Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy 1st Edition

Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198824824,0198824823,9780192558275, 0192558277

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0192558277
• ISBN-13: 9780192558275
• Author: Adrastos Omissi

One of the great maxims of history is that it is written by the victors, and nowhere does this find greater support than in the later Roman Empire. Between 284 and 395 AD, no fewer than 37 men claimed imperial power, though today we recognize barely half of these men as ‘legitimate’ rulers and more than two thirds died at their subjects’ hands. Once established in power, a new ruler needed to publicly legitimate himself and to discredit his predecessor: overt criticism of the new regime became high treason, with historians supressing their accounts for fear of reprisals and the very names of defeated emperors chiselled from public inscriptions and deleted from official records.

Table contents:

I. Usurpation, Legitimacy, and the Roman Empire

II. Usurpation, Legitimacy, and Panegyric

III. A House Divided Against Itself

V. Tyranny and Betrayal: Constantine, Maximian, Maxentius, and Licinius

VI. Tyranny and Blood: Constantius, Constans, Magnentius, and Vetranio

VII. Usurper, Propaganda, History: The Emperor Julian

VIII. Panegyric and Apology: The Accession of Jovian and the Usurpation of Procopius

IX. Dismembering the House of Valentinian: The Usurpation of Theodosius and the War with Magnus Maximus

X. Crisis and Transformation: Imperial Power in the Fifth Century

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