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1 online resource (320 pages) |
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Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective; Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Power and perception in late antiquity; Christian and Christian in an age of anxiety; Christianity and the empire of rhetoric; Authority and the scared; Constantius and the bishops; Chapter One Praise and blame in the Roman world; The rhetoric of power; The power of rhetoric; Learning to praise; Learning to blame; Polemic and power; Christianity and invective; Christianity and panegyric; Chapter Two Constructing a Christian tyrant; Family and ancestry |
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Virtues and vicesThe emperor's new past; Making an entrance; Chapter Three Writing auto-hagiography; Invective and the orator; Reliving without dying; The heirs of the martyrs; Lucifer and martyrdom; Chapter Four Living up to the past; The eternal heretic; Chain of continuity; Fides tradita per beatos apostolos; Hilary and Auxentius; Epilogue; Appendix 1: Altercatio Heracliani cum Germinio; Appendix 2: Epistula Liberii papae ad Eusebium, Dionysiumet Luciferum in exsilio constitutos; Appendix 3: Epistula Luciferi, Pancratii et Hilarii; Appendix 4: Letters of Eusebius of Vercelli |
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Eusebius of Vercel l i, Letter 1Eusebius of Vercel l i, Letter 3; Appendix 5: Hilary of Poitiers, Contra Auxentium; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
An analysis of the earliest surviving invectives against a living Roman emperor and their significance for political and religious history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Invective -- Rome -- History
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Invective.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781107335103 |
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1107335108 |
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9781139382755 |
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1139382756 |
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9781107031722 |
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1107031729 |
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1107327008 |
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9781107327009 |
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1107237858 |
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9781107237858 |
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1107332672 |
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9781107332676 |
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1107336767 |
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9781107336766 |
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1107335930 |
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9781107335936 |
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