Emperors and usurpers in the later Roman Empire : Civil War, panegyric, and the construction of legitimacy /

Civil war and usurpation were endemic to the later Roman Empire, with no fewer than 37 men claiming imperial power between 284 and 395 AD. This volume constructs a comprehensive history of civil war in this period through the ways in which successive dynasties manipulated history to legitimate thems...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

1. Verfasser:

Omissi, Adrastos

Format:

Elektronisch E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Veröffentlicht:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Ausgabe:

First edition.

Zusammenfassung:

Civil war and usurpation were endemic to the later Roman Empire, with no fewer than 37 men claiming imperial power between 284 and 395 AD. This volume constructs a comprehensive history of civil war in this period through the ways in which successive dynasties manipulated history to legitimate themselves and to discredit their predecessors.

Umfang:

1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations, map

Anmerkungen:

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

Zielpublikum:

Specialized.

Bibliografie:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-255827-7
0-19-186351-3
0-19-255826-9

Schlagworte:

Civil war > Rome.

Laudatory poetry, Latin > Rome > History and criticism.

Bezugswerke:

Print version : 9780198824824

Parallelausgabe: 9780198865162

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