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Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century - Themistius' Select Orations (Paperback)
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Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century - Themistius' Select Orations (Paperback)
Series: Translated Texts for Historians, 36
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Loot Price R537
Discovery Miles 5 370
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This volume begins with an introductory chapter on Orator, Emperor,
and Senate. It then presents translations of a selection of
speeches of Themistius, grouped into chapters that deal with a key
period in the evolution of his career or with a sequence of events
of particular historical significance. Chapter two explores
Themistius' initial rise to prominence and includes translations of
orations one and three as well as of the letter of Constantius to
the Senate. Orations five and six are included in chapter three,
which explores the themes of Themistius' ability to jump between
regimes and of the religious controversies of the 360s. With
chapter four (orations 14-16), the story leaps forward a decade and
a half to the turbulent years of Theodosius, charting the evolution
of his policies as he struggled to constrain the warring Goths.
Chapter five, finally, brings the story to the twilight of
Themistius' career and the controversy that erupted when he agreed
to become urban prefect of Constantinople in 383/384. Orations 17
and 34 presented here, not only illuminate that controversy, but
also how Themistius wished his lifetime's achievement to be viewed.
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