The Heroic in the Intercultural and Political Field of Conflict of the Imperial Roman World up to the 7th Century (D01 [A02, B01])

该项目将与古代史和古典考古系合作，调查英雄如何在公元前1世纪末至公元6/7世纪期间在罗马帝国和后罗马世界各王国的文化和政治实践中通过视觉和文字媒体发挥作用。主要的关注点是确定在罗马帝国及其相互关联的帝国经验领域不断变化的政治条件下，围绕英雄和统治者人物构建的英雄吸引力和“政治神话”如何在不断变化的政治条件下创造凝聚力、构成身份认同并加剧冲突。

In cooperation with the departments of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology, this project will investigate how heroes and heroizations came into play in visual and textual media in the cultural and political practices of the Imperium Romanum and the kingdoms of the post-Roman world between the late 1st century BC and the 6th/7th century AD. The main focus is on determining the ways in which heroic attraction and 'political myths' constructed around hero and ruler figures served to create cohesion, constitute identity, and aggravate conflicts under changing political conditions in the Imperium Romanum with its imperially interconnected realms of experience.