CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN LATER ROMAN ANTIOCH: PAPERS FROM A COLLOQUIM, LONDON, 15TH...: ED. BY ISABELLA SANDWELL

This collection of papers brings together a broad range of new research and new material on Antioch in the late Roman period (the 2nd to the 7th centuries AD), from the writings of the orator Libanius and the preacher John Chrysostom to the extensive mosaics found in the city and its suburbs. The authors consider the lively issues of identity and ethnicity in this truly multi-cultural and multi-religious city, the effects of Romanization and Christianization on the city and surrounding region, and the central place of the city in the Roman world. These papers were presented at a colloquium in London, in December 2001. Introduction 8 1. Libanius and Higher Education at Antioch 20 2. Communality and Theatre in Libanius' Oration LXIV 31 3. Christian Self-Definition in the Fourth Century AD: John Chrysostom on Christianity, Imperial Rule and the City 42 4. Christian Demography in the territorium of Antioch (4th - 5th c.) 66 5. The Romanization and Christianization of the Antiochene Region: The material evidence from three sites 93 6. The Archaeological Landscape of Late Roman Antioch 109 7. The Seedier Side of Antioch 133 8. Surveying the Scene: Antioch Mosaic Pavements as a source of Historical Evidence 141