Naslov
Women at the verge: Roman and Byzantine Women on the Danubian limes

Autori
Akkad, Il ; Joksimović, Milena

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, ostalo

Knjiga
Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities – The Danubian Lands between the Black, Aegean and Adriatic Seas (7th Century BC – 10th Century AD)

Urednik/ci
Tsetskhladze, Gocha R. ; Avram, Alexandru ; Hargrave, James

Izdavač
Archaeopress

Grad
Oxford

Godina
2015

Raspon stranica
263-268

ISBN
1784911933

Ključne riječi
Rome, Byzantium, Danube, limes, women, army

Sažetak
Limes, as the area of separation, but also as a meeting place of the Roman Empire and the peoples outside it, rightly takes a prominent place within the wider field of Frontier Studies. Danube border is of particular interest, because of the differences that existed among the border provinces on the one hand, and, on the other hand, because of the differences between peoples who, at the very place, encountered Romans and Roman traditions. In the everyday life at the Limes, an important role was played by women: wives, legitimate or illegitimate, as well as numerous local women who were, instigated predominantly by motives of economy, attached to the camp life and participated in it in various ways. The aim of this paper is to determine, based on the analysis of the representative Greek and Roman written testimonies, the manner in which these women are represented and described, as well as whether and to what extent this image corresponds to the role they, according to the modern scholarly findings, played in reality. The chronological frame has been set up starting with the Augustinian rule, when the Eastern Danube region was organized as a province of Moesia, and ending with Maurician rule, when the Danube border finally crushed down under the attack of Avars.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Povijest, Etnologija i antropologija

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