H2020Индивидуална стипендия2019–2021

TOK · The Creation of Tokens in Late Antiquity. Religious 'tolerance' and 'intolerance' in Fourth and Fifth Centuries AD

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2019-11-07 → 2021-11-06
Финансиране от ЕС: 212 934 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.

Накратко на български

Жетоните от късното антично общество, като сериите „Vota Publica“ и „Asina“, се анализират като предмети, които не са монети. Те помагат да се разберат религиозните конфликти и съжителството между различните вярвания през IV и V век сл. Хр.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

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The Creation of Tokens in Late Antiquity. Religious 'tolerance' and 'intolerance' in Fourth and Fifth Centuries AD

The TOK project dealt with the tokens (tesserae) produced in late antiquity as objects embodying a plurality of religious experiences in late Roman society. Tokens in classical antiquity are mainly monetiform objects, but not coins, which played a role in forming social relations, communities and identity in ancient world. This project fit into the broader interest in ancient tokens arising out of an ERC-funded Starting Grant at the University of Warwick, ‘Token Communities in the Ancient Mediterranean’ (TCAM). This project catalogued and analysed token specimens belonging to two late antique issues from the fourth and fifth centuries AD, which are respectively named the ‘Vota Publica’ series (also known as the ‘Festival of Isis’ coinage) (AD 294-378 or 394) and the ‘Asina’ series (c. AD 404-423). The objectives (O1-O2) achieved by the project are as follows: - O1: Analysis of typological, morphological, and functional aspects of late antique tokens, which was carried out through museum and library research, including photography, measurements and cataloguing of late antique tokens. This task led to the classification and publication of 289 ‘types’ and 1,010 ‘specimens’ of the considered material. - O2: Interpretation of the cultural and historical significance of late antique tokens and examination of their informative potential to disclose key aspects of religious ‘conflict’ and coexistence in late antiquity. This task was carried out through the analysis of literary sources and of a comparative material including tokens and coin-like objects from the Hellenistic and Roman ages (using data gathered by TCAM) as well as contemporary official Roman coinages. The project highlighted how late antique tokens, as material manifestations of particular religious expressions and identities, contributed to the formation of social and religious communities in fourth and fifth century Rome. Late antique tokens were examined in connection to their use, authority, and distribution context, allowing us to document and define the ideologies and dynamics that shaped - in a delicate balance - religious dialogue and coexistence between pagans and Christians in the late Roman Empire.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

This innovative project aims to investigate the phenomenon of the production of late-antique tokens as objects embodying the relations between different religious identities in Roman society. In particular, the study focuses on the so-called “Vota Publica coinage” (or “Festival of Isis coinage”) and “Asina tokens”, both minted in the Roman West during the fourth century and perhaps the fifth century AD. These issues are still partly unpublished and furnish valuable data. Since the creation of these “pagan” objects took place during the gradual repression of polytheistic cults by a Christian government, the project will shed light on the question of religious freedom and on the dynamics of religious “propaganda” during an era that saw the transformation of the pagan Roman Empire into a Christian one. Unlike traditional approaches, religious politics will be examined through the innovative perspective supplied by the numismatic evidence of tokens, which, as an expression of relationships, exchanges and culture, contain a remarkable informative potential for the understanding of broader aspects within ancient communities. Through this lens, the project will focus on specific social, religious, and cultural experiences in the context of the “conflict” between pagans and Christians in the fourth and fifth centuries AD. The adoption of an interdisciplinary approach and the mobilization of intellectual tools forged by classical disciplines will help to formulate appropriate patterns and to develop an analytical inquiry on the psychological, social, religious and political changes and interactions revealed by tokens in the late Roman empire.This project will therefore make a historical contribution to current reflections on religious “tolerance” and “intolerance” that have a significant preponderance in societies past and present. Addressing a matter of continuing concern, the project will help inform contemporary debates in different fields of the scientific research

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK · COVENTRYКоординаторОбединеното кралство