Production and Prosperity
in the Theodosian Age
During the time preceding and including the
Theodosian dynasty, or roughly the mid-4th to the mid5th century AD, the Roman Empire drastically
changed. It was facing serious external threats and
eventually lost much of its territory to foreign groups
and would-be federate nations. The capital of the
Empire, and therefore also the power-balance, was
shifted from West to East. The political reformations of
the 4th century created a central administration,
smaller provinces and a very bureaucratic tax system,
with the annona as most important direct taxation. At
the same time, the power of the Church increased and
the spread of Christianity was consolidated.
In spite of all changes and difficulties, the period
appears to have been quite prosperous. This ROCT
workshop will try to map production, distribution and
consumption of staple goods and luxury products in
both the East and the West Roman Empire. By
stimulating discussion between specialists on various
topics, the goal is to outline the socio-economic
potential and vitality just before and during the
Theodosian age and to gain insights in the
mechanisms and forces underlying levels of prosperity
in this hundred year time-span.
For further information and registration, please contact
Ine Jacobs ([email protected]).
No registration fee.
Location:
Erasmusgebouw
Faculty of Arts
Blijde Inkomststraat 21
B-3000 Leuven
Belgium
Production and Prosperity
in the Theodosian Age
3-5 December 2010
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Sculpture from a Regional and Supra
Regional Perspective
Conference Programme
17.05-17.50
FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER
09.30-9.40
Welcome
17.50-18.35
Session 1: Exchange Patterns and Trade
09.40-10.25
10.25-11.10
Philip Bes (KULeuven): The Empire's
'New Clothes': Pottery Manufacture
and Distribution during the Fourth and
Fifth Centuries AD
Philip Niewöhner (DAI Istanbul):
Production and Distribution of
Docimian Marble in the Theodosian
Age
11.10-11.30
Coffee break
11.30-12.15
Candace Rice (University of Oxford):
The Harbour Infrastructure of Southern
Turkey during the Theodosian Age
Session 2: Artefacts and Contexts
12.15-13.00
Inge Uytterhoeven (RCAC Istanbul):
Hypsorophos Domos: Residential
Architecture in the Theodosian City
Bente Kiilerich (University of Bergen):
The Opus Sectile Decoration from
Porta Marina and Theodosian
Aesthetics
Marc Waelkens (KULeuven): From
Worship to Glorification. Theodosian
Attitudes towards Imperial Imagery and
their Impact in a Provincial Town
(Sagalassos)
SATURDAY 4 DECEMBER
09.30-10.15
Rinse Willet (KULeuven): Trends in
Tableware: an Overview of the Roman
East in the Theodosian Period
Jan Gadeyne (Trinity College Rome):
Retail in and around the Roman Forum
during the Theodosian Age
11.00-11.20
Coffee break
11.20-12.05
Jean-Marc Doyen (Librairie Archaion
Brussels): Salus Reipublicae: essai de
modélisation de l’alimentation
monétaire dans la moyenne vallée de la
Meuse entre 390 et 480 après J.-C.
Lunch break
14.30-15.15
Hjalmar Torp (University of Oslo): The
Production of Wall Mosaics in the
Theodosian Age
12.05-12.50
Lea Stirling (University of Manitoba):
Portable Luxury Goods and Shared
Taste in the Theodosian Age
Sabine Ladstätter (ÖAI Vienna): Just
Cleaning Up After the Catastrophes?
Ephesus in the Theodosian Age
12.50-14.30
Lunch break
14.30-15.15
Ine Jacobs (KULeuven): Prosperity
after Disaster? The Aftermath of the
Gothic invasions
16.00-16.20
Coffee break
16.20-17.05
Niels Hannestad (University of
Aarhus): Mythological Marble
Olga Karagiorgou (Academy of
Athens): Annona Militaris along the
Ister and Prosperity in the Aegean
during the Theodosian Age
16.00-16.20
Coffee break
16.20-17.05
Andrew Poulter (University of
Nottingham): ‘Theodosius the Weak’:
Military Defeat and Political
Miscalculation
19.00
Conference dinner
SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER
Session 4: Influencing Factors and
Explanations
09.30-10.15
Jean-Michel Carrié (EHESS Paris):
Apogée du système annonaire impérial:
la redistribution étatique (civique et
militaire) des grains à l'époque
théodosienne
10.15-11.00
John Bintliff (University of Leiden):
Prosperity, Sustainability and Poverty in
the Late Antique World. Mediterranean
Case-Studies
11.00-11.20
Coffee break
11.20-12.05
Warren Treadgold (Saint Louis
University): Paying the Army in the
Theodosian Period
12.05-12.55
John Weisweiler (University of
Chicago): Theodosian Governmentality.
State Formation and Aristocratic
Enrichment in Late-Fourth-Century Italy
and Africa
Session 3: Local and Regional Prosperity
10.15-11.00
13.00-14.30
15.15-16.00
15.15-16.00
Concluding Discussion