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

 

OrganizersVolker Menze (Central European University)

SponsorsACRO, 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 empero

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