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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Washburn, Daniel A., author.

Series:

Routledge Studies in Ancient History

Routledge studies in ancient history ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exile (Punishment)--Rome--History.

Exile (Punishment).

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

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Varieties and commonalities

Banishment and the church

The authorities

The enforcers

The banished

Life in banishment

Return of the exile.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-203-10556-7

1-283-87186-6

1-136-25423-4

9780203105566

OCLC:

823388810