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The Consulate of 346 c.e.
The changes to the Roman state brought about by Constantine were embedded thanks to the survival of his dynasty after his death. This paper challenges the dominance of Christian sources to our understanding of the political history of the rule of Constantine’s sons in the 340s. Bringing to light overlooked numismatic evidence, it argues that discrepancies in the consular fasti during the 340s are not evidence for the intrusion of ecclesiastical politics upon one of Rome’s oldest political offices (as commonly thought). Rather, they arose from attempted reforms to the way that imperial time and space were marked in the post-Constantinian age.
In lieu of the traditional dinner and drinks, there will be a chance to socialize with the speaker starting at 6:45 PM. Please contact our rapporteur, Lien Van Geel, at [email protected] if you have any questions.
Finally and just for the record, please see the updated Spring 2022 line-up:
January 20: Alan Ross, Columbia University
February 24: Ellen Oliensis, UC Berkeley
March 24: Timothy Rood, Oxford
April 21: Emilia Barbiero, NYU
