Rome, November 4-6, 2010

The Visigothic sack of Rome in 410 A.D. has traditionally played a crucial role in narratives of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. From Augustine and Orosius to the modern age the sack has left an indelible mark in Western intellectual history, as a symbol of the decline of the Eternal City. However, scholars have recently revised the importance and magnitude of the sack, playing down its impact on the city of Rome and in late imperial history in general. At the same time, late antique history and archaeology have experienced important developments, and our knowledge of the city of Rome in the 5th century has been greatly expanded.

The aim of this conference is to cast a new look on the events and historical processes surrounding the sack, from an interdisciplinary perspective. The conference will seek to provide an up-to-date evaluation of the evidence available for destruction in the city, as well as to assess the agents involved in this event. 2010 will mark the 1600th anniversary of the sack of Rome, and this is an ideal occasion to bring together scholars of different nationalities and specialities with the aim of assessing and discussing not only the sack and the destruction that it generated (or not), but also its impact in the history of Rome.

This conference is one of two events dedicated to the theme of Alaric's sack of Rome in 410. From 7 to 9 October, the Swiss Institute at Rome has organised the conference 'The Fall of Rome in 410 and the Resurrections of the Eternal City', in which the questions of representation and depiction of the event and its reception will be considered primarily from a historical and literary-philological perspective. The joint opening of both conferences takes place on the evening of 7 October in the presence of notable prominent invited guests at the British School at Rome.

Organizers: Philipp von Rummel (German Archaeological Institute Rome) - Carlos Machado (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) - Johannes Lipps (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 4 November 2010, Museo Nazionale Palazzo Massimo

09:00 Welcome addresses

Welcome by the organizers

Rita Paris (Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo)

Henner von Hesberg (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Rom)

09:15 Introduction

Chair: Henner von Hesberg

Philipp von Rummel (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Rom): Die Eroberung 410 als archäologisches Problem

Christoph Riedweg (Istituto Svizzero di Roma): Die Tagung "Der Fall Roms 410 und die Wiederauferstehung der ewigen Stadt" am Istituto Svizzero

I. Context

10:00 - Roman contexts

Arnaldo Marcone (Università degli Studi di Roma 3): Roma caput mundi. Il significato simbolico della città inconquistata

Carlos Machado (Universidade Federal de São Paulo): The Roman Aristocracy before and after the sack

Mark Humphries (Swansea University): Alaric and Honorius: the sieges of Rome and the challenge to imperial authority in the West

11:20 - Coffee break

11:50 - A Gothic threat?

Chair: Walter Pohl

Guy Halsall (University of York): Goths and Romans

Michael Kulikowski (Penn State University): The failure of Roman arms

Claire Sotinel (Université Paris Est): Quelles fortifications pour défendre la ville? De l'inefficacité des murailles de Rome devant la menace militaire

II. Event

14:50 - The sack and its sources

Chair: Elio Lo Cascio

Ralph Mathisen (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign): Roma a Gothis Alarico duce capta est': The Sack of Rome in 410 CE

Mischa Meier (Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen): Alarich und die Eroberung Roms - Anmerkungen zu Orosius

15:50 - Coffee break

16:20 - The Monumental centre and beyond

Chair: Franz Alto Bauer

Johannes Lipps (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): Forum Romanum

Roberto Meneghini - Antonella Corsaro (Sovraintendenza comunale di Roma) - Alessandro Delfino (Università di Roma "La Sapienza") - Ilaria De Luca (Roma): Nuovi dati archeologici per la storia del Foro di Cesare tra la fine del IV e il V secolo

Fedora Filippi (Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma): Nuovi dati da Campo Marzio e da Trastevere

17:40 - Reception

Friday, 5 November 2010, Museo Nazionale Palazzo Massimo

09:00 - The Neighbourhoods

Chair: Bryan Ward-Perkins

Carlo Pavolini (Università degli studi della Tuscia): Le conseguenze della crisi urbana del V secolo sulla sommità del Celio

Alessandra Capodiferro - Paola Quaranta - Barbara Ciarrocchi (Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma): Il "giorno dopo" all'Aventino: dati preliminari dai contesti di scavo

Simon Malmberg (Svenska Institutet i Rom): The Esquiline: A New Monumental Centre

10:20 - Coffee break

10:50 - Archaeology and the structures of daily life (I)

Chair: Christopher Smith

Stefania Fogagnolo (Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma): Testimonianze del sacco del 410 in un cantiere edilizio a Trastevere (Conservatorio di S. Pasquale Baylon)

Clementina Panella (Università di Roma "La Sapienza"): Il sacco alariciano dal punto di vista della cultura materiale

Alessia Rovelli (Università degli studi della Tuscia): 410, il sacco di Roma e la testimonianza delle monete

13:30 - Archaeology and the structures of daily life (II)

Chair: Carlo Pavolini

François Baratte (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne): Le trésor de l'Esquilin : un témoin du sac de 410 ?

Roberto Meneghini (Soprintendenza comunale di Roma): Le vicende del 408-410 e la comparsa delle sepolture urbane a Roma

Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani (Università degli Studi di Roma 3): Dall`evento al dato archeologico: il sacco del 410 attraverso la documentazione archeologica

14:50 - Coffee Break

15:10 - Churches and religious buildings

Chair: Riccardo Santangeli Valenziani

Franz Alto Bauer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ): Attività edilizia e donazioni intorno all'anno 410: Continuità o discontinuità?

Paolo Liverani (Università degli Studi di Firenze): Alarico in Laterano e sull'Esquilino: due casi e qualche riflessione

III. Impact

16:10 - Aftershocks

Chair: Mischa Meier

Michele Renee Salzman (University of California Riverside): Meaning and Memory: Christians, Sermons and The Sack of Rome in 410

Christine Delaplace (Université de Toulouse II): La stratégie des Goths après 410 et leur installation par l'Empire en Aquitaine (416-418), état de la question

Elio Lo Cascio (Università di Roma "La Sapienza"): La popolazione di Roma prima e dopo il 410

17:30 - Reception

Saturday, 6 November 2010, Museo Nazionale Palazzo Massimo

09:00 - Rome and Italy after the sack

Chair: Michael Kulikowski

Axel Gering (Humboldt-Universität Berlin): Spurensuche nach Alarich: Einsturz, Spoliation, Aufschüttung und der monumentale Wiederaufbau von Ostias Innenstadt nach 410

Neil McLynn (University of Oxford): The Battle for Rome: Jerome, Orosius, and their Goths

Silvia Orlandi (Università di Roma "La Sapienza"): Il riflesso del sacco del 410 nella documentazione epigrafica

Bryan Ward-Perkins (University of Oxford): 410 and the fate of civic life in Italy: the statue habit

10:40 - Coffee Break

11:10 - The sack of Rome revisited

Chair: Andrea Giardina

Peter Heather (King's College London): 410 and the End of Civilization

Walter Pohl (Universität Wien): 410 and the Transformation of the Roman World

12:10 - Final Discussion

Hinweis

Guests most welcome. Please register in advance: sekretariat@rom.dainst.org

Modifications of this programme are possible. The website will be updated regularly.

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Veranstaltungszeitraum

04.11.2010 - 06.11.2010

Veranstaltungsort

Roma, Museo Nazionale Palazzo Massimo

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