Emperor and Senators in the Reign of Constantius II: Maintaining Imperial Rule Between Rome and Constantinople in the Fourth Century Ad

ISBN-13: 9781108481014 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 434 str.

Muriel Moser

Opis

Sheds new light on the relationship between the emperor and his senators in the later Roman Empire, focusing on Constantius II, son of Constantine the Great. Provides new insights into imperial relations to the senates in Constantinople and Rome and the construction of late antique imperial rule and ideology.

Spis treści

Part I. A Unified Roman Empire (AD 312–337): 1. Constantine and the Senate of Rome; 2. Constantine's eastern Roman empire; Part II. Ruling the East (AD 337–350): 3. The senatorial officials of Constantius II; 4. Remembering Constantine in Antioch and Constantinople; Part III. Ruler of Rome and Constantinople (AD 350–361): 5. Crisis and innovation: between Magnentius and Gallus; 6. Romanizing Constantinople: the creation of a second senate; 7. A Roman triumph: Constantius II in Rome.