From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians (eBook, ePUB)

Later Roman History and Culture, 284-450 CE
Redaktion: Mcgill, Scott

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An integrated collection of essays examining the politics, social networks, law, historiography, and literature of the later Roman world. The volume treats three central themes: the first section looks at political and social developments across the period and argues that, in spite of the stress placed upon traditional social structures, many elements of Roman life remained only slightly changed. The second section focuses upon biographical texts and shows how late-antique authors adapted traditional modes of discourse to new conditions. The final section explores the first years of the reign of Theodosius I and shows how he built upon historical foundations while unfurling new methods for utilising, presenting, and commemorating imperial power. These papers analyse specific events and local developments to highlight examples of both change and continuity in the Roman world from 284-450.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511850134
• Artikelnr.: 53077528

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Part I. Politics, Law, and Society: 1. The unity of the Roman
Empire David Potter; 2. Roman patronage Peter Garnsey; 3. Roman matchmaking
Cristiana Sogno; 4. Constantine the Lawgiver Jill Harries; 5. Constantine
answers the veterans Serena Connolly; Part II. Biography and Panegyrics: 6.
Three generations of Christian philosophical biography Edward Watts; 7. The
education of Paulinus of Pella: learning in the late Empire Josiah Osgood;
8. Another man's miracles: recasting Aelius Donatus in Phocas' Life of
Virgil Scott McGill; 9. Gregory of Nazianzus' 'Life' of Julian revisited
(Or. 4 and 5): divine decree and imperial enactment Susanna Elm; Part III.
Constantinople in the 380s or Theodosius I and the Year 380/'Faces of
Theodosius I'/The 'New Theodosian Age': 10. Liar in winter: Themistius and
Theodosius Peter Heather; 11. Moments of truth: Gregory Nazianzen and
Theodosius I Neil McLynn; 12. Reinventing Constantinople: Theodosius I's
imprint on the Imperial City Brian Croke; 13. Reinventing history: Jerome's
chronicle and the writing of the post-Roman West Mark Vessey.