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Sheds new light on the relationship between the emperor and his senators in the later Roman Empire, focusing on Constantius II, son of Constantine the Great. Provides new insights into imperial relations to the senates in Constantinople and Rome and the construction of late antique imperial rule and ideology.
List of contents
Part I. A Unified Roman Empire (AD 312-337): 1. Constantine and the Senate of Rome; 2. Constantine's eastern Roman empire; Part II. Ruling the East (AD 337-350): 3. The senatorial officials of Constantius II; 4. Remembering Constantine in Antioch and Constantinople; Part III. Ruler of Rome and Constantinople (AD 350-361): 5. Crisis and innovation: between Magnentius and Gallus; 6. Romanizing Constantinople: the creation of a second senate; 7. A Roman triumph: Constantius II in Rome.
About the author
Muriel Moser is Assistant Professor of Ancient History at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main. Her research focuses on the political and cultural history of the Graeco-Roman world from 100 BC to AD 400. Her publications include a themed volume of Antiquité Tardive called 'Imperial Presence in Late Antique Rome (2nd to 7th Centuries AD)' (co-edited with M. McEvoy, 2017), as well as Strategies of Remembering in Greece Under Rome (100 BC to 100 AD) (2017, co-edited with T. M. Dijkstra, I. N. I. Kuin and D. Weidgenannt).
Summary
Sheds new light on the relationship between the emperor and his senators in the later Roman Empire, focusing on Constantius II, son of Constantine the Great. Provides new insights into imperial relations to the senates in Constantinople and Rome and the construction of late antique imperial rule and ideology.
