Second Amici Populi Romani Workshop:

Friendship Diplomacy and Networking

Studiensaal Antikenmuseum
Universität Leipzig
Ritterstraße 14
14 July 2025

Preliminary programme
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9:00–9:15 Welcome
Altay Coskun (Waterloo), Jean Coert (Dresden), Oliver Bräckel (Flensburg/Leipzig)

9:15–10.35 Section 1 – Chair: Jean Coert (Dresden)

9.15–9.40    Prusias II. – Ein amicus auf Abwegen?
               Oliver Bräckel (Flensburg/Leipzig)

9.55–10.20 Pergamon & Rom im Spannungsfeld zwischen Diplomatie,
Bündnispolitik und Freundschaft
                      Caroline Kreutzer (Bamberg)

10:35–10:50 Coffee break

10:50–13:10 Section 2 – Chair: Oliver Bräckel (Flensburg/Leipzig)

10.50–11.15  Theaidetos von Rhodos
                       Friedrich Meins (Göttingen/Leipzig)

11.30–11.55  A Ruler in the Name of Rome: Polemon I Eusebes and His Realm in Asia Minor
                       Rik van Wijlick (Peking)

12.10–12.35 Aspurgos Philorhomaios, Son of Asandrochos
                       Altay Coskun (Waterloo)

13.00–14:00 Lunch break

14.00–15.20 Section 3 – Chair: Friedrich Meins (Göttingen/Leipzig)

14.00–14.25  Die Aitoler. Amici oder milites gloriosi?
Noreen Stühmer (Dresden)

14.40–15.05  Pleuratos
                      Julian Gieseke (Bielefeld)

15:20–15:35 Coffee break

15:35–17:45 Section 4 – Chair: Altay Coskun (Waterloo)

15.35–16.00   Könige ohne Königreiche im Imperium Romanum?
                       Ein neuer Blick auf Träger königlicher Ehren im kaiserzeitlichen Osten 
                       Jean Coert (Dresden)   

16.15–16.40   Isidoros von Charax 
                       Alexander Plate (Leipzig)

16.55–17.20  Dion von Prusa. Amicus populi Romani – hostis principis Romani? 
                      Sven-Philipp Brandt (Leipzig)

18:15–19:45 Keynote Lecture
                      „And he came to the land of the Romans“. Relations between the Mediterranean
                     and the Old South Arabian kingdoms (1st cent. BC–4th cent. AD)
                     Søren Lund Sørensen (FU Berlin)

20:00-22:00 Reception in Ägyptisches Museum Leipzig
(Kroch-Hochhaus, Goethestraße 2)

Afterwards open end at Pub Morrissons, Ritterstr. 38-40

The workshop is co-organized by Oliver Bräckel, Jean Coert & Altay Coskun.
It is open to the public, but registration at oliver.braeckel@uni-leipzig.de is required.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the University of Leipzig.