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22. MAI 2017
BEGINN: 18:00 UHR
ÖSTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE
DER WISSENSCHAFTEN
HOLLANDSTRASSE 11–13, 1020 WIEN
1. OG SEMINARRAUM 1.49
Two mummy portraits from Philadelphia (II century AD?)
EINLADUNG ZUM VORTRAG
GODS, SOLDIERS, MUMMIES
MAKING EGYPT ROMAN
DOMINIC RATHBONE
‘Romanisation’ (or not) is a hot topic for the western provinces of the Roman empire, but
less discussed for the east. This paper looks at some changes in Egypt in the mid-first
century AD. I start with the relation between Roman rulers and Egyptian deities, and the
impact of the Roman army on Egyptian society. I then use the archive of family documents
kept by Lucius Pompeius Niger, an Egyptian legionary, and some archaeological evidence,
including mummies and portraits, for the social and religious practices of the new
‘municipal’ elite who blended Egyptian, hellenic and Roman elements into a new and
distinctive provincial culture.
Im Anschluss bitten wir zu einem Glas Wein.
IKANT – INSTITUT FÜR KULTURGESCHICHTE DER ANTIKE
King’s College London