Название: Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy
Автор: Adrastos Omissi
Издательство: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198865163
Год: 2020
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 368
Размер: 12,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
One of the great maxims of history is that it is written by the victors, and nowhere does this find greater support than in the later Roman Empire. Between 284 and 395 AD, no fewer than 37 men claimed imperial power, though today we recognize barely half of these men as 'legitimate' rulers and more than two thirds died at their subjects' hands.