Investigating Identities in Late Antiquity : A Case Study of
the Roman Weapons Burial Deposit from the Sintrivani Basilica
in Thessaloniki

J 2023

Investigating Identities in Late Antiquity : A Case Study of the Roman Weapons Burial Deposit from the Sintrivani Basilica in Thessaloniki

MANIOTIS, Errikos

Základní údaje

Originální název

Investigating Identities in Late Antiquity : A Case Study of the Roman Weapons Burial Deposit from the Sintrivani Basilica in Thessaloniki

Autoři

MANIOTIS, Errikos (300 Řecko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Comitatus : A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Los Angeles, UCLA, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, 2023, 0069-6412

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60102 Archaeology

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.100 v roce 2022

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00132891

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cjm.2023.a912675

UT WoS

001112835400007

Klíčová slova anglicky

Ethnoarchaeology; Late Antique Archaeology; Identity; Byzantine; Architecture; Byzantine; Death and Burial; Ethnicity; Burial Practices; historiography; Roman Provinces; Burial Customs; Ancient Weapons and Warfare; Barbarians and Romans; Swords

Štítky

rivok

Změněno: 10. 3. 2024 22:18, Mgr. Zuzana Matulíková

Anotace

V originále

The identification of "peoples" is the oldest purpose that the study of burial rites has been made to serve. Written sources tell us that in late antiquity different peoples migrated into the Roman Empire, both in the Western and in the Eastern half. Cemetery archaeology provides one of the most important sources for early medieval social history. Weapon deposits should not be excluded from this process. The current paper investigates the armament of a soldier's burial found in a grave attached to the so-called Sintrivani Basilica in Thessaloniki, Greece, dated to the early fifth century CE and how the study of arms and armor combined with other archaeological findings could help us to explore identities in late antiquity. The most interesting weapon of the deceased from the whole hoard is the sword that had been found bent. This striking and critical feature led me to correlate it with the ritual of "killing a weapon." The bent sword expresses complex social statements about status and identity and functions as a clue that the soldier was a "Romanized" Goth or from another Germanic tribe who served as a mercenary (foederatus) in the imperial Roman forces. Considering the importance of the burial location, it is also clear that the deceased was a high-ranking officer of the Roman army.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1420/2022, interní kód MU

Název: Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace a dokumentace III

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Archeologické terénní prospekce, exkavace a dokumentace III

Citovat

MANIOTIS, Errikos. Investigating Identities in Late Antiquity : A Case Study of the Roman Weapons Burial Deposit from the Sintrivani Basilica in Thessaloniki. Comitatus : A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Los Angeles: UCLA, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, 2023, Neuveden, č. 54, s. 151-176. ISSN 0069-6412. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cjm.2023.a912675.

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MANIOTIS, Errikos. Investigating Identities in Late Antiquity : A Case Study of the Roman Weapons Burial Deposit from the Sintrivani Basilica in Thessaloniki. \textit{Comitatus : A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies}. Los Angeles: UCLA, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, 2023, Neuveden, č.~54, s.~151-176. ISSN~0069-6412. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cjm.2023.a912675.

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