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

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

by Omissi, Adrastos, 1986-
Published 2018

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