Late-Antique Studies in Memory of Alan Cameron (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition, 46)

The classicist and historian Alan Cameron (1938\-2017) was one of the scholars who most contributed to the refoundation of late\-antique studies. In this tribute fourteen new studies, which range from the first century AD to the ninth, pay him homage. Contents 8 Preface 10 Illustrations 11 Abbreviations 14 Notes on Contributors 16 A Personal Note 20 Publications of Alan Cameron, 1963–2020 22 Chapter 1 Alan Cameron and the Symmachi 34 Chapter 2 Fel Temp Reparatio and Themistius’ Oration 1 The Story of an Iconic Coin and a Career-Defining Panegyric 44 Chapter 3 The Historia Augusta Minimalism and the Adequacy of Evidence 56 Chapter 4 Ambrose Thinks with Slavery 74 Chapter 5 Rutilius Namatianus, Melania the Younger, and the Monks of Capraria 99 Chapter 6 Late Antique Homeric Exegesis in the Greek Anthology 118 Chapter 7 Returning to the Wandering Poets New Poems by Dioscoros of Aphrodite 137 Chapter 8 The Lost Farnesianus Manuscript Uncial Capitals for the Bishops of Rome 167 Chapter 9 Late Antiquity Between Sasanian East and Roman West Third-Century Imperial Women as Pawns in Propaganda Warfare 201 Chapter 10 Simony and the State Politics and Religion in the Later Roman Empire 231 Chapter 11 Stenographers in Late Antiquity Villains or Victims? 253 Chapter 12 Three Questions about the Ancient Hospital 266 Chapter 13 Celebrity and Power Circus Factions Forty Years On 280 Chapter 14 Alan Cameron and Byzantium 293 References 310 Index 349 Alan Cameron and the Symmachi / Rita Lizzi Testa -- Fel Temp Reparatio and Themistius' Oration : the story of an iconic coin and a career-defining Panegyric / Edward Watts -- The Historia Augusta : minimalism and the adequacy of evidence / Michael Kulikowski -- Ambrose thinks with slavery / Noel Lenski -- Rutilius Namatianus, Melania the Younger, and the monks of Capraria / Gavin Kelly -- Late antique Homeric exegesis in the Greek anthology / Arianna Gullo -- Returning to the wandering poets : new poems by Dioscoros of Aphrodite / Jean-Luc Fournet -- The lost Farnesianus Manuscript : Uncial capitals for the bishops of Rome / Carmela Vircillo Franklin -- Late Antiquity between Sasanian East and Roman West : third-century imperial women as pawns in propaganda warfare / Anne Hunnell Chen -- Simony and the State : politics and religion in the later Roman Empire / Michele Renee Salzman -- Stenographers in Late Antiquity : villains or victims? / Raffaella Cribiore -- Three questions about the ancient hospital / W.V. Harris -- Celebrity and power : circus factions forty years on / Charlotte Roueché -- Alan Cameron and Byzantium / Averil Cameron "The classicist and historian Alan Cameron (1938-2017) was, among other achievements, one of the scholars who most contributed to the refoundation of late-antique studies. In this tribute W. V. Harris and Anne Hunnell Chen have brought together fourteen contributions that cover a broad range of historical, literary, and art-historical topics, running from the first century AD to the ninth. Some contributions concern Cameron's own favourite themes (the Greek Anthology, the Historia Augusta, circus factions, the transmission of texts), while others seek to assess his work and its impact. Other papers branch out from his concerns to discuss slavery, simony, and hospitals. Fourth- and fifth-century writers are often to the fore and the volume includes a new text by the poet Dioscoros of Aphrodite.Contributors are: Averil Cameron, Raffaella Cribiore, Carmela Franklin, Arianna Gullo, Jean-Luc Fournet, W. V. Harris, Anne Hunnell Chen, Gavin Kelly, Michael Kulikowski, Noel Lenski, Charlotte Roueché, Michele Renee Salzman, Rita Lizzi Testa, Edward Watts"-- Provided by publisher "The classicist and historian Alan Cameron (1938-2017) was, among other achievements, one of the scholars who most contributed to the refoundation of late-antique studies. In this tribute W.V. Harris and Anne Hunnell Chen have brought together fourteen contributions that cover a broad range of historical, literary, and art-historical topics, running from the first century AD to the ninth. Some contributions concern Cameron's own favourite themes (the Greek Anthology, the Historia Augusta, circus factions, the transmission of texts), while others seek to assess his work and its impact. Other papers branch out from his concerns to discuss slavery, simony, and hospitals. Fourth- and fifth-century writers are often to the fore and the volume includes a new text by the poet Dioscoros of Aphrodite. Contributors are: Averil Cameron, Raffaella Cribiore, Carmela Franklin, Arianna Gullo, Jean-Luc Fournet, W.V. Harris, Anne Hunnell Chen, Gavin Kelly, Michael Kulikowski, Noel Lenski, Charlotte Roueché, Michele Renee Salzman, Rita Lizzi Testa, Edward Watts"-- Provided by publisher