Longing for a Good Ruler: pothos and Echoes of Alexander the Great in Herodian

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Editors’ Preface VII
3. Contents IX
4. Introduction 1
5. I Herodian’s Narrative: Sources, Genre and Readers
6. Tra storia e propaganda: Erodiano, Pertinace e Settimio Severo 21
7. Mélange et variété des genres chez Hérodien : le cas de Julianus 37
8. Herodian as Real and Fictional Source for the Historia Augusta 63
9. II Communities and Communication in Herodian
10. Vain Ambition, Futile Imitation: The Pattern of Failing ‘Philosophers’ in Herodian’s Narrative 87
11. Memory and Emulation in Herodian’s Roman History after Marcus 117
12. News and Messages in Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire 139
13. III Time and Space in Herodian’s Text
14. Zwischen pragmatischer Geschichtsschreibung und Biographie: Herodian und ein neues Zeitmaß 157
15. The Concept of Kairos in Herodian’s Ab Excessu Divi Marci 179
16. The Spatial Dimension of Politics in Herodian’s Historia 205
17. IV Greek Tradition in Herodian
18. Herodian’s History and the Distant Past 225
19. Herodian’s Roman Empire: “An Alien Monarchy”? 241
20. Longing for a Good Ruler: pothos and Echoes of Alexander the Great in Herodian 263
21. Herodian on Stasis 283
22. Index Locorum
23. General Index