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From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians: Later Roman History and Culture, 284–450 CE (Yale Classical Studies)

From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians: Later Roman History and Culture, 284–450 CE (Yale Classical Studies)

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Cambridge University Press, 4/1/2010
EAN 9780521898218, ISBN10: 0521898218

Hardcover, 332 pages, 23.5 x 15.9 x 2 cm
Language: English

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.

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.