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ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE LATE ANTIQUE COUNTRYSIDE: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE LATE ANTIQUE COUNTRYSIDE: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY This article focuses on the Roman Emperor Jovian’s handover of Nisibis to the Persian King Shapur II in A.D. 363. This event is presented by an eyewitness, Ammianus Marcellinus, as a definitive moment in the history of the Roman State: when the empire’s endurance diverges substantially from her age-old pact with Iustitia (which he defines as the presiding causative deity) towards deeds which contravene the historian’s ideal of Rome and the responsibility of her agents to further her interests. Alongside this wider interpretation, the article considers the trauma of the handover for citizens of the strategically important city of Nisibis, and the contrasting portrait painted by Ephrem. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Late Antique Archaeology Brill

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE LATE ANTIQUE COUNTRYSIDE: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY

Late Antique Archaeology , Volume 2 (1): 51 – Jan 1, 2004

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1570-6893
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2213-4522
DOI
10.1163/22134522-90000020
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Abstract

This article focuses on the Roman Emperor Jovian’s handover of Nisibis to the Persian King Shapur II in A.D. 363. This event is presented by an eyewitness, Ammianus Marcellinus, as a definitive moment in the history of the Roman State: when the empire’s endurance diverges substantially from her age-old pact with Iustitia (which he defines as the presiding causative deity) towards deeds which contravene the historian’s ideal of Rome and the responsibility of her agents to further her interests. Alongside this wider interpretation, the article considers the trauma of the handover for citizens of the strategically important city of Nisibis, and the contrasting portrait painted by Ephrem.

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Late Antique ArchaeologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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