Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective

Informationen zum Autor Richard Flower is Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter. Klappentext An analysis of the earliest surviving invectives against a living Roman emperor and their significance for political and religious history. Zusammenfassung An innovative study exploring a unique collection of literary character assassinations written against the Roman emperor Constantius II! son of Constantine! by three Christian bishops who accused him of heresy and tyranny. It will be of interest to students of Roman political culture! late antique history and early Christianity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the use of abuse; 1. Praise and blame in the Roman world; 2. Constructing a Christian tyrant; 3. Writing auto-hagiography; 4. Living up to the past; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Altercatio Heracliani cum Germinio; Appendix 2. Epistula Liberii papae ad Eusebium, Dionysium et Luciferum in exsilio constitutos; Appendix 3. Epistula Luciferi, Pancratii et Hilarii; Appendix 4. Letters of Eusebius of Vercelli; Appendix 5. Hilary of Poitiers, Contra Auxentium.

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• Authors: Richard Flower, Richard (University of Exeter) Flower, Flower Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2013
• EAN: 9781107031722
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03172-2
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Church history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory