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Rome and After in Central and Eastern Europe
A Danubio ad Gothiam
La christianisation du nord-ouest de la mer Noire dans l’Antiquité tardive – The Christianization of the North-Western Black Sea during Late Antiquity
Dominic Moreau, Radu Petcu, Slavtcho Kirov (eds)
- Pages: 304 p.
- Size:216 x 280 mm
- Illustrations:117 b/w, 87 col., 3 tables b/w.
- Language(s):French, English, Italian
- Publication Year:2025
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-60474-9
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The case studies presented here, some based on new archaeological research, help to better understand the spread of Christianity on the extremities of the Late Roman world, the provinces of Scythia and Gothia.
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BIO
Dominic Moreau is Associate Professor in Late Antiquity at the University of Lille and permanent member of the HALMA-UMR 8164 research centre (France)
Radu Petcu is Senior Scientific Researcher in Christian Archaeology at the Museum of National History and Archaeology of Constanța (Romania)
Slavtcho Kirov is Lecturer in Ancient and Mediaeval History at La Rochelle University (France)
Summary
This volume brings together a series of chapters, mainly (but not only) from papers presented at the A Danubio ad Gothiam International Conference, organized in Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, and Bavay, by the DANUBIUS Project (University of Lille / HALMA-UMR 8164 Research Center), from the 24th to the 27th of November 2021. The aim of this meeting was to discuss the process of Christianization in the eastern part of the Roman Lower Danube, in comparison with a neighbouring region outside the Empire, which was then nicknamed Gothia, namely the north-west coast of the Black Sea with Crimea. The case studies presented here, some of which are based on new archaeological research, provide a better understanding of the spread of Christianity in one of the northern edges of the Roman world.
Le présent volume rassemble une série d’articles principalement (mais, pas seulement) issus des communications présentées dans le cadre du colloque international A Danubio ad Gothiam, organisé à Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq et Bavay, par le projet DANUBIUS (Université de Lille / unité de recherche HALMA-UMR 8164) du 24 au 27 novembre 2021. L’objectif de cette rencontre était de dialoguer autour du processus de christianisation dans la partie orientale du Bas-Danube romain, en comparaison avec une région voisine hors de l’Empire, que l’on surnommait alors Gothia, à savoir la côte nord-ouest de la mer Noire avec la Crimée. Les études de cas présentées ici, dont certaines s’appuient sur de nouvelles recherches archéologiques, permettent de mieux comprendre la diffusion du christianisme à l’une des extrémités nord du monde romain.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Liste des illustrations – List of Illustrations
1. Introduction: From the Danube to the Land of the Goths
Dominic Moreau
Church Institutions and Organization
2. Chrétiens et vie chrétienne sur la côte sud du diocèse de Thrace jusqu’au VIe siècle
Slavtcho Kirov
3. Ecclesiastical Relations of the Lower Danube and the South-Western Crimea in the Early Byzantine Period
Andrey Vinogradov
4. A Note on the Figure of Elpidios within the Prosopographical Dossier of the Seven Bishops of Cherson
Ekaterina Nechaeva
Christian Topography and Sacred Facilities
5. Monuments chrétiens des villes maritimes de Scythie : Un corpus revisité
Irina Achim
6. Les installations liturgiques de la fin du IVe siècle au VIIe siècle, sur le littoral de la mer Noire dans l’actuelle Bulgarie
Julia Amossé-Reveret
7.The First Christians in Chersonesus Taurica and the Problem of the Propagation of Faith
Elena Klenina
Ecclesiastical Architecture and Origin of Building Material
8. Les cryptes des basiliques de Zaldapa au regard des autres exemples en Scythie, Mésie seconde et Chersonèse Taurique (IVe-VIIe siècles)
Georgi Atanasov et Albena Milanova
9. La basilique paléochrétienne d’Ulmetum
Constantin Băjenaru et Cătălin Nopcea
10. Una nuova basilica cimiteriale in Dobrugia? La recente scoperta a Ibida (Slava Rusă, Romania): primi dati dalle nuove ricerche
Alessandro Teatini
11. Stonemasons’ Marks on Marble mensae of Early Christian Churches on the North-Western Coast of the Black Sea: The Production and Shipment of Proconnesian and Docimian Marble Items
Andrzej B. Biernacki
Art, Craft, and Iconography
12. Iconographic Representations of the Crucifixion on Gemstones from Romanian Museum Collections, or Discovered on the Territory of Romania
Ana Cristina Georgescu-Hamat
13. The Archaeological Traces of Early Christianity in Roman Dacia
Radu Ota
14. Sixth- and Seventh-Century Clay Oil Lamps with Cross-Shaped Handles from Tomis
Radu Petcu, Ștefan Viorel Georgescu, and Ingrid Petcu-Levei
15. A Representation of the Prophet Daniel Discovered at Capidava
Radu Petcu and Ingrid Petcu-Levei
Practices and Rituals, Mentalities and Customs
16. A Gothia ad Italiam – Les funerailles d’Alaric (Cosenza, 410 apr. J.-C.) : nouvelles reflexions sur le lieu d’inhumation du plus celebre des Goths danubiens
Javier Arce
17. Les Goths sur la côte sud de la Crimée du IVe au VIIIe siècle et les fouilles récentes à Gorzouvites : présentation générale
Michel Kazanski et Anna Mastykova
18. Du paganisme au christianisme sur le territoire de l’ancienne province romaine de la Dacie (VIe-IXe siècles)
Ioan Marian Țiplic
