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From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians
Later Roman History and Culture, 284–450 CE

Part of Yale Classical Studies

Editors:
Scott McGill, Rice University, Houston
Cristiana Sogno, Fordham University, New York
Edward Watts, Indiana University, Bloomington

David Potter, Peter Garnsey, Cristiana Sogno, Jill Harries, Serena Connolly, Edward Watts, Josiah Osgood, Scott McGill, Susanna Elm, Peter Heather, Neil McLynn, Brian Croke, Mark Vessey

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Date Published: May 2010
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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.
- Provides a new model for understanding the development of social structure during the period
- Offers a fresh exploration of the role that biographies and autobiographies played in communicating behavioural norms
- Substantial reassessment of the actions of Theodosius I and its impact on the foundations of the early Byzantine Empire
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- Date Published: May 2010
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511718212
- contains: 1 b/w illus.
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
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.
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Editors
Scott McGill, Rice University, Houston
Scott McGill is Associate Professor in the Classical Studies Department, Rice University. He is the author of Virgil Recomposed: The Mythological and Secular Centos in Antiquity (2005) and is currently writing Plagiarism in Classical Latin Literature, exploring the concept of plagiarism in Latin antiquity.
Cristiana Sogno, Fordham University, New York
Cristiana Sogno is Assistant Professor of Classics at Fordham University, New York. Her book, Q. Aurelius Symmachus: a Political Biography (2006) offers a reconstruction of the political career of Symmachus through close analysis of his extensive writings, while also proposing a critical reevaluation of his historical importance. Among her current projects is a study on curiositas in Latin literature.
Edward Watts, Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward Watts is Associate Professor of History, Adjunct Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Classics at Indiana University, Bloomington. His book, City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria (2006), won the Outstanding Publication Award from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South in 2007. His current book project, Riot in Alexandria: Tradition and Group Dynamics in Late Antique Pagan and Christian Communities (forthcoming), explores the cultural and religious interactions of late fifth-century Alexandrian pagan intellectuals and Christian ascetics.
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David Potter, Peter Garnsey, Cristiana Sogno, Jill Harries, Serena Connolly, Edward Watts, Josiah Osgood, Scott McGill, Susanna Elm, Peter Heather, Neil McLynn, Brian Croke, Mark Vessey