Why Did the Byzantine Empire Forbid Slave-Owners from Making Eunuchs of their Slaves? Castration, Masculinity, and Identity in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

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Why Did the Byzantine Empire Forbid Slave-Owners from Making Eunuchs of their Slaves? Castration, Masculinity, and Identity in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

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Date: 5 November 2025, 17:00
Venue:
66 St Giles'
66 St Giles' OX1 3LU
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Details: Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, and online via Microsoft Teams
Speaker: Erin Thomas Dailey (Leicester)
Part of: Late Antique and Byzantine Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Belinda Clark