Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; TABLES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter 1 EMBASSIES AND POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE POST-IMPERIAL WEST; Chapter 2 THE PROVINCIAL VIEW OF HYDATIUS; Chapter 3 THE HERO AS ENVOY: SIDONIUS APOLLINARIS' PANEGYRIC ON AVITUS; Chapter 4 THE SAINT AS ENVOY: FIFTH- AND SIXTH-CENTURY LATIN BISHOPS' LIVES; Chapter 5 CASSIODORUS AND SENARIUS; Chapter 6 NEGOTIUM AGENDUM; CONCLUSION; Appendix I CHRONOLOGY OF CONSTANTIUS, VITA GERMANI; Appendix II CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF EPIPHANIUS OF PAVIA
Summary
This book examines the role of envoys in the period from the establishment of the first 'barbarian kingdoms' in the West, to the eve of Justinian's wars of reconquest. It makes a significant contribution to the developing field of ancient and medieval communication
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-319) and index
