Transformations of Romanness

Early Medieval Regions and Identities

Walter Pohl, Clemens Gantner, Cinzia Grifoni, Marianne Pollheimer-Mohaupt, Walter Pohl, Clemens Gantner, Cinzia Grifoni, Marianne Pollheimer-Mohaupt

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9783110597561
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: Literature

Roman identity is one of the most interesting cases of social identity because in the course of time, it could mean so many different things: for instance, Greek-speaking subjects of the Byzantine empire, inhabitants of the city of Rome, autonomous civic or regional groups, Latin speakers under 'barbarian' rule in the West or, increasingly, representatives of the Church of Rome. Eventually, the Christian dimension of Roman identity gained ground. The shifting concepts of Romanness represent a methodological challenge for studies of ethnicity because, depending on its uses, Roman identity may be regarded as 'ethnic' in a broad sense, but under most criteria, it is not. Romanness is indeed a test case how an established and prestigious social identity can acquire many different shades of meaning, which we would class as civic, political, imperial, ethnic, cultural, legal, religious, regional or as status groups. This book offers comprehensive overviews of the meaning of Romanness in most (former) Roman provinces, complemented by a number of comparative and thematic studies. A similarly wide-ranging overview has not been available so far.

Index

Note: Index contains references to persons and places. Spelling and descriptions follow the respective occurrences in the contributions.

• Aachen 1 f., 2, 3
• Aare 1
• ‘Abd al-Raḥmān I, emir of Córdoba 1, 2
• ‘Abd al-Raḥmān II, emir of Córdoba 1, 2, 3
• ‘Abd al-Raḥmān III, caliph of Córdoba 1, 2 f.
• Abdullāh b. Kulayb, Andalusi commander 1, 2
• Abū Zakariyyā’ Denḥā, miaphysite author 1
• Achilles, bishop of Spoleto 1, 2, 3, 4
• Acilius Glabrio, consul 1
• Aconia Fabia Paulina, wife of Praetextatus 1
• Adalbert I, margrave of Tuscany 1, 2, 3
• Adalgis, prince of Benevento 1
• Adelperga, wife of Arechis II 1, 2
• Adeodatus, pope 1
• Adrianople see Hadrianople
• Adriatic Sea 1 f., 2, 3, 4
• Ægidius, magister militum per Gallias 1, 2
• Aethicus Ister 1
• Africa 1, 2, 3, 4 f., 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 f., 16, 17, 18
• Agapitus II, pope 1, 2
• Agapius, bishop of Manbij 1 f.
• Agathias, Byzantine historian 1, 2
• Agatho, pope 1
• Agaune/Saint-Maurice, Valais 1
• Agilo, Alamannic commander 1
• Agobard of Lyons, archbishop 1, 2, 3
• Agrippinus, magister militum per Gallias 1, 2
• Aguilers 1
• Aistulf, king of the Lombards 1, 2, 3
• Aithiopes 1
• al-Andalus 1
• al-Bakrī, Andalusi historian and geographer 1, 2 f.
• al-Ğahiz, Arab author 1
• al-Ḥakam II, caliph of Córdoba 1
• al-Ḥimyārī, Andalusi author 1
• al-Ḥurr, governor of al-Andalus 1
• al-Maqqarī, Algerian scholar, 17^th c. 1, 2
• al-Rāzī see Moro Rasis
• al-Rusāfa, villa around Córdoba 1
• al-Samḥ, governor of al-Andalus 1
• al-Zahrā’, slave girl of ‘Abd al-Raḥmān III 1
• Alais, Lombard invader 1
• Alamanni 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 f., 10, 11
• Alans 1, 2, 3
• Alaric I, king of the Visigoths 1, 2, 3,
• Alaric II, king of the Visigoths 1 f., 2, 3, 4 f., 5, 6 f., 7, 8
• Albania 1, 2, 3
• Alberic II of Spoleto 1, 2 f., 3
• Alcalá de Guadaira/Qa’lat Ghazwān 1
• Alcuin of York 1, 2
• Alda, daughter of Hugh of Provence, wife of Alberic II 1
• Alemannia 1, 2, 3
• Aleppo 1, 2
• Alexander the Great 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
• Alexander III, emperor 1
• Alexandria 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 f.
• Algeria 1 f., 2 f., 3
• Almería 1
• Alps 1, 2, 3 f., 4 f., 5 f., 6, 7, 8, 9
• Alsace 1, 2, 3
• Altava/Oran 1
• Amalaric, king of the Visigoths 1 f.
• Amalfi 1, 2, 3, 4
• Amaury I, king of Jerusalem 1
• Ambrose of Milan, Church Father 1 f., 2
• Ambrose, primicerius 1
• Amid, Persia 1 f.
• Amida 1, 2, 3
• Amiternum 1, 2
• Ammaedara/Haidra 1
• Ammianus Marcellinus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
• Ampsaga, river 1, 2
• Anastasius, emperor 1, 2
• Anastasius, Syrian missionary 1
• Anastasius Bibliothecarius 1, 2, 3 f.
• Anatolia 1, 2, 3, 4
• Anatolikon, thema 1
• Andrea Dandolo, doge of Venice 1
• Andrew, prior of Zadar 1 f.
• Andronikos, metropolitan of Sardeis 1
• Angeltrude, wife of Guy III of Spoleto 1
• Anicii, Roman aristocratic family 1
• Anna Comnena 1
• Ansbert, Carolingian ancestor 1
• Ansegis of Fontanelle 1 f.
• Anthemius, emperor 1
• Antioch 1, 2 f.
• Antoninus Pius, emperor 1
• Antony the Younger 1 f.
• Aphrahat, Syriac-Christian author 1 f.
• Apollinaris, son of Sidonius Apollinaris 1 f., 2
• Apollonia 1
• Apulia 1, 2
• Aquitaine 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 f., 10, 11
• Arabian Peninsula/Arabia 1 f., 2
• Arabs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
• Arbeo, bishop of Freising 1, 2, 3, 4 f.
• Arbon 1
• Arborychi 1
• Arcadius, emperor 1 f.
• Arechis II, duke of Benevento 1 f.
• Aridius, consiliarius of Gundobad 1
• Arintheus, military commander 1
• Aristotle 1, 2
• Arles 42 f., 1, 2, 3
• Armenia, Armenians 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 f., 8 f., 9, 1...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• List of figures
• Preface and acknowledgements
• Aspects of Romanness in the early Middle Ages
• The Late Antique and Byzantine Empire
• The City of Rome
• Italy and the Adriatic
• Gaul
• The Iberian Peninsula
• Northern peripheries: Britain and Noricum
• From Roman provinces to Islamic lands
• Bibliography
• Index