Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius examines one of the most important literatures of the late Roman period - speeches of praise addressed to the reigning emperor - and the panegyrical culture of the late Roman world more generally. Unlike much previous work on this topic, Imperial Panegyric takes a consciously comparative approach, especially between eastern and western, Greek and Latin texts. Each contributor draws upon evidence taken from multiple authors or from different kinds of panegyric in order to explore both the communal and the particular in this most...
Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius examines one of the most important literatures of the late Roman period - speeches of praise addresse...