First APR Workshop
(Leipzig, 28-29 May 2024)
‘Amici Populi Romani:
Friendship Diplomacy, Networking,
and Digital Opportunities’
Paper Abstracts can be downloaded here.
Preliminary programme
Tuesday, May 28
10:00 – 14:00 Meeting of the editorial board
Until 14:30 Arrival of the participants
15:00-17:00 Guided tour through Leipzig — Dr. Oliver Bräckel; Meeting point: Ritterstraße 14
18:00 – 19:30 Public Lecture, Hörsaal 8, Hörsaalgebäude Uni Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Stefan Pfeiffer (Halle-Wittenberg):
The fat king of Egypt and Roman senators: the so-called culture shock of
a Roman embassy to the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria (140/39 BCE)
followed by dinner (place tba)
Wednesday, May 29
All workshop sections will take place in Seminarraum 203, Seminargebäude Uni Leipzig.
Papers will be followed by discussions of up to 15 min.
9:00 – 10:15 Section 1 – moderation: Prof. Dr. Altay Coskun
9:00 – 9:20 Die Inthronisierung von Nikomedes II. in Bithynien
– Dr. Oliver Bräckel (Leipzig)
9:35 – 10:00 Between Rome, Illyria and Greece. Skerdilaidas’s long quest for amicitia.
– Dr. Julian Gieseke (Bielefeld)
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 13:30 Section 2 – moderation: Dr. Oliver Bräckel
10:30 – 10:55 Die verlorenen Prinzen Mauretaniens. Überlegungen zum
mauretanischen Interregnum und der ersten Vergabe des römischen
Bürgerrechts an ein auswärtiges Königshaus
– Dr. Jean Coert (Dresden)
11:10 – 11:35 „Reicht das jetzt, Kandake?“
– Corina Willkommen (Leipzig)
11:50 – 12:10 Die Nabatäer als amici populi Romani
– Alexander Plate (Leipzig)
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 Section 3 – moderation: Dr. Jean Coert (Dresden)
13:30 – 14:00 Cato’s fides – PD Dr. Friedrich Meins (Leipzig)
14:15 – 14:40 Von Polybios zu Anthemios von Tralleis - Gelehrte als
amici populi Romani im Spiegel ihrer Zeit
– Sven-Philipp Brandt (Leipzig)
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 17:20 Section 4 – moderation: PD Dr. Friedrich Meins (Leipzig)
15:15 – 15:45 Basilissa Dynamis Philorhomaios, Basileus Mithradates (Scribonius),
and Basileus Polemon I Philokaisar Philorhomaios Eusebes
– Prof. Dr. Altay Coskun (Waterloo)
16:00 – 16:30 The role of the Polemonid dynasty in interstate friendship networks
during the early Principate
– Dr. Hendrikus van Wijlick (Peking)
16:45 – 17:05 The Bosporan kings – friends of the Romans down to the end?
– Dr. Germain Payen (Lille)
17:20 – 18:00 Discussion on the Use and Development of Amici Populi Romani
– moderation: Prof. Dr. Altay Coskun
18:30 – 20:30 Reception in Antikemuseum Leipzig, Alte Nikolaischule, Nikolaikirchhof 2
Afterwards open end at Pub Morrissons, Ritterstr. 38-40
Paper abstracts are in preparation and can soon be downloaded here.
The workshop is co-organized by Oliver Bräckel, Jean Coert & Altay Coskun.
It is open to the public, but registration at oliver.braeckel@uni-leipzig.de is required.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the University of Leipzig and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.