1st Edition

Banishment in the Later Roman Empire, 284-476 CE

By Daniel Washburn Copyright 2013
250 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction  1. Varieties and Commonalities  2. Banishment and the Church  3. The Authorities  4. The Enforcers  5. The Banished  6. Life in Banishment  7. Return of the Exile  Notes  Bibliography  Index

Biography

Daniel Washburn is an Instructor of Humanities at the Matteo Ricci College of Seattle University, USA.