Byzantium and the barbarians in late antiquity
Subtitle: abstracts of papers to be delivered 3-5 May 1985
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: History; Congresses
Notes: Title from cover.

Abstracts from a symposium held in May, 1985 in Washington, D.C.

(cont.) Antigermanism in the early fifth century / A. Cameron -- The osmosis of the Byzantine and the barbarian aristocracies / A. Demandt -- "Vester est populus meus" : Byzantine imperial ideology and Germanic self-awareness / G. Scheibelreiter -- The Eastern Roman Empire's overseas trade with the western Mediterranean countries / D. Claude -- Vandals and Romans in Africa / F. Clover -- The barbarian coinages as a mirror of the disintegration of late Roman state structures / M. Hendy -- Public ritual as a reflection of imperial policy toward the barbarians, S. IV-VI / M. McCormick.
Table of contents: title: The theme of "The barbarian invasions" in late antique and modern historiography / W. Goffart; title: Zosimus, Eunapius and Olympiodorus on the barbarian invasions / F. Paschoud; title: How non-Byzantine ethnic groups were evaluated in Christian literature from the eastern half of the Roman Empire / F. Winkelmann; title: The "foedus" as an instrument of policy / E. Chrysos; title: The shaping of the early medieval kingdom and Byzance (400-600 A.D.) / H. Wolfram; title: Imperial legitimization of barbarian rulers by the creation of family ties / D. Claude; title: Ambassadors, embassies and administrative changes in the Eastern Empire prior to the "reconquista" / T. Lounghis