Acknowledgements
The present volume is based primarily on a conference held under the same name from 2 November to 4 November 2023, in Hamburg. Our thanks therefore go first and foremost to the organisations and institutions that contributed to the success of this event. This especially includes the Université franco-allemande, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (dfg), the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg, and the École française de Rome.
We would also like to express our gratitude to the staff of Brill Publishers for kindly including this volume in their catalogue. Particular thanks are due to Mr. Maurits van den Boogert, who supported and welcomed the publication project from the very beginning. We would also like to thank Professor Randall C. H. Lesaffer for including the volume in the series.
On a personal note, I would like to thank my Ph.D. supervisor, Professor Tilman Repgen, without whose support this project would not have been successful. Finally, my personal thanks go to my co-organiser, Mr. Arnaud Bartolomei, and especially to my co-organiser and co-editor, Mr. Jörg Ulbert. As a young academic, it is by no means a given to be able to work so closely with the established scholars in one’s field of interest. I am very grateful for the trust that particularly Jörg has been placed in me.
Lars Regula
Hamburg, 2025