetary history: from the beginning of the 16th century, the new silver mines were opened in the Harz Mountains and the first silver thalers were minted. Soon the Guelphs had to react to the import of silver from the newly discovered America: To combat inflation, Duke Julius had the large Löser minted. The Guelph silver medals were created from the image program of these extraordinary pieces. The silver mines of the Harz Mountains remained important: In the medal art of the Guelphs, the mines in the Harz Mountains and the Wild Man as a symbolic figure of the Harz Mountains appear again and again. In addition, there are classic themes of princely representation, especially portraits of the rulers and symbols of their power, such as depictions of the castles and residences or the Guelph steed.
Papers / Articles by Johannes Wienand
The chapter provides an overview of Optatian's poetry and argues that the poet’s special creations were used as a medium for interacting with the emperor – which again conveys precious information about the poetic conception of Optatian’s works.
[If you want to read the paper, please feel free to contact the author]
The book will be available November 2015
http://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/60680.html
Contents
Constantinople & Jerusalem in Late Antiquity: Problems – Paradigms – Perspectives
Konstantin Klein & Johannes Wienand
PART ONE: THE CENTERS OF A NEW WORLD ORDER
The Making of the Holy Land in Late Antiquity
Kai Trampedach
Always in Second Place: Constantinople as an Imperial and Religious Center in Late Antiquity
Rene Pfeilschifter
PART TWO: URBAN TOPOGRAPHIES CONNECTED
Delineating the Sacred and the Profane: The Late-Antique Walls of Jerusalem and Constantinople
Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger & Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah
From the City of Caesar to the City of God: Routes, Networks, and Connectivity Between Constantinople and Jerusalem
Marlena Whiting
Neighbors of Christ: Saints and their Martyria in Constantinople and Jerusalem
Konstantin M. Klein
A New Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem? The Construction of the Nea Church (531–543) by Emperor Justinian
Kai Trampedach
PART THREE: THE POWER OF RELIGION AND EMPIRE
Eusebius in Jerusalem and Constantinople: Two Cities, Two Speeches
Johannes Wienand
Surpassing Solomon: Church-building and Political Discourse in Late Antique Constantinople
Nadine Viermann
Palestine at the Periphery of Ecclesiastical Politics? The Bishops of Jerusalem after the Council of Chalcedon
Jan-Markus Kötter
PART FOUR: JERUSALEM, CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE END OF ANTIQUITY
The Church of St John the Apostle and the End of Antiquity in the New Jerusalem
Paul Magdalino
Jerusalem in 630
James Howard-Johnston
From ‘King Heraclius, Faithful in Christ’ to ‘Allenby of Armageddon’: Christian Reconquistadores Enter the Holy City
Lutz Greisiger
Indexes
Awards: Bruno-Snell-Preis (Mommsen-Gesellschaft); Walter-Hävernick-Preis (Numismatische Kommission) // —
Reviews: Latomus 75.2 (2016), 533—536 [Jean-Pierre Callu]; Journal of Late Antiquity 8.1 (2015), 235—237 [Noel Lenski]; KLIO 97 (2015), 360—372 [Frank Kolb]; Frankfurter Elektronische Rundschau 28 (2015), 63—71 [Raphael Brendel]; Geschichte in Wissenschaft und Unterricht 5/6 (2014), 391—393 [Raimund Schulz u. Uwe Walter]; L'Antiquité Classique 83 (2014), 455—457 [Alain Chauvot]; Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft 17 (2014), 1167—1177 [Horst Schneider]; Jahrbuch für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 63 (2013), 377—385 [Kay Ehling]; Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt 9 (2013), 332—333 [Bernhard Weisser]; Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt 8 (2013), 314—315 [Karl Strobel]; H-Soz-Kult 8.4.2013 [Ulrich Lambrecht]. // —
"This is a formidable book. It demonstrates a remarkable mastery of a large and very complex body of sources. Wienand’s command of details as well as the big picture—the sweep of historical change over thirty-seven years—are heartily to be commended. In some ways, the book’s greatest virtue is also its main shortcoming. Wienand’s unflagging pursuit of precision, breadth, and depth can cause even the diligent reader to lose interest in—and track of—the argument. Overall, however, this is a very important book by a very accomplished young scholar.“
— Noel Lenski, in: Journal of Late Antiquity 8 (2015), 235—237
“This exceptionally valuable book offers multiple perspectives on the development of the institutional, ideological and religious aspects of the Roman empire’s first Christian century. Breaking away from traditional divisions according to dynasty or religion, we see how the Roman state developed new answers to the central question of its own legitimacy. Eschewing simplistic generalizations, the diverse contributions offer multiple perspectives on the way the Roman system of government interacted with its subjects. Wienand has performed an invaluable service by facilitating a wide ranging encounter among scholarly styles to promote a well-articulated discussion of significant themes in the governance of the Roman Empire, illuminating not only the period under consideration, but earlier and later periods as well.”
—David Potter, University of Michigan
Reviews
Journal of Roman Studies 106 (2016), 361-363 [Alexander Skinner]; Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.11.34 [Jan Willem Drijvers]; Sehepunkte 15 (2015) Nr. 11 [Adrastos Omissi]; H-Soz-Kult 18.5.2015 [Raphael Brendel]
Reviewers Quotes:
"This is a book that deepens our sense of the complexity, and unexpectedness, of the late Roman Empire. It is a landmark."
—Alexander Skinner
"Contested Monarchy is an enormously valuable volume without a weak link in its chain of articles. It is a must have for any scholar working on late Roman political, social, or religious history and for the library of any university that offers courses on the fourth century. Its depth of inquiry and range of coverage means that it will be of great value to researchers but the articles are all sufficiently accessible that advanced students will be able to gain much from them as well. The articles can be read individually, but the volume repays reading as a whole."
—Adrastos Omissi
"This is a fine collection of articles articulating the contested Roman imperial rule of late antiquity. Everybody interested in the late Roman empire will profit from it."
—Jan Willem Drijvers
CONTENTS
<Introduction>
1. Johannes Wienand: "The Cloak of Power: Dressing and Undressing the King"
<Part One: Administering the Empire>
2. John Weisweiler: "Domesticating the Senatorial Elite: Universal Monarchy and Transregional Aristocracy in the Fourth Century AD"
3. John Noël Dillon: "The Inflation of Rank and Privilege: Regulating Precedence in the Fourth Century AD"
4. Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner: "Ostentatious Legislation: Law and Dynastic Change, AD 364–365"
5. Doug Lee: "Emperors and Generals in the Fourth Century"
6. Joachim Szidat: "Gaul and the Roman Emperors of the Fourth Century"
7. Michael Kulikowski: "Regional Dynasties and Imperial Court"
<Part Two: Performing the Monarchy>
8. Mark Humphries: "Emperors, Usurpers, and the City of Rome: Performing Power from Diocletian to Theodosius"
9. Johannes Wienand: "O tandem felix civili, Roma, victoria! Civil-War Triumphs from Honorius to Constantine and Back"
10. Hartmut Leppin: "Coping with the Tyrant’s Faction: Civil-War Amnesties and Christian Discourses in the Fourth Century AD"
11. Christopher Kelly: "Pliny and Pacatus: Past and Present in Imperial Panegyric"
12. Henning Börm: "Born to Be Emperor: The Principle of Succession and the Roman Monarchy"
13. Christian Reitzenstein-Ronning: "Performing Justice: The Penal Code of Constantine the Great"
<Part Three: Balancing Religious Change>
14. Harold Drake: "Speaking of Power: Christian Redefinition of the Imperial Role in the Fourth Century"
15. Bruno Bleckmann: "Constantine, Rome, and the Christians"
16. Noel Lenski: "Constantine and the Tyche of Constantinople"
17. Steffen Diefenbach: "A Vain Quest for Unity: Creeds and Political (Dis)Integration in the Reign of Constantius II"
18. Johannes Hahn: "The Challenge of Religious Violence: Imperial Ideology and Policy in the Fourth Century"
19. Rita Lizzi Testa: "The Famous ‘Altar of Victory Controversy’ in Rome: The Impact of Christianity at the End of the Fourth Century"
<Epilogue>
20. Johannes Wienand: "The Empire’s Golden Shade: Icons of Sovereignty in an Age of Transition"
Contents:
- Julian Nida-Rümelin: Geleitwort
- Christian Augustin / Johannes Wienand / Christiane Winkler: Religiöser Pluralismus und Toleranz in Europa. Eine Vorbemerkung
- Michael Salewski: Europa, der tolerante Kontinent?
- Christa Frateantonio: Das Erbe des antiken Pluralismus
- Alexander Patschovsky: Das Erbe des Mittelalters: Intoleranz und Toleranz des Christentums
- Wolfgang Wüst: An der Konfessionsgrenze: Der frühmoderne „Ernstfall“ für Aufklärung, Toleranz und Pluralismus
- Wolfgang Benz: Faschismus und Nationalsozialismus. Die Folgen für das Verständnis von Pluralismus und Toleranz in Europa
- Rainer Forst: Toleranz und Anerkennung
- Otfried Höffe: Toleranz in Zeiten interkultureller Konflikte
- Christoph Schwöbel: Pluralismus und Toleranz aus der Sicht des Christentums. Eine protestantische Perspektive
- Angelika Hartmann: Pluralismus und Toleranz aus der Sicht des Islam
- Karl-Josef Kuschel: Kinder Abrahams: Konsequenzen für Juden, Christen und Muslime in Europa
- Jens Mattern: Ist der Dialog des Teufels? Überlegungen zu Toleranz und Pluralismus im Blick auf den jüdischen Schöpfungsgedanken
- Kocku von Stuckrad: Die Rede vom „Christlichen Abendland“: Hintergründe und Einfluss einer Meistererzählung
- Jörn Rüsen: Zivilgesellschaft und Religion – Idee eines Verhältnisses
- Gerhard Robbers: Recht, Religion und Toleranz
- Johannes Twardella: Tariq Ramadan – liberaler Erneuerer des Islam oder fundamentalistischer Denker?
- Rainer Dollase: Umfrageergebnisse zur Akzeptanz und Ablehnung des Islam und der Muslime
- Hartmut Zinser: Diskussion um das Lebensbewältigungshilfegesetz 1997/1998
- Michael Minkenberg: Demokratie und die Religion heute – theoretische und empirische Betrachtungen zu einem besonderen Verhältnis
- Claus Leggewie: Religionen und Globalisierung
- Ulrich Beck / Edgar Grande: Kosmopolitismus – Europas Weg aus der Krise
Coins and medals of the Guelphs reflect exciting facets of economic and monetary history: from the beginning of the 16th century, the new silver mines were opened in the Harz Mountains and the first silver thalers were minted. Soon the Guelphs had to react to the import of silver from the newly discovered America: To combat inflation, Duke Julius had the large Löser minted. The Guelph silver medals were created from the image program of these extraordinary pieces. The silver mines of the Harz Mountains remained important: In the medal art of the Guelphs, the mines in the Harz Mountains and the Wild Man as a symbolic figure of the Harz Mountains appear again and again. In addition, there are classic themes of princely representation, especially portraits of the rulers and symbols of their power, such as depictions of the castles and residences or the Guelph steed.
The chapter provides an overview of Optatian's poetry and argues that the poet’s special creations were used as a medium for interacting with the emperor – which again conveys precious information about the poetic conception of Optatian’s works.
[If you want to read the paper, please feel free to contact the author]
The book will be available November 2015
http://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/60680.html
The book will be available November 2015
http://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/60680.html
- Felix Pirson: Gesichter des Krieges. Kampfreliefs und Kriegserfahrung im antiken Griechenland
- Kai Trampedach: Zwangsbeschneidung und religiöse Säuberung. Der heilige Krieg der Hasmonäer
- Ulrich Gotter: Funktionale Unordnung. Plünderungen als kommunikatives System in der römischen Republik
- Martin Zimmermann: Zwischen privatem Interesse und Staat: antike worlords
Program
Wednesday 1st July
13:30-14:15
Dietrich Boschung (Cologne): Greetings
Michael Squire (London): Introduction. Morphogrammata: The Lettered Art of Optatian
14:15-15:15
Johannes Wienand (Düsseldorf): Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius: Die eigenartige Karriere eines Verfassers "hirnverbrannter Versspielereien"
15:45-16:45
Jan Kwapisz (Warsaw): Optatian Porfyry and the Order of Court Riddlers
16:45-17:45
Anna-Lena Körfer (Gießen): Lector ludens: Spiel und Rätsel in Optatians Panegyrik
18:00-19:00
Ulrich Ernst (Wuppertal): Versus intexti: Optatianus Porfyrius und seine Wirkung auf die mittelalterliche und frühneuzeitliche Gitterdichtung.
Thursday 2nd July
9:15-10:15
Irmgard Männlein-Robert (Tübingen): Morphogrammata - Klangbilder? Überlegungen zu Poetik und Medialität bei Optatian
10:15-11:15
Meike Rühl (Osnabrück): Vielschichtige Palimpseste: Optatians Gedichte als Medium kollektiven und individuellen Erinnerns
11:45-12:45
Marie-Odile Bruhat (Lille): Le traitement de l'espace dans la poésie d'Optatianus Porfyrius
14:00-15:00
Martin Bažil (Prag/Rostock): Textus (in)textus: Der Textbegriff bei Optatianus
15:00-16:00
Aaron Pelttari (Edinburgh): A Lexicographical Approach to the Poetry of Optatianus Porfyrius
16:30-17:30
Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California): Optatian Porphyry: Explorations in Ontology?
Friday 3rd July
9:30-10:30
Petra Schierl (Basel)/Cédric Scheidegger Lämmle (Basel): Herrscherbild und Deutungsmuster: Optatian und die Strukturen des Panegyrischen
10:30-11:30
Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe (London): Caelestia signa: Optatian’s Use of Christian Signs
12:00-13:00
Jesús Hernández Lobato (Salamanca): Rethinking Optatian from Contemporary Art: Keys to an Intersystemic Dialogue
14:15-15:30
Michael Squire (London) / Johannes Wienand (Düsseldorf): Round-table discussion
Original title of the book reviewed: Paul Veyne: Quand notre monde est devenu chrétien (312–394). Éditions Albin Michel, Paris 2007.
Book proposals can be sent either to the series editors Henning Börm (henning.boerm@uni-rostock.de), Carsten Hjort Lange (lange@dps.aau.dk), and Johannes Wienand, editor-in-chief (j.wienand@tu-braunschweig.de) or directly to De Gruyter (mirko.vonderstein@degruyter.com).
Historical writing about Rome in both Latin and Greek forms an integrated topic. There are two strands in ancient writing about the Romans and their empire: (a) the Romans’ own tradition of histories of the deeds of the Roman people at home and at war, and (b) Greek historical responses, some developing their own models (Polybius, Josephus) and the others building on what both the Roman historians and earlier Greeks had written (Dionysius, Appian, Cassius Dio). Whereas older scholarship tended to privilege a small group of ‘great historians’ (the likes of Sallust, Livy, Tacitus), recent work has rightly brought out the diversity of the traditions and recognized that even ‘minor’ writers are worth exploring not just as sources, but for their own concerns and reinterpretation of their material (such as The Fragments of the Roman Historians (2013), and the collected volumes on Velleius Paterculus (Cowan 2011) and Appian (Welch 2015)). The study of these historiographical traditions is essential as a counterbalance to the traditional use of ancient authors as a handy resource, with scholars looking at isolated sections of their structure. This fragmentary use of the ancient evidence makes us forget to reflect on their work in its textual and contextual entirety.
Mommsen Society
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November 17, 2022
6:15pm CET = 12:15pm EST
Dr Sergey Litovchenko (Kharkiv)
Artaxias II and the Murder of the Romans in Greater Armenia
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Johannes Wienand (Braunschweig)
For registration, send an email to justine.diemke@uni-hamburg.de
In his new book, Johannes Wienand examines these phenomena for the ancient democracy of classical Athens. The first part of the monograph provides a fundamental reassessment of the historical development and the political significance of the Athenian commemoration of the fallen Athenian citizen soldiers. Against this background, the second part examines the genre of literary "funeral speeches" (Epitaphioi Logoi): The writings (by Gorgias, Thucydides, Lysias, Plato, and Demosthenes, among others) each form finely calibrated fields of tension in the political discourse of their time. In juxtaposing the archaeological/epigraphical evidence and the literary record, the book pursues an innovative approach for analyzing the disputes about Athens' precarious power politics and their wider implications.
Contents
Konstantin Klein and Johannes Wienand
Constantinople & Jerusalem in Late Antiquity: Problems – Paradigms – Perspectives
Part One: The Centers of a New World Order
Kai Trampedach
The Making of the Holy Land in Late Antiquity
Rene Pfeilschifter
Always in Second Place: Constantinople as an Imperial and Religious Center in Late Antiquity
Part Two: Urban Topographies Connected
Neslihan Asutay-Effenberger and Shlomit Weksler-Bdolah
Delineating the Sacred and the Profane: The Late-Antique Walls of Jerusalem and Constantinople
Marlena Whiting
From the City of Caesar to the City of God: Routes, Networks, and Connectivity Between Constantinople and Jerusalem
Konstantin M. Klein
Neighbors of Christ: Saints and their Martyria in Constantinople and Jerusalem
Kai Trampedach
A New Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem? The Construction of the Nea Church (531–543) by Emperor Justinian
Part Three: The Power of Religion and Empire
Johannes Wienand
Eusebius in Jerusalem and Constantinople: Two Cities, Two Speeches
Nadine Viermann
Surpassing Solomon: Church-building and Political Discourse in Late Antique Constantinople
Jan-Markus Kötter
Palestine at the Periphery of Ecclesiastical Politics? The Bishops of Jerusalem after the Council of Chalcedon
Part Four: Jerusalem, Constantinople and the End of Antiquity
Paul Magdalino
The Church of St John the Apostle and the End of Antiquity in the New Jerusalem 263
James Howard-Johnston
Jerusalem in 630
Lutz Greisiger
From ‘King Heraclius, Faithful in Christ’ to ‘Allenby of Armageddon’: Christian Reconquistadores Enter the Holy City
Tuesday March 30, 2021 | 2-6 pm (MET)
https://tu-braunschweig.webex.com/meet/j.wienand
Meeting Code: 328 166 769
+49-619-6781-9736