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  • In Praise of Constantius

    Greek Panegyric in Late Antiquity

    by Alan J. Ross ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity
    In Praise of Constantius offers historical and literary analysis of eight Greek panegyrics composed by Libanius, Themistius, and Julian in the 340s and 350s CE, and addressed to Constantius II and his wife, the empress Eusebia. Its central concerns are the role that the composition, performance, and dissemination of imperial panegyric played in establishing the careers of the three most prominent ... Read more

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  • Ammianus' Julian

    Narrative and Genre in the Res Gestae

    by Alan J. Ross ...
    Series series Oxford Classical Monographs
    Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae holds a prominent position in modern studies of the emperor Julian as the fullest extant narrative of the reign of the last 'pagan' emperor. Ammianus' Julian: Narrative and Genre in the Res Gestae offers a major reinterpretation of the work, which is one of the main narrative sources for the political history of the later Roman Empire, and argues for a re ... Read more

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  • Civilization of the Middle Ages

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  • Constantius II

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  • Constantine the Emperor

    by David Potter ...
    This year Christians worldwide will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of Constantine's conversion and victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity but that he did so in a way that brought his subjects along after him. Indeed, this major new biography argues that ... Read more

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    The Classic Study of Medieval Civilization

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  • Hypatia

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