This book illuminates the origins of Roman Christian diplomacy
through two case studies: Constantius II's imperial strategy in the
Red Sea; and John Chrysostom's ecclesiastical strategy in Gothia
and Sasanian Persia. Both men have enjoyed a strong narrative
tradition: Constantius as a persecuting, theological fanatic, and
Chrysostom as a stubborn, naive reformer. Yet this tradition has
often masked their remarkable innovations. As part of his strategy
for conquest, Constantius was forced to focus on Alexandria,
demonstrating a carefully orchestrated campaign along the principal
eastern trade route. Meanwhile, whilst John Chrysostom' s preaching
and social reform have garnered extensive discussion, his late
sermons and letters composed in exile reveal an ambitious program
to establish church structures outside imperial state control. The
book demonstrates that these two pioneers innovated a diplomacy
that utilised Christianity as a tool for forging alliances with
external peoples; a procedure that would later become central to
Byzantine statecraft. It will appeal to all those interested in
Early Christianity and late antique/medieval history.
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