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Future Knowledge and Imperial Acceptance in Late Antique Historiography and Epideictic Rhetoric
From Constantine to Honorius
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Michael Hanaghan
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht/Copyright:
2025
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This book analyses late antique historiography and epideictic texts, focusing on how divine knowledge of imperial futures safeguarded the legitimacy of Roman emperors. It begins with Constantine and his tetrarchic colleagues (A), before moving to Constantius II and Julian (B), then Valens (C), and ending with Theodosius and Honorius (D).The impact of future knowledge in these texts could be felt both in the present circumstances of their composition and in perpetuity, as visions of the future reflect either the confidence or boastful arrogance of history’s protagonists, their divine inspiration or doom, and ultimately, their place in imperial memory.
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Michael P. Hanaghan, Ph.D.(2015), Sydney, is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. He has published predominantly on Late Antique literature, including numerous articles and the monograph Reading Sidonius’ Epistles (CUP, 2019).
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eBook veröffentlicht am:
16. Dezember 2024
eBook ISBN:
9789004714816
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288
eBook ISBN:
9789004714816
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