Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective
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Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective

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Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective

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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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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781107031722
eBook ISBN
9781107331150
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter One Praise and blame in the Roman world
  11. Chapter Two Constructing a Christian tyrant
  12. Chapter Three Writing auto-hagiography
  13. Chapter Four Living up to the past
  14. Epilogue
  15. Appendix 1: Altercatio Heracliani cum Germinio
  16. Appendix 2: Epistula Liberii papae ad Eusebium, Dionysiumet Luciferum in exsilio constitutos
  17. Appendix 3: Epistula Luciferi, Pancratii et Hilarii
  18. Appendix 4: Letters of Eusebius of Vercelli
  19. Appendix 5: Hilary of Poitiers, Contra Auxentium
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index