Oppidorum et limitum conditor: Valentinian I, war and policy making in the fourth-century Roman West
Oppidorum et limitum conditor:
Valentinian I, war and policy making in the fourth-century Roman West
November 21-22, 2015 at Central European University in Budapest
Organizers: Volker Menze (Central European University)
Sponsors: ACRO, CEMS
Program:
9.15-9.45 welcome & coffee
9.45 Volker Menze (Central European University)
Introductory Remarks
Session I: Valentinian the Pannonian
10.00 Doug Lee (The University of Nottingham)
The choices of Valentinian
11.00 Craig Caldwell (Appalachian State University)
Valentinian and the “Last Golden Age of Pannonia“
12.00 – 13.30 lunch
Session II: Valentinian the soldier
13.30 Vedran Bileta (Central European University)
Fidissimi commilitones:
The interplay between the emperor and military in the age of Valentinian
14.30 Zsolt Mrav (Hungarian National Museum)
The fatal venture:
The new concept of the Valentinianic defense strategy and its archaeological evidence
15.30-16.00 coffee break
Session III: Valentinian the emperor
16.00 Peter Heather (King’s College London)
Valentinian and the Alamanni
17.00 Philip Rance (Freie Universität Berlin)
The “barbarica conspiratio” of 367-9: Barbarian threats to Britannia in the reign of Valentinian I
18.00 Final Discussion and Closing Remarks
Sponsored by the Academic Cooperation and Research Support Office