XVIIth conference of the European Association for Urban History (EAUH). Aus dem Ankündigungstext der Veranstalter: «Despite Rome’s clear intent to individualize its relationships with cities under its sphere of influence to consolidate its authority, the process of constituting its empire was built upon an overlapping network of cities interconnected through political, legal, economic, social, and religious ties. This session explores the role that these urban networks played in the process of developing and consolidating Rome’s dominance as the hegemonic power in the Mediterranean from the late Republic to the 2nd century AD. It assesses how Rome integrated, altered, or dismantled the various types of ties between city networks to strengthen control, highlighting the mechanisms that shaped urban connectivity within and beyond the Empire.
We would like to bring together an interdisciplinary collection of studies – based on literary sources, epigraphy, numismatics, archaeology – united by the multifaceted and temporally broad examination of the networks of cities that structured the Roman Empire. The panel seeks to establish a forum for exchange and discussion on the role that cities played in structuring and challenging Roman domination and to encourage comparisons between urban networks across different territories. We invite to contribute to broader reflections on the long-term impact of Roman urban connectivity on the spatial, political, and cultural configurations that have shaped Europe’s historical trajectory toward modernity.»
Mit Beiträgen (unter anderen) von:
– Ignasi Garcés Estallo (Universitat de Barcelona) – Borja Martín Chacón (Sorbonne Université), Mobility and social promotion in the Roman city of Aeso (Isona, Pallars Jussà, Catalonia)
– Arnau Lario Devesa (Universitat de Barcelona), Connecting cities from inside: work-related mobility between (and within) Roman cities from Iberia
– Maria Luisa Bonsangue (Université de Picardie Jules Verne), City, town, and port society: the case of Narbo Martius
– Alfredo Tosques (Università di Bologna), The View from Sicily: Sicilian Cities and Their Role in Roman Hegemony
– Carmen Alarcón Hernández (Universidad de Sevilla) – Manuel Ruiz Román (Universidad Pablo de Olavide), A Network of Ceremonial Cities: The Cases of Tarraco and Athens in the Age of Hadrian
2. bis 5. September 2026
Organisation: Noelia Cases Mora (Universidad de Alicante), Borja Martín Chacón (Sorbonne Université), Sabine Panzram (Universität Hamburg)
Veranstaltungsort: Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Geografia i Història, Carrer de Montalegre, 6 (Ciutat Vella); 08001 Barcelona
Weitere Informationen: EAUH Barcelona 09.2026