Project

Provincial meetings in the Roman West. A study of the socio-economic impact of concilia on Gallia, Germania and Brittania (12B.C. - A.D. 284).

Code
3E018914
Duration
01 October 2014 → 30 September 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Economic archaeology
    • Ancient history
    • Medieval history
    • Political history
    • Regional and urban history
    • Socio-economic history
Keywords
tres Galliae et Duae Germaniae Roman Empire
 
Project description

The distribution and extensive organisation of the Roman provincial assemblies suggest that their influence extended beyond institutional or political aspects. I suppose they formed powerful platforms for the development of provincial networks, resulting in stronger contacts between the cities participating in the assembly and people from there. I focus on the socio-economic aspects of these meetings.