Impact of Empire 9: Frontiers in the Roman World
(University of Durham April 16-19, 2009)
The Roman Empire, even if it purported to be imperium sine fine, knew frontiers. By no means all of them, however, were at the outer limits of the realm. The vast and heterogeneous Roman world knew many different types of frontiers, between one province (or indeed one town) and the next, between the Empire and its client kingdoms, but also at different levels within the realm. Frontiers existed as physical boundaries, but equally there were religious and cultural, administrative and economic, and ideological frontiers. Indeed, individuals within the Empire continuously crossed frontiers, switching between multiple identities such as their being Roman, inhabitant of a town, or member of a specific people. This workshop aims to analyse the different ways in which the Roman Empire created, changed and influenced perceptions of frontiers.
Papers focus on the following themes:
- Perceived frontiers
- Physical frontiers
- Administrative and economic frontiers
- Religious and cultural frontiers
- Ideological frontiers
Key-note lectures by Richard Hingley and John Rich
Papers by: Stéphane Benoist, Pierre Cosme , Kate da Costa, Marsha McCoy, Hannah Cotton, Lucinda Dirven, Jan Willem Drijvers, Sander Evers, Arbia Hilali, Vera Hirschmann, Doug Lee, Ariel Lewin, Elena Muniz Grijalvo, Fernando Lozano Gomez, Inge Mennen, Dario Nappo, Toni Naco del Hoyo, John Nichols, Günther Schörner, Dani‘lle Slootjes, Karl Strobel, Koen Verboven, Frederik Vervaet, Arjan Zuiderhoek
Posters by: Simon Day, Lien Foubert, Harm Manders, Johannes Wienand, Rik van Wijlick
Organising committee:
Olivier Hekster and Ted Kaizer