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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828398203321

Autore

Washburn Daniel A.

Titolo

Banishment in the later Roman Empire, 284-476 CE / / Daniel A. Washburn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10556-7

1-283-87186-6

1-136-25423-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in ancient history ; ; 5

Disciplina

364.6/8

Soggetti

Exile (Punishment) - Rome - History

Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Varieties and commonalities -- Banishment and the church -- The authorities -- The enforcers -- The banished -- Life in banishment -- Return of the exile.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a reconstruction and interpretation of banishment in the final era of a unified Roman Empire, 284-476 CE. Author Daniel Washburn argues that exile was both a penalty and a symbol. It applied to those who committed a misstep or crossed the wrong person; it also stood as a marker of affliction or failure. Like other punishments, it articulated and cemented the power asymmetry between the punisher and the punished. Distinctively, it maneuvered the body of the banished in order to tell that tale. The process of banishment also operated as a form of negotiation between the party