Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius

Omissi, A. and Ross, A. J. (Eds.) (2020) Imperial Panegyric from Diocletian to Honorius. Series: Translated texts for historians. Liverpool University Press: Liverpool. ISBN 9781789621105

Abstract

This volume investigates the form and function of imperial prose panegyric across the ‘long’ fourth century. By taking a comparative approach, particularly between eastern and western texts, it seeks to investigate to what extent there was a unified a concept of imperial panegyric, and to what degree local circumstances shaped individual speeches. It also considers the ways in which traditional forms of praise-giving respond to fourth-century phenomena such as the expansion Christianity, collegial rulership, and the decline of Rome as the political centre of the empire.

• Item Type: Edited Books
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Omissi, Dr Adrastos
• Subjects: D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Classics
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• ISBN: 9781789621105
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 Liverpool University Press
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy