ABSTRACT
The essays in Constructing Identities in Late Antiquity concern themselves with the theme of identity, an increasingly popular topic in Classical studies. Through detailed discussions of particular Roman texts and images, the contributors show not only how these texts were used to create and organise particular visions of late antique society and culture, but also how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the fashioning of 'late antiquity' into a distinct historical period.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|25 pages
The writes of passage: cultural initiation in Heliodorus’ Aethiopica
Cultural initiation in Heliodorus’
chapter 9|24 pages
WOMEN AND LEARNING
Gender and identity in scenes of intellectual life on late Roman sarcophagi
chapter 10|20 pages
CONSTRUCTING THE JUDGE
Judicial accountability and the culture of criticism in late antiquity