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Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective (Hardcover, New)
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Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective (Hardcover, New)
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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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