„Ruling an Empire in a Changing World Studies on Origin, Impact, and Reception of the Notitia Dignitatum“
The Department of Archaeology of the Roman Provinces at the University Freiburg is hosting, from 20-23 November 2019, a conference on the source value of the Notitia Dignitatum. The venue of the conference is Haus zur Lieben Hand, Löwenstraße 16, D-79098 Freiburg i. Br.
This conference is the first such event in 45 years to focus on this document which remains crucial for a thorough understanding of Late Antiquity. Digitisation of all known fragments and manuscripts of the Notitia has enabled scholars to critically examine and compare all extant manuscripts, challenging interpretations that have been built upon use of fewer manuscripts. Moreover, due to its many illustrations, the Notitia Dignitatum is a unique document necessitating interdisciplinary collaboration between various study fields of antiquity. Speakers from 13 different countries will present their research in the disciplines of Ancient History, Epigraphy, Papyrology, Archaeology of the Roman Provinces, Archaeology of Late Antiquity, Art History, and Medieval History – achieving a truly interdisciplinary perspective!
Conference registration
The conference is open for everyone interested, no registration fees are demanded. Due to space restrictions, we would like to ask you, however, to registrate until 1th November by sending an email to:
Conference organisers
Marko Jelusic, Universität Freiburg
Anna Kaiser, Universität Wien
Silvio Roggo, University of Cambridge
Programm
Wednesday, 20th November 2019
Public evening lecture
| 18.15 | h | Peter Brennan, University of Sydney |
| The Notitia Dignitatum. The hidden history and riddles of a late Roman register of dignities and administrations |
Thursday, 21st November 2019
Public evening lecture
| 18.15 | h | Opening and Welcome |
I. Document and transmission history
| 09.15 | h | Charles Mériaux, Université de Lille |
| The Notitia Dignitatum and the use of late Roman administrative documents in the Early Medieval West | ||
| 09.45 | h | Dominic Moreau, Université de Lille |
| Again on the composition, the dissemination and the dating of the Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 10.15 | h | Kirsten Wallenwein, Universität Heidelberg |
| Spätantike Schriftlichkeit und neuzeitliche Verschiebung. Zum Verhältnis zwischen überliefertem Text und historischen Kürzungssystem in der Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 10.45 | h | Coffee break (30 min) |
| 11.15 | h | Joris Corin Heyder, Universität Bielefeld |
| Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen. Zum Status der Kopien der Notitia Dignitatum im 15. Und 16. Jahrhundert | ||
| 11.45 | h | Silke Diederich, Universität Köln |
| Tradition der römischen Kartographie anhand der Notitia und der Tabula Peutingeriana | ||
| 12.15 | h | Lunch time (2 h) |
II. Illustrations
| 14.15 | h | Stephan Johnson, London |
| The illustrations in the Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 14.45 | h | Javier Arce, Université de Lille |
| Civitates et castella in the Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 15.15 | h | Coffee break (30 min) |
| 15.45 | Jacek Wiewiorowski, University of Gdańsk | |
| The effigies of fauna as the topographical allusions in the insignia oft he Notitia Dignitatum pars Orientis | ||
| 16.15 | Barbara Niemeyer, Staatliche Museen Berlin | |
| Largitiones. Darstellungen in der Notitia Dignitatum und die Originale der Spätantike | ||
| 16.45 | Coffee break (15 min) |
Keynote I
| 17.00 | h | Jeroen Wijnendaele, Ghent University |
| „An anti-user´s guide to the Notitia Dignitatum“ (or how not to study the fifth century western Roman army) |
Friday, 22ed November 2019
III. Notitia as a source in military history
| 9.15 | h | Hannsjörg Ubl, Universität Wien |
| Zu welchem Zweck sind die Truppenlisten der Notitia Dignitatum schon lange vor ihrer Aufnahme in den illustrierten Prachtband des Codex Spirensis angelegt worden? | ||
| 9.45 | h | Conor Whately, University of Winnipeg |
| Ammianus Marcellinus, Vegetius, and the Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 10.15 | h | Craig Caldwell, Appalachian State University |
| The Shadow of Civil War in the Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 10.45 | h | Coffee break (30 min) |
| 11.15 | h | Michael Alexander Speidel, Universität Bern |
| Truppenverschiebungen und Stationierungsorte im Ostheer anhand der Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 11.45 | h | Karl Oberhofer, Universität Köln / Andreas Picker (BDA Abt. Archäologie) |
| Brecantia incognita. Zur archäologischen Fassbarkeit des spätantiken Bregenz im Lichte aktueller Forschungen | ||
| 12.15 | h | Lunch time (2 h) |
IV. Border defense and organisation
| 14.15 | h | Christian Witschel, Universität Heidelberg |
| Grenzverteidigung in den Nordwestprovinzen anhand der Listen in der Notitia | ||
| 14.45 | Paul Kucera, University of Central Florida | |
| The Roman military presence in Egypt´s Western Desert in light oft he Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 15.15 | Coffee break (30 min) | |
| 15.45 | Vujadin Ivanišević / Ivan Bugarski (both Institute of Archaeology Belgrad) | |
| Notitia Dignitatum and the Limes of Moesia Prima. Strategic Relevance and Landscape | ||
| 16.15 | Alan Rushworth, Newcastle University | |
| The North African Military Commands in the Notitia (ND Occ. XXV-XXVI, XXX-XXXI) | ||
| 16.45 | Coffee break (15 min) |
Keynote II
| 17.00 | h | Bernhard Palme, Universität Wien |
| Civil Asministration and Military Organisation in Egypt. The Notitia Dignitatum and the Papyrological Evidence |
Saturday, 23rd November 2019
V. Administration and structure
| 09.15 | h | Daniëlle Slootjes, Radboud University Nijmegen |
| Hierarchy and administrative geography in the Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 09.45 | Michael Zerjadtke, Universität Hamburg | |
| Der dux im 4. und 5. Jahrhundert und in der Notitia Digniatum | ||
| 10.15 | Rob Collins, Newcastle University | |
| Archaeology and the Command oft he dux Britanniarum (ND Occ. XL) | ||
| 10.45 | Coffee break (15 min) | |
| 11.15 | Maxime Emion, Université La Havre Normandie | |
| Sub dispositione. Á propos d´une formule dans la Notitia Dignitatum | ||
| 11.45 | h | Paweł Filipczak, University of Łódź |
| The „map“ of Dux Syriae et Euphratensis. Imaginations and reality in the Notitia Dignitatum |
Summary and Concluding discussion
| 12.15 | h | Conference organisers |
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Summary |
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| 12.45 | h | possible Lunch time |
Departure
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