East and West in the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century

Roald Dijkstra, Ph.D. (2014), Radboud University, is postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at that university. His thesis (Portraying Witnesses. The apostles in early Christian art and poetry) will be published in Brill's Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Series. Sanne van Poppel, Ph. D. (2014), Radboud University, is the Assistant Head Librarian of KU Leuven Kulak. She received her PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen (Urbs et Augustus. The City of Rome in Politics and Representations of Power during the Constantinian Dynasty (306-361)).Daniëlle Slootjes, Ph.D. (2004), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is Assistant Professor of Ancient History at the Radboud University Nijmegen. Her research focuses on the period of Late Antiquity. She is currently working on an extensive project on urban crowd control in the Roman world. Contributors to this volume are Jan Willem Drijvers, Christian Gnilka, Hervé Inglebert, Gitte Lønstrup Dal Santo, David Potter, Sofie Remijsen, Josef Rist, Shaun Tougher and Giusto Traina.

• ContentsList of Maps and FiguresList of ContributorsIntroductionRoald Dijkstra , Sanne van Poppel and Daniëlle SlootjesPart 1 - Geo-political Developments1 Les discours de l’unité romaine au quatrième siècleHervé Inglebert2 Measuring the Power of the Roman EmpireDavid Potter3 Mapping the New Empire: A Geographical Look at the Fourth CenturyGiusto Traina4 Die Synode von Serdika 343: Das Scheitern eines ökumenischen Konzils und seine Folgen für die Einheit der ReichskircheJosef Rist5 The divisio regni of 364: The End of Unity?Jan Willem DrijversPart 2 - Unity in the Fourth Century: Four Case Studies6 Concordia Apostolorum – Concordia Augustorum. Building a Corporate Image for the Theodosian DynastyGitte Lønstrup Dal Santo7 Looking at Athletics in the Fourth Century: The Unifijication of the Spectacle Landscape in East and WestSofie Remijsen8 Eunuchs in the East, Men in the West? Dis/unity, Gender and Orientalism in the Fourth CenturyShaun Tougher9 Kaiser, Rom und Reich bei PrudentiusChristian GnilkaIndex

"The underlying features of this book, its chronological focus on the fourth century and its structure, make it essential to anyone interested in understanding the internal unity of the Later Roman Empire. Its focus on the fourth century allows insights into the maintenance of a sense of shared Romanness across the empire at a time when it was increasingly divided politically between two or more emperors. Likewise, its structure permits discussion on wider thematic issues alongside the investigation of how these issues and ideas worked on the ground." Craig Morley, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2016.03.45.