Title: Contested monarchy : integrating the Roman Empire in the fourth century AD
Abstract: List of Abbreviations Contributors Map of the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century Introduction 1. The Cloak of Power: Dressing and Undressing the King Johannes Wienand Part One Administering the Empire 2. Domesticating the Senatorial Elite: Universal Monarchy and Imperial Aristocracy in the Fourth Century AD John Weisweiler 3. The Inflation of Rank and Privilege: Regulating Precedence in the Fourth Century AD John Noel Dillon 4. Ostentatious Legislation: Law and Dynastic Change, AD 364-365 Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner 5. Emperors and Generals in the Fourth Century Doug Lee 6. Gaul and the Roman Emperors of the Fourth Century Joachim Szidat 7. Regional Dynasties and Imperial Court Michael Kulikowski Part Two Performing the Monarchy 8. Emperors, Usurpers, and the City of Rome: Performing Power from Diocletian to Theodosius Mark Humphries 9. O tandem felix civili, Roma, victoria! Civil War Triumphs From Honorius to Constantine and Back Johannes Wienand 10. Coping with the Tyrant's Faction: Civil War Amnesties and Christian Discourses in the Fourth Century AD Hartmut Leppin 11. Pliny and Pacatus: Past and Present in Imperial Panegyric Christopher Kelly 12. Born to be Emperor: The Principle of Succession and the Roman Monarchy Henning Borm 13. Performing Justice: The Penal Code of Constantine the Great Christian Reitzenstein-Ronning Part Three Balancing Religious Change 14. Speaking of Power: Christian Redefinition of the Imperial Role in the Fourth Century Harold Drake 15. Constantine, Rome, and the Christians Bruno Bleckmann 16. Constantine and the Tyche of Constantinople Noel Lenski 17. A Vain Quest for Unity: Creeds and Political (Dis)Integration in the Reign of Constantius II Steffen Diefenbach 18. The Challenge of Religious Violence: Imperial Ideology and Policy in the Fourth Century Johannes Hahn 19. Christian Faith, Ancient Writers and Daily Life: The Impact of Christianity at the End of the Fourth Century Rita Lizzi Testa Epilogue 20. The Empire's Golden Shade: Icons of Sovereignty in an Age of Transition Johannes Wienand Bibliography General Index Index Locorum
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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