The forgotten reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364) : history and fiction

1. Verfasser: Drijvers, Han Jan Willem , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Umfang/Format: xii, 232 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Oxford studies in late antiquity
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Imperium Romanum
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. History
  • 1. Rise to power
  • 2. Retreat and treaty
  • 3. Ruling the empire
  • 4. Religious policy
  • 5. Death
  • Part II. Fiction
  • 6. The Julian romance
  • 7. History of scholarship
  • 8. The Jovian narrative
  • 9. Some considerations
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1. Chronology and itinerary of the retreat
  • Appendix 2. The size of Jovian's army
  • Appendix 3. The Eusebius narrative
  • Appendix 4. Dates in the Jovian narrative
  • Appendix 5. Names in the Jovian narrative
  • Primary sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index.