The Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364): History and Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780197600702 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 248 str.

Jan Willem Drijvers

Recenzje

<"Jovian became emperor in 363 at a pivot point in Roman history: Would the empire move in the direction of Christianity or 'paganism'? Would it recover from defeat at the hands of the Sasanian Persians or falter and decline? Jovian's deft handling of the crises his empire faced steadied the ship of state for the rest of the fourth century. Drijvers has now revealed just how Jovian managed and in so doing became a legendary figure in antiquity. Thanks to this marvelous new book, he is finally given his due in the modern world as well.>" - Noel Lenski, Yale University

O autorze

Jan Willem Drijvers is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Groningen and the author of Cyril of Jerusalem: Bishop and City and Helena Augusta: The Mother of Constantine the Great and the Legend of Her Finding of the True Cross, among other titles.