Connecting Late Antiquities

About

Connecting Late Antiquities project involves a large number of participants and collaborators, including an Advisory Board and Consultative Committee made up of experts in late-antique prosopography and Digital Humanities, as well as representatives of a range of other relevant projects and online resources.

Project Team

Principal Investigators

Co-Investigators

Researchers

Research Assistants

  • Dorka Kintli, University of Bonn
  • Gregor Kirilov, University of Bonn

Research Interns

  • Daisy Wakefield, University of Exeter
  • Vanessa Wong, University of Exeter

Student Assistants

  • Azime Can, University of Bonn
  • Josephine Probst, University of Bonn

Developer

Advisory Board

Sarah Bond (Iowa), Leif Isaksen (Exeter), Christopher Kelly (Cambridge), Ralph Mathisen (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Roberta Mazza (Bologna), Silvia Orlandi (La Sapienza, Rome), Charlotte Roueché (KCL), Michele Salzman (University of California, Riverside), Lieve Van Hoof (Ghent), Rada Varga (Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj) and Christian Witschel (Heidelberg)

Publications by Project Members

  • Hillner, Julia. 2024. "Imperial Women After Curtains." In Empresses-in-waiting. Female Power and Performance at the Late Roman Court, edited by C. Rollinger, N. Viermann, 261–271. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
  • Hillner, Julia, and Mawdsley, H. 2025. "The Exiling of Women from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages: Data, Patterns, and Research Avenues." In Norms of Dependency in Late Antique and Early Medieval Societies, edited by M. Becher, M. Schermaier, J. Winnebeck, 183–213. Berlin: De Gruyter.
  • Hillner, Julia. 2025. "Anicia Iuliana and the Collectio Avellana: What Difference Did Her Letters Make?" In Emperors, Bishops, Senators: The Evidence of the Collectio Avellana, edited by A. Evers, 150–60. Leuven: Peeters. (in press)
  • Hillner, Julia and MacCarron, M. 2025. "Social Network Analysis." In Brill's Companion to Roman Prosopography, edited by M. Horster, R. Flower, F. Hurlet, R. Mathisen. Leiden: Brill. (in press)
  • Hillner, Julia. n.d. "A Ladies' Man: Julian and the Women of the Constantinian Dynasty." (under review)
  • Horster, M., Flower, R., Hurlet, F., and Mathisen, R., eds. 2025. Brill's Companion to Roman Prosopography. Leiden: Brill. (in press)
  • Paradziński, Aleksander. 2025. "Sulpicius Alexander and the Soldier Historians of the Later Roman Empire." Journal of Ancient History 13.1. (available as Ahead of Print)
  • Paradziński, Aleksander. 2025. "Romano-Barbarian Amicitia: Shaping the Discourse and Sustaining Political and Social Networks." Palamedes 15. (in press)
  • Paradziński, Aleksander, and van ‘t Westeinde, Jessica. 2025. "The Next Frontier: A Digital Edition of PLRE." In Prosopografie 2024. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Bergamo, 16–18 Maggio 2024, edited by E. Gritti. Bergamo: Università degli studi di Bergamo. (in press)
  • Tupman, Charlotte, and Flower, Richard. 2025. "Connecting Late Antiquities: Challenges and Opportunities for Prosopographical Data." In Tall Edifices Supported by Strong Foundations: Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies, edited by Valeria Vitale, Gabriel Bodard. University of London Press. (in press)
  • van 't Westeinde, Jessica. 2023. "Religious Minorities in Late Roman Italy: Jewish City-dwellers and their Non-Jewish Neighbours." In Late Roman Italy – Imperium to Regnum (c. 250–500 CE), edited by J. W. P. Wijnendaele, 384–408. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • van 't Westeinde, Jessica. 2025. "Forced Mobility of Servants and Slave-Girls in Late Ancient Christianity." In Women and Gender in the Post-Roman Kingdoms (CELAMA), edited by M. Kahlos and E. Fournier. Turnhout: Brepols. (in press)
  • van 't Westeinde, Jessica. n.d. "Pudicitia and the Correct Treatment of Slaves in Jerome." (under review)
  • Wijnendaele, Jeroen W.P. 2023. "The final western Roman emperors, Odoacer, and the resilience of Late Roman Italy." In Late Roman Italy. Imperium to Regnum, edited by J. W. P. Wijnendaele, 86–107. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
  • Wijnendaele, Jeroen W. P. 2024. "Die Delegierung militärischer Befugnisse im Weströmischen Reich." In Das Weströmische Reich und seine Erforschung Neue Perspektiven, edited by T. Stickler and U. Roberto, 169–185. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. – Translated as: Wijnendaele, Jeroen W. P. 2025. "All the Generalissimo’s Men? Delegating military authority in the western Roman Empire." Hermathena. (in press)
  • Wijnendaele, Jeroen W. P. and Halsall, Guy. 2024. "The settlement of the Alani in Late Antique Gaul." In Coins, Riches, and Lands. Paying for Military Manpower in Antiquity and Early Medieval Times, edited by F. López Sánchez, M. Bueno, D. Martínez Chico, 203–209. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

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