Viri absentes. Re-ordering of gender orders in the context of Roman expansion (2nd - 1st century BC) (E02)

• Subject Area: Medieval History
• Term: from 2015 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 170320015

Project E02 analyses the interdependence between a war-related shortage of men in the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. which led to a threat to the established order in rural areas of the Roman Empire, and the re-ordering of gender orders that occurred at the same time. In this context, particular attention is paid to the question of how the coping practices – which initially focused on the threat diagnosis of the absence of men (e.g. as heads of families) – affected the social position of women.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 923: Threatened Orders
• Applicant Institution: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• Project Heads: Lisa Eberle, Ph.D., since 7/2019; Professor Dr. Mischa Meier, from 1/2019 until 6/2019; Professor Dr. Steffen Patzold, from 1/2019 until 6/2019; Professor Dr. Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner, since 1/2019