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Emperors and usurpers in the later Roman empire : civil war, panegyric, and the construction of legitimacy /

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One of the great maxims of history is that it is written by the victors, and nowhere does this find greater support than in the later Roman Empire. Between 284 and 395 AD, no fewer than 37 men claimed imperial power, though today we recognize barely half of these men as 'legitimate' rulers...

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Main Author: Omissi, Adrastos, 1986- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Subjects:
Civil war > Rome.
Emperors > Rome > Usurpation.
Rome > Politics and government > 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome > Army > Political activity.
Laudatory poetry, Latin > Rome > History and criticism.
Rome > History > Empire, 284-476.
Guerre civile > Rome.
Poésie élogieuse latine > Rome > Histoire et critique.
Rome > Histoire > 284-476 (Bas-Empire)
Empereurs > Rome > Usurpation.
Rome > Politique et gouvernement > 30 av. J.-C.-476.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
Civil war
Laudatory poetry, Latin
Rome (Empire)
284-476
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I. Usurpation, Legitimacy, and the Roman Empire
  • II. Usurpation, Legitimacy, and Panegyric
  • III. A House Divided Against Itself
  • IV. 'At last Roman, at last restored to the true light of Empire': Dyarchy, Tetrarchy, and the Fall of the British Empire of Carausius
  • V. Tyranny and Betrayal: Constantine, Maximian, Maxentius, and Licinius
  • VI. Tyranny and Blood: Constantius, Constans, Magnentius, and Vetranio
  • VII. Usurper, Propaganda, History: The Emperor Julian
  • VIII. Panegyric and Apology: The Accession of Jovian and the Usurpation of Procopius
  • IX. Dismembering the House of Valentinian: The Usurpation of Theodosius and the War with Magnus Maximus
  • X. Crisis and Transformation: Imperial Power in the Fifth Century
  • Conclusion: Those Made Tyrants by the Victory of Others
  • Appendix I: The Panegyrics
  • Appendix II: Quantifying Usurpation: Notes to Accompany Figure I.2 [graph].