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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">This Autumn’s first Helsinki Research on the Ancient World (HelRAW) seminar takes place on September 5th with Sara Borrello (Newcastle University) and the talk “The Republic of
Children: Elite Pueri and Puellae in Roman Politics and Warfare”. While this is a hybrid event, we extend a warm welcome to join us with our speaker at Metsätalo!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Abstract:
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">This paper sets out to investigate the interactions between pueri and puellae belonging to the Roman elite, on the one hand, and politics and warfare, on the other hand. It argues
that the participation of Roman children in public life was widespread, and that young boys and girls played pivotal roles in the competition dynamics within the senatorial nobility. The timescale considered spans from the outbreak of the Hannibalic War (218
BCE) to the establishment of the Principate (27 BCE). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">The paper provides definitions of puer and puella from a legal standpoint. It considers age limits, the significance of wearing distinguishing marks (bulla and toga praetexta),
and the rites of passage between childhood and adulthood. In addition to this, it focuses on how and why the age threshold to be deemed a puer changed over time. It also offers an overview of the occasions in which Roman elite children were involved, with
a focus on the political scope of such interventions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">The core of this paper centres on elite children as actors and exemplary figures. The first instance deals with young Scipio’s purported admirable rescue of his father at the Ticinus
battle. The second case-study focuses on young Aemilius Lepidus as a saviour of a fellow-citizen, a feat that awarded him an equestrian statue erected on the Capitol by Senate decree. The third instance examines little Tertia Aemilia’s ominous words and the
interpretation that her father, L. Aemilius Paullus, gave of them shortly before waging war against King Perseus of Macedonia. The fourth case-study analyses the evidence for Cato the Younger’s firm opposition to Q. Poppaedius Silo’s demands for the enfranchisement
of the Italians, and to Sulla’s dictatorship and proscriptions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Each instance aims at challenging the historicity of an incident in which a Roman child is singled out as the protagonist, and at investigating the historical conjunctures in which
a child’s intervention could gain political significance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">When: September 5th, 2022, at 17:15 (UTC+3)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Where: Room 7, Metsätalo (Unioninkatu 40, 3rd floor)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="DE">Online:
</span></span><a href="https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/64129444826?pwd=OTgzbGIxc0phakJKSjVSbjhOV3Qwdz09"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="DE">https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/64129444826?pwd=OTgzbGIxc0phakJKSjVSbjhOV3Qwdz09</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Meeting ID: 641 2944 4826<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Passcode: 953226<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Event page:
</span></span><a href="https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/helraw-sara-borrello-5.9.2022"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/helraw-sara-borrello-5.9.2022</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">About the speaker:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Sara Borrello is a Doctoral Candidate in Ancient History at Newcastle University. Before joining Newcastle University, she obtained a B.A. in Cultural Heritage Sciences (History
pathway) at the Catholic University of Milan, and an M.A. in Ancient Civilisations: Literature, History and Archaeology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, where she is currently a Subject Expert in Roman History.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Her research interests focus on the political history of the late Roman Republic, the Roman family, Roman matrons and female figures, and the processes of memory codification –
topics on which she has published a few articles. Her research adopts an interdisciplinary approach, aiming at analysing historiographic, epigraphic, iconographic, and numismatic sources and at endorsing the dialogue between them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Her doctoral research deals with the political and military engagement of elite children within the political and military settings and the power dynamics of the Roman Republic,
with a focus on the period spanning from the Hannibalic War (218 BCE) to the establishment of the Principate (27 BCE). After submitting her Ph.D. thesis in December 2021, she passed her Viva in March 2022 and is currently in the process of revising her thesis,
also with a view to turning it into a monograph. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Further information is available at:
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span><a href="https://www.unive.it/data/persone/11686024"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.unive.it/data/persone/11686024</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span><a href="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/research/classics/students/current-students/sara-borrello/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/research/classics/students/current-students/sara-borrello/</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span><a href="https://newcastle.academia.edu/SaraBorrello"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">https://newcastle.academia.edu/SaraBorrello</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">The event is a part of an interdisciplinary seminar series titled Helsinki Research on the Ancient World. This monthly seminar operates under the aegis of the PapyGreek (</span></span><a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-grammar-of-greek-documentary-papyri"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-grammar-of-greek-documentary-papyri</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">)
and SpaceLaw (</span></span><a href="http://www.spacelaw.fi"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">www.spacelaw.fi</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">)
projects. The seminar is open for all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk112349396"><span lang="EN-US">Welcome!</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:FI">Pyry Koskinen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FI"><a href="mailto:pyry.i.koskinen@helsinki.fi"><span style="color:#0563C1">pyry.i.koskinen@helsinki.fi</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FI">+358505262774<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FI">Tutkimusavustaja / Research assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FI">Law, Governance and Space: Questioning the Foundations of the Republican Tradition (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FI"><a href="http://www.spacelaw.fi/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">www.spacelaw.fi</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FI">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FI">Siltavuorenpenger 1 A, huone / room 323<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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