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Galla Placidia : the last Roman empress
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ISBN: 9780195379136 9780195379129 0195379136 0195379128 019970242X 9780199702428 9780190261269 0190261269 Year: 2011 Volume: *1 Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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Even by the standards of royalty in antiquity the life of Galla Placidia (c. 390-450 CE) seems an aberration. Daughter, granddaughter, and sister of Roman emperors, wife of a Gothic chieftain and of a Roman general, and mother of a Roman emperor and of Attila's would be bride, Galla's adventures reflect the vicissitudes of the late Roman Empire itself. This new biography incorporates and advances current approaches to the study of late antiquity in general and of women in particular.


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Geschiedenis van het persoonlijk leven 1 : van het Romeinse Rijk tot het jaar duizend
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ISBN: 9051570015 Year: 1987 Publisher: Amsterdam Agon

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Dit deel, Van het Romeinse Rijk tot het jaar duizend, staat onder redactie van Paul Veyne en behandelt de lange periode van de tijd van Caesar en Augustus - de bloeiperiode van het Romeinse keizerrijk - tot de vroeg middeleeuwen, wanneer grote delen van Europa door de Karolingen worden bestuurd en in Constantinopel de troon door de dynastie van de Macedoniërs wordt bezet. Het is de periode waarin de Romein, de trotse burger van het eeuwige Rome, in het Westen moet plaatsmaken voor de christen, het lid van de éne ware Kerk van Jezus Christus, terwijl in het Oosten een nieuw wereldrijk tot bloei komt: het Byzantijnse Rijk.


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From the tetrarchs to the Theodosians : later Roman history and culture, 284-450 CE
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ISBN: 9780521898218 0521898218 9780511712296 9780511713125 0511713126 0511712294 1107212324 0511850131 1283331403 0511713959 9786613331403 0511715218 0511716451 0511723261 9781107212329 9780511850134 9781283331401 9780511713958 6613331406 9780511715211 9780511716454 9780511723261 Year: 2010 Volume: 34 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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An integrated collection of essays examining the politics, social networks, law, historiography, and literature of the later Roman world. The volume treats three central themes: the first section looks at political and social developments across the period and argues that, in spite of the stress placed upon traditional social structures, many elements of Roman life remained only slightly changed. The second section focuses upon biographical texts and shows how late-antique authors adapted traditional modes of discourse to new conditions. The final section explores the first years of the reign of Theodosius I and shows how he built upon historical foundations while unfurling new methods for utilising, presenting, and commemorating imperial power. These papers analyse specific events and local developments to highlight examples of both change and continuity in the Roman world from 284-450.


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Constantine the Emperor
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ISBN: 9780199755868 0199755868 9780190231620 0190231629 0199985979 0199986029 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,


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Der Kaiser und sein Gott : Das Christentum im Denken und in der Religionspolitik Konstantins des Großen
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ISSN: 18621139 ISBN: 9783110227888 3110227886 9783110227895 3110482304 9786612673191 3110227894 128267319X 9783110482300 Year: 2010 Volume: 27 27 Publisher: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter

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Die Einstellung Konstantins des Großen zum Christengott und die Motive und Ziele der Politik des Kaisers gegenüber den Christen und ihrem Klerus sind bis heute umstritten. In Auseinandersetzung mit der Forschung der letzten 150 Jahre bietet der Autor zunächst eine in verschiedenen Einzelaspekten neue Rekonstruktion der Abwendung Konstantins vom Paganismus und seiner Hinwendung zum Christentum in den Jahren 310 bis 312. Analysiert werden sodann im Kontext des Aufstiegs zur Alleinherrschaft seine frühesten Selbstzeugnisse als Christ, seine 312 massiv einsetzende ideelle und materielle Förderung von christlichem Klerus und Kirchengemeinden und seine Rolle als ,Bischof der Bischöfe' (episcopus episcoporum, pontifex maximus) bis zu seinem Tod 337. Dabei kommt auch seine Politik gegenüber den nichtchristlichen Religionen zur Sprache. Maßgebend war, so zeigt sich, nicht der Gedanke der ,Toleranz', sondern angesichts der überwältigend großen Mehrheit der Nichtchristen in den Führungsschichten von Armee und Gesellschaft und in der Reichsbevölkerung insgesamt der Gesichtspunkt der ordnungspolitischen Opportunität. Konstantin strebte keine Parität, keinen Pluralismus, keine Koexistenz der Religionen an: das Christentum sollte zur alleinigen Reichs- und Weltreligion werden.

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Church history --- Church and state --- Eglise --- Eglise et Etat --- Histoire --- Constantine --- History --- Church and state -- Rome -- History. --- Church history -- 4th century. --- Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, d. 337. --- Religion --- Christianity --- Philosophy & Religion --- 937.08 --- 27 "03" --- Geschiedenis van Rome: absolutistisch keizerrijk van Diocletianus tot de val van Rome--(284-476 n. Chr.) --- Kerkgeschiedenis--?"03" --- 937.08 Geschiedenis van Rome: absolutistisch keizerrijk van Diocletianus tot de val van Rome--(284-476 n. Chr.) --- Constantijn, --- Constantin, --- Constantin --- Constantine, --- Constantino --- Constantinus Flavius Valerius Aurelius, --- Constantinus --- Constantinus, --- Costantino --- Costantino, --- Flaviĭ Valeriĭ Avreliĭ Konstantin, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, --- Flavius Valerius Constantinus, --- Konstantin, --- Konstantin --- Kōnstantinos, --- Kōnstantinos --- Konstantyn, --- Kostandianos --- Κωνσταντίνος, --- Флавий Валерий Аврелий Константин, --- Константин --- Константин, --- Flavije Valerije Konstantin --- Influence --- History. --- Religions --- Constantine the Great. --- Constantinian Revolution. --- History of Councils. --- Late Antique Christianity. --- Religious Politics/Christianity. --- Church history - 4th century --- Church and state - Rome - History --- Constantin empereur --- Constantine - I, - Emperor of Rome, - d. 337


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Through the eye of a needle : wealth, the fall of Rome, and the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD
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ISBN: 9780691152905 069115290X 0691161771 9786613860620 1400844533 1283548178 9780691161778 9781400844531 9781283548175 661386062X Year: 2012 Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press,

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Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity. Peter Brown examines the rise of the church through the lens of money and the challenges it posed to an institution that espoused the virtue of poverty and called avarice the root of all evil. Drawing on the writings of major Christian thinkers such as Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome, Brown examines the controversies and changing attitudes toward money caused by the influx of new wealth into church coffers, and describes the spectacular acts of divestment by rich donors and their growing influence in an empire beset with crisis. He shows how the use of wealth for the care of the poor competed with older forms of philanthropy deeply rooted in the Roman world, and sheds light on the ordinary people who gave away their money in hopes of treasure in heaven. Through the Eye of a Needle challenges the widely held notion that Christianity's growing wealth sapped Rome of its ability to resist the barbarian invasions, and offers a fresh perspective on the social history of the church in late antiquity.


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The Specter of the Jews : Emperor Julian and the Rhetoric of Ethnicity in Syrian Antioch
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ISBN: 9780520298729 0520298721 9780520970779 0520970772 Year: 2018 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press,

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In the generation after Constantine the Great elevated Christianity to a dominant position in the Roman Empire, his nephew, the Emperor Julian, sought to reinstate the old gods to their former place of prominence-in the face of intense opposition from the newly powerful Christian church. In early 363 c.e., while living in Syrian Antioch, Julian redoubled his efforts to hellenize the Roman Empire by turning to an unlikely source: the Jews. With a war against Persia on the horizon, Julian thought it crucial that all Romans propitiate the true gods and gain their favor through proper practice. To convince his people, he drew on Jews, whom he characterized as Judeans, using their scriptures, institutions, practices, and heroes sometimes as sources for his program and often as models to emulate. In The Specter of the Jews, Ari Finkelstein examines Julian's writings and views on Jews as Judeans, a venerable group whose religious practices and values would help delegitimize Christianity and, surprisingly, shape a new imperial Hellenic pagan identity.

Constructing identities in late antiquity
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ISBN: 0415194067 1134649924 1280334401 020326035X 9780203260357 1134649916 9780415194068 Year: 1999 Volume: *1 Publisher: London : Routledge,

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Examines the theme of identity: geographic, ethnic, religious, status and sex-based. Discussions of Roman texts and images show how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the creation of late antiquity" as a historical concept."

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Beschaving [Klassieke ] --- Civilisation classique --- Civilization [Classical ] --- Classical civilization --- Cultuur [Klassieke ] --- Identiteit (Psychologie) in de literatuur --- Identiteit in de literatuur --- Identity (Psychology) in literature --- Identity in literature --- Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature --- Identité dans la littérature --- Klassieke beschaving --- Klassieke cultuur --- Civilization, Classical. --- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. --- Christianity --- Civilisation ancienne --- Christianisme --- Influence. --- Influence --- Rome --- Cultural policy. --- History --- Politique culturelle --- Histoire --- Civilization, Classical --- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature --- Cultural policy --- 27 "03/05" --- 937.08 --- -Christianity --- Religions --- Church history --- Civilization, Ancient --- Classicism --- Kerkgeschiedenis--?"03/05" --- Geschiedenis van Rome: absolutistisch keizerrijk van Diocletianus tot de val van Rome--(284-476 n. Chr.) --- -Kerkgeschiedenis--?"03/05" --- -27 "03/05" --- 937.08 Geschiedenis van Rome: absolutistisch keizerrijk van Diocletianus tot de val van Rome--(284-476 n. Chr.) --- Italy --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- -Identity in literature --- -Civilization, Classical --- Identité dans la littérature --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- Germanic invasions, 3d-6th centuries --- Christianity - Rome - Influence --- Rome - Cultural policy --- Rome - History - Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries


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East and West in the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century : An End to Unity?
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ISBN: 9789004291928 9789004291935 900429192X 9004291938 Year: 2015 Volume: 5 Publisher: Leiden, Netherlands : Brill,

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East and West in the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century examines the (dis)unity of the Roman Empire in the fourth century from different angles, in order to offer a broad perspective on the topic and avoid an overvaluation of the political division of the empire in 395. After a methodological key-paper on the concepts of unity, the other contributors elaborate on these notions from various geo-political perspectives: the role of the army and taxation, geographical perspectives, the unity of the Church and the perception of the divisio regni of 364. Four case-studies follow, illuminating the role of concordia apostolorum , antique sports, eunuchs and the poet Prudentius on the late antique view of the Empire. Despite developments to the contrary, it appears that the Roman Empire remained (to be viewed as) a unity in all strata of society.


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Emperors and bishops in late Roman invective
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ISBN: 1107327008 1107237858 110733344X 1139382756 1107332672 1107336767 1107335108 1107335930 9781107333444 9780124046467 0124046460 1299657168 9781299657168 9780124045972 0124045979 9781107336766 9781139382755 9781107031722 1107031729 1299707688 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This innovative study illuminates the role of polemical literature in the political life of the Roman empire by examining the earliest surviving invectives directed against a living emperor. Written by three bishops (Athanasius of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers, Lucifer of Cagliari), these texts attacked Constantius II (337-61) for his vicious and tyrannical behaviour, as well as his heretical religious beliefs. This book explores the strategies employed by these authors to present themselves as fearless champions of liberty and guardians of faith, as they sought to bolster their authority at a time when they were out of step with the prevailing imperial view of Christian orthodoxy. Furthermore, by analysing this unique collection of writings alongside late antique panegyrics and ceremonial, it also rehabilitates anti-imperial polemic as a serious political activity and explores the ways in which it functioned within the complex web of presentations and perceptions that underpinned late Roman power relationships.

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Church history --- Invective --- Abuse, Verbal --- Insults --- Insults, Verbal --- Verbal abuse --- Vituperation --- Satire --- Apostolic Church --- Christianity --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- History. --- Criminal justice, Administration of. --- Criminal law. --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal law --- Justice. --- Injustice --- Conduct of life --- Law --- Common good --- Fairness --- Crime --- Crimes and misdemeanors --- Criminals --- Law, Criminal --- Penal codes --- Penal law --- Pleas of the crown --- Public law --- Criminal procedure --- Administration of criminal justice --- Justice, Administration of --- Study and teaching. --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- 27 "03" --- 937.08 --- 937.08 Geschiedenis van Rome: absolutistisch keizerrijk van Diocletianus tot de val van Rome--(284-476 n. Chr.) --- Geschiedenis van Rome: absolutistisch keizerrijk van Diocletianus tot de val van Rome--(284-476 n. Chr.) --- History --- Kerkgeschiedenis--?"03" --- Histoire de l'Église --- --Église primitive --- --Invective --- --Rome ancienne --- --Empereur --- --Évêque --- --Church history --- Arts and Humanities --- Église primitive --- Rome ancienne --- Empereur --- Évêque --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Invective - Rome - History --- Language and languages --- Forensic sciences --- Forensic scientists --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Professional ethics.

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