Imperial women associated with the rulers of the First and Second Tetrarchies are unaccountably a... more Imperial women associated with the rulers of the First and Second Tetrarchies are unaccountably absent from sculpture, coinage, inscriptions, and monuments, and not one was awarded the titles that by the third century had become commonplace for empresses. The absence is surprising given that marital alliances are generally supposed to have been a prescribed part of the Tetrarchic plan for controlled succession. A close analysis of the written sources reveals that this presumption is in fact hard to maintain and yields the surprising by- product of a new perspective on the question of Constantine’s and Maxentius’s presumed status as heirs-apparent prior to 305 CE. Furthermore, drawing together both written and visual evidence—sources not often enough deployed in tandem when discussing the imperial families of the Tetrarchic age—this article argues that the omission of Tetrarchic empresses from the ideological realm was part of a conscious effort to distance the rulers from their subjects.
With some creativity and advanced planning, remote modalities can actually offer important silver... more With some creativity and advanced planning, remote modalities can actually offer important silver linings to the art historical instructor. In particular, a well-designed, intentional rethinking of the classic formal analysis exercise has the potential to facilitate the inclusivity that we as instructors strive to foster.
Harnessing the power of Linked Open Data (LOD) to reassemble and re-contextualize archaeological ... more Harnessing the power of Linked Open Data (LOD) to reassemble and re-contextualize archaeological data from Dura-Europos.
Using 21st century technologies to transcend political boundaries and reassert Southeastern Europ... more Using 21st century technologies to transcend political boundaries and reassert Southeastern Europe's status as cultural crossroads and de facto capital of the later Roman Empire.
To the Romans, the area today comprising the territories of Bosnia and Herzgovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macendonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia was much more than a marginalized provincial territory or a buffer against barbarian peoples. Home to five excavated imperial residences, numerous way-points along a sensitive frontier, notable attestations of early Christian life and culture, and birthplace of no fewer than seventeen emperors, the region's significance in the Roman imperial period is undeniable.
And yet, the region's story remains largely absent from traditional narratives of Roman history.
In an effort to revise this narrative, SEEDD is using cutting-edge methods including Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 3D modeling, and state-of-the-art databasing technologies to integrate and expand access to archaeological information from self-contained sites across the region. Transcending modern political boundaries that have obstructed such conclusions, this project for the first time asserts the importance of the region as a de facto capital of the Roman Empire and a vibrant, if unacknowledged, cultural crossroads in Late Antiquity.
Despite the fact that the Roman provinces constituted the vast majority of territory of the Roman... more Despite the fact that the Roman provinces constituted the vast majority of territory of the Roman Empire, research and teaching in North America has focused predominantly on a Roman imperialist perspective borne out of Italy with Rome at the centre. This North American landscape, however, has changed dramatically. Researchers and students in Canada and the US more readily look to the provinces for new modes of research to answer questions about the past. Now, most Canadian universities employ a Roman archaeologist whose research focuses on the provinces rather than on the imperial core. This conference seeks to harness the surge of research interest in Canada and to set that research into an international framework with a globalized perspective. The very nature of the Roman Empire, as a vast multicultural endeavour, favours an approach that foregrounds the provinces, and which requires the insights of a globalized scholarly community
Abstract:Imperial women associated with the rulers of the First and Second Tetrarchies are unacco... more Abstract:Imperial women associated with the rulers of the First and Second Tetrarchies are unaccountably absent from sculpture, coinage, inscriptions, and monuments, and not one was awarded the titles that by the third century had become commonplace for empresses. The absence is surprising given that marital alliances are generally supposed to have been a prescribed part of the Tetrarchic plan for controlled succession. A close analysis of the written sources reveals that this presumption is in fact hard to maintain and yields the surprising by-product of a new perspective on the question of Constantine's and Maxentius's presumed status as heirs-apparent prior to 305 ce. Furthermore, drawing together both written and visual evidence—sources not often enough deployed in tandem when discussing the imperial families of the Tetrarchic age—this article argues that the omission of Tetrarchic empresses from the ideological realm was part of a conscious effort to distance the rulers from their subjects.
Imperial women associated with the rulers of the First and Second Tetrarchies are unaccountably a... more Imperial women associated with the rulers of the First and Second Tetrarchies are unaccountably absent from sculpture, coinage, inscriptions, and monuments, and not one was awarded the titles that by the third century had become commonplace for empresses. The absence is surprising given that marital alliances are generally supposed to have been a prescribed part of the Tetrarchic plan for controlled succession. A close analysis of the written sources reveals that this presumption is in fact hard to maintain and yields the surprising by- product of a new perspective on the question of Constantine’s and Maxentius’s presumed status as heirs-apparent prior to 305 CE. Furthermore, drawing together both written and visual evidence—sources not often enough deployed in tandem when discussing the imperial families of the Tetrarchic age—this article argues that the omission of Tetrarchic empresses from the ideological realm was part of a conscious effort to distance the rulers from their subjects.
With some creativity and advanced planning, remote modalities can actually offer important silver... more With some creativity and advanced planning, remote modalities can actually offer important silver linings to the art historical instructor. In particular, a well-designed, intentional rethinking of the classic formal analysis exercise has the potential to facilitate the inclusivity that we as instructors strive to foster.
Harnessing the power of Linked Open Data (LOD) to reassemble and re-contextualize archaeological ... more Harnessing the power of Linked Open Data (LOD) to reassemble and re-contextualize archaeological data from Dura-Europos.
Using 21st century technologies to transcend political boundaries and reassert Southeastern Europ... more Using 21st century technologies to transcend political boundaries and reassert Southeastern Europe's status as cultural crossroads and de facto capital of the later Roman Empire.
To the Romans, the area today comprising the territories of Bosnia and Herzgovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macendonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia was much more than a marginalized provincial territory or a buffer against barbarian peoples. Home to five excavated imperial residences, numerous way-points along a sensitive frontier, notable attestations of early Christian life and culture, and birthplace of no fewer than seventeen emperors, the region's significance in the Roman imperial period is undeniable.
And yet, the region's story remains largely absent from traditional narratives of Roman history.
In an effort to revise this narrative, SEEDD is using cutting-edge methods including Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 3D modeling, and state-of-the-art databasing technologies to integrate and expand access to archaeological information from self-contained sites across the region. Transcending modern political boundaries that have obstructed such conclusions, this project for the first time asserts the importance of the region as a de facto capital of the Roman Empire and a vibrant, if unacknowledged, cultural crossroads in Late Antiquity.
Despite the fact that the Roman provinces constituted the vast majority of territory of the Roman... more Despite the fact that the Roman provinces constituted the vast majority of territory of the Roman Empire, research and teaching in North America has focused predominantly on a Roman imperialist perspective borne out of Italy with Rome at the centre. This North American landscape, however, has changed dramatically. Researchers and students in Canada and the US more readily look to the provinces for new modes of research to answer questions about the past. Now, most Canadian universities employ a Roman archaeologist whose research focuses on the provinces rather than on the imperial core. This conference seeks to harness the surge of research interest in Canada and to set that research into an international framework with a globalized perspective. The very nature of the Roman Empire, as a vast multicultural endeavour, favours an approach that foregrounds the provinces, and which requires the insights of a globalized scholarly community
Abstract:Imperial women associated with the rulers of the First and Second Tetrarchies are unacco... more Abstract:Imperial women associated with the rulers of the First and Second Tetrarchies are unaccountably absent from sculpture, coinage, inscriptions, and monuments, and not one was awarded the titles that by the third century had become commonplace for empresses. The absence is surprising given that marital alliances are generally supposed to have been a prescribed part of the Tetrarchic plan for controlled succession. A close analysis of the written sources reveals that this presumption is in fact hard to maintain and yields the surprising by-product of a new perspective on the question of Constantine's and Maxentius's presumed status as heirs-apparent prior to 305 ce. Furthermore, drawing together both written and visual evidence—sources not often enough deployed in tandem when discussing the imperial families of the Tetrarchic age—this article argues that the omission of Tetrarchic empresses from the ideological realm was part of a conscious effort to distance the rulers from their subjects.
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absence is surprising given that marital alliances are generally supposed to have been a prescribed part of the Tetrarchic plan for controlled succession. A close analysis of the written sources reveals that this presumption is in fact hard to maintain and yields the surprising by-
product of a new perspective on the question of Constantine’s and Maxentius’s presumed status as heirs-apparent prior to 305 CE. Furthermore, drawing together both written and visual evidence—sources not often enough deployed in tandem when discussing the imperial families of the Tetrarchic age—this article argues that the omission of Tetrarchic empresses from the ideological realm was part of a conscious effort to distance the rulers from their subjects.
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To the Romans, the area today comprising the territories of Bosnia and Herzgovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macendonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia was much more than a marginalized provincial territory or a buffer against barbarian peoples. Home to five excavated imperial residences, numerous way-points along a sensitive frontier, notable attestations of early Christian life and culture, and birthplace of no fewer than seventeen emperors, the region's significance in the Roman imperial period is undeniable.
And yet, the region's story remains largely absent from traditional narratives of Roman history.
In an effort to revise this narrative, SEEDD is using cutting-edge methods including Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 3D modeling, and state-of-the-art databasing technologies to integrate and expand access to archaeological information from self-contained sites across the region. Transcending modern political boundaries that have obstructed such conclusions, this project for the first time asserts the importance of the region as a de facto capital of the Roman Empire and a vibrant, if unacknowledged, cultural crossroads in Late Antiquity.
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absence is surprising given that marital alliances are generally supposed to have been a prescribed part of the Tetrarchic plan for controlled succession. A close analysis of the written sources reveals that this presumption is in fact hard to maintain and yields the surprising by-
product of a new perspective on the question of Constantine’s and Maxentius’s presumed status as heirs-apparent prior to 305 CE. Furthermore, drawing together both written and visual evidence—sources not often enough deployed in tandem when discussing the imperial families of the Tetrarchic age—this article argues that the omission of Tetrarchic empresses from the ideological realm was part of a conscious effort to distance the rulers from their subjects.
Available online at: http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/2020/08/choose-your-own-adventure-formal-analysisupdating-a-classroom-staple-for-the-age-of-remote-learning/
To the Romans, the area today comprising the territories of Bosnia and Herzgovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macendonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia was much more than a marginalized provincial territory or a buffer against barbarian peoples. Home to five excavated imperial residences, numerous way-points along a sensitive frontier, notable attestations of early Christian life and culture, and birthplace of no fewer than seventeen emperors, the region's significance in the Roman imperial period is undeniable.
And yet, the region's story remains largely absent from traditional narratives of Roman history.
In an effort to revise this narrative, SEEDD is using cutting-edge methods including Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 3D modeling, and state-of-the-art databasing technologies to integrate and expand access to archaeological information from self-contained sites across the region. Transcending modern political boundaries that have obstructed such conclusions, this project for the first time asserts the importance of the region as a de facto capital of the Roman Empire and a vibrant, if unacknowledged, cultural crossroads in Late Antiquity.