Le Latin à Byzance, International Colloquium, Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Salle des Actes, June 28–30, 2016
Latin in Byzantium, ca. 500-700 AD is a project on literacy, cultural identity and transmission of Latin texts in the noua Roma.
The problem of Latin in Constantinople has been studied since the beginning until the end of the twentieth century and still attracts the attention of experts from different fields. Nevertheless, the most stimulating works are very specific contributions that still demand to be put in a wider and comprehensive perspective. The study of different fields (law, grammar, religion, tactics, etc.) will show that there were different groups of Latin speaking people in Constantinople, and that each of them had specific political and sociological features . For the first time, a complete view of these problems will be provided together with a thorough presentation of the ancient sources, across multiple disciplines and beyond the gap between literary and non-literary texts, history and philology.
Organized by Alessandro Garcea (Paris-Sorbonne), Michela Rosellini (Rome-La Sapienza), and Luigi Silvano (Turin)