The Eastern Roman Empire under the Severans

Old Connections, new Beginnings?

Contributions by Hadrien Bru Contributions by Giorgos Mitropoulos Contributions by Ann-Christine Sander Contributions by Udo Hartmann Contributions by Kostas Buraselis Contributions by Giusto Traina Contributions by Simon Lentzsch Contributions by Babett Edelmann-Singer Contributions by Ziad Sawaya Contributions by Werner Eck Contributions by Riccardo Bertolazzi Contributions by Frank Schleicher Contributions by Lucinda Dirven Contributions by Susana Lusnia Edited by Julia Hoffmann-Salz Edited by Matthäus Heil Edited by Holger Wienholz

Book cover: The Eastern Roman Empire under the Severans

Extent: 368 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Mediterranean Archaeology

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(June 2024)

ISBN: 9783525302514

6.3 x 9.25 inches

Price: $125.00

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What happened in the Eastern Roman Empire under Severan rule – do we see new beginnings, old connections?


The year of the four emperors in AD 193 shows the cosmopolitan interconnectedness of the Roman Empire, yet scholarship has long framed the Severan dynasty in a narrative of descent stressing their North African and in particular their Syrian origins. The contributions of this volume question this conventional approach and instead examine more closely actual Severan policy in the Near East to detect potential local connections that determined this policy as well as how local communities and elites reacted to it. The volume thus explores new beginnings and old connections in the Roman Near East.

  • Contributions by Hadrien Bru
  • Contributions by Giorgos Mitropoulos
  • Contributions by Ann-Christine Sander
  • Contributions by Udo Hartmann
  • Contributions by Kostas Buraselis
  • Contributions by Giusto Traina
  • Contributions by Simon Lentzsch
  • Contributions by Babett Edelmann-Singer
  • Contributions by Ziad Sawaya
  • Contributions by Werner Eck
  • Contributions by Riccardo Bertolazzi
  • Contributions by Frank Schleicher
  • Contributions by Lucinda Dirven
  • Contributions by Susana Lusnia
  • Edited by Julia Hoffmann-Salz
  • Edited by Matthäus Heil
  • Edited by Holger Wienholz

»Insgesamt überzeugt der Sammelband: Er bietet eine vielschichtige Untersuchung der severischen Herrschaft im Osten des Reiches und ermöglicht es dem Publikum, ein auf eine enorme Quellenvielfalt gestütztes Bild des römischen Ostens in der aufregenden Zeit der Severer zu gewinnen.«
Peter Freiherr von Danckelman, H-Soz-Kult, 19.05.2025

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