The Roman imperial court in the Principate and late antiquity /
"The volume examines the Roman imperial court as a social and cultural institution across six centuries between the reigns of Augustus (27 bc–ad 14) and Justinian (ad 527–65). The Principate (the early Roman Empire) and Late Antiquity (the late Roman Empire) are usually examined separately by s...
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Great king or civilis princeps? Monarchical ideals and daily interaction in the reign of Antoninus Pius / Christoph Michels
- Changing the guard: guard units and Roman state ceremonial from the first to the fourth century / Christian Rollinger
- Cities, palaces, and the Tetrarchic imperial courts / Verena Jaeschke and Caillan Davenport
- The court in Constantinople facing the death of the emperor / Audrey Becker
- Was the Roman imperial court and 'emotional community'? / Benjamin Kelly
- Jurists as courtiers from Augustus to Justinian / Jill Harries
- Court construction and regime change in the mid-fourth century / Kevin Feeney
- Sharing the imperial limelight: The Age of the Magister Militum / Meaghan McEvoy
- Representatives and co-rulers: imperial women and the court in late antiquity / Anja Busch
- Beyond the veil: Athanasius at the court of Constans / Fabian Schulz
- Dynamics of power: the Nestorian controversy, the Council of Ephesus of 431, and the Eastern imperial court / Daniëlle Slootjes
- Splended isolation: secluded emperors and the spectre of oriental despotism / Marijn Icks
- Envisioning audiences at the Roman imperial court / Caillan Davenport
- The evolution of the Roman imperial court in historical context / Caillan Davenport, Meaghan McEvoy.