Emperors and usurpers in the later Roman Empire : Civil War, panegyric, and the construction of legitimacy
| 1. Verfasser: |
Omissi, Adrastos, 1986-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Ausgabe: | First edition. |
| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Oxford studies in Byzantium
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Print version : | ISSN: 9780198824824 |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
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Available online |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy; Copyright; Dedication; Preface: sine ira et studio; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; PRIMARY MATERIAL; SECONDARY MATERIAL; Typographical Note; Part I; I: Usurpation, Legitimacy, and the Roman Empire; WHY USURPATION?: THE PROBLEM OF THE IMPERIAL SUCCESSION; 'THIS LITANY OF MANIFEST USURPERS AND REBELLIOUS GENERALS' : WHY HAD THE IMPERIAL SUCCESSION BECOME SO UNSTABLE BY THE THIRD CENTURY?
- 'THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TYRANT AND A KING IS ONE OF DEEDS, NOT OF NAME': HOW WAS USURPATION UNDERSTOOD IN THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE?'LET THESE THINGS GO UNSPOKEN': USURPATION AND MODERN RESEARCH; II: Usurpation, Legitimacy, and Panegyric; KNOWN UNKNOWNS, AND UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS: HOW TO USE PANEGYRIC AS A SOURCE; 'IN WHICH I WOULD TELL MANY LIES': WHO DICTATED THE CONTENT OF PANEGYRIC?; 'AND WOULD BE VIEWED WITH FAVOUR BY THOSE WHO KNEW THEM TO BE SUCH': PANEGYRIC, AUDIENCE, AND INFLUENCE; PROPAGANDA AND POWER; Part II; III: A House Divided Against Itself
- IV: 'At last Roman, at last restored to the true light of Empire: 'Diarchy, Tetrarchy, and the Fall of the British Empire of CarausiusBIRTHING THE LATE ROMAN STATE:DIARCHS, TETRARCHS, AND A NEWLANGUAGE OF POWER; EMPERORS AND BANDITS: THE BRITISH EMPIRE UNDER CARAUSIUS AND ALLECTUS; V: Tyranny and Betrayal: Constantine, Maximian, Maxentius, and Licinius; CONSTANTINE'S USURPATION: CONSTANTINE, GALERIUS, AND MAXIMIAN; THE TYRANNUS: MAXENTIUS AND THE REWARDS OF CIVIL WAR; NOTABLE BY HIS ABSENCE: LICINIUS AND THE RISE OF THE CONSTANTINIAN DYNASTY
- VI: Tyranny and Blood: Constantius, Constans, Magnentius, and VetranioSMILING FOR THE CAMERAS: THE SONS OF CONSTANTINE, 337-50; THE SON OF THE FATHER: CONSTANTIUS THE TYRANT-SLAYER; VII: Usurper, Propaganda, History: The Emperor Julian; THE VOICE OF A USURPER: JULIAN'S RISE TO POWER; BLEACHING THE STAINS: JULIAN'S SOLE RULE; VIII: Panegyric and Apology: The Accession of Jovian and the Usurpation of Procopius; THE NEED FOR VICTORY: JOVIAN AND THE DEMANDS OF IMPERIAL RHETORIC; THE ENEMY INSIDE: VALENTINIAN, VALENS, AND PROCOPIUS
- 'HE WHO SOUGHT RULE FOR HIMSELF BEHIND THE CLOAK OF A LITTLE BOY': THE USURPATION OF VALENTINIAN IIIX: Dismembering the House of Valentinian: The Usurpation of Theodosius and the War with Magnus Maximus; 'AND NOBLY HE MADE THE VOTE HIS OWN': THE USURPATION OF THEODOSIUS; DIVIDED LOYALTIES: THE USURPATION OF MAGNUS MAXIMUS; X: Crisis and Transformation: Imperial Power in the Fifth Century; Conclusion: Those Made Tyrants by the Victory of Others; APPENDIX I: The Panegyrics; Translations; Separate editions; APPENDIX II: Quantifying Usurpation; Notes to Accompany Figure I.2; Bibliography; Index
