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Honorius : The Fight for the Roman West AD 395-423
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Maps -- 1 Opinion and source -- Modern opinion -- Honorius on canvas -- The celluloid Honorius -- The labels of dismissa...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Online-Ressource Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Milton
: Routledge
, 2018
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| Schriftenreihe: | Roman Imperial Biographies Ser
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| Bibliogr. Hinweis: | Erscheint auch als:
Honorius : The Fight for the Roman West AD 395-423 |
| E-Book-Pakete: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Zusammenfassung: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Maps -- 1 Opinion and source -- Modern opinion -- Honorius on canvas -- The celluloid Honorius -- The labels of dismissal -- The blame game -- Deconstructing Honorius -- Ancient views -- The keeper of chickens -- Source problems -- Primary literary and material sources -- Claudian (c. 370-c. 404) -- Eunapius of Sardis (c. 346-c. 414) -- Olympiodorus of Thebes (c. 380-c. 425) -- Orosius (c. 375-c. 418) -- Augustine of Hippo (c. 354-430) -- Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople (c. 380-c. 440) -- Sozomen (c. 400-c. 450) -- Zosimus (late fifth/early sixth century) -- Imperial law -- Material evidence -- The public image -- Coinage -- Numismatic study -- Coins as propaganda -- Coin symbols and legends -- Gesture -- Abbreviations -- Numismatic scholarship -- Epigraphy -- A note on the title Flavius -- References -- 2 The stage is set -- Religious revolution -- To have and to have not -- Endless war, barbarian twilight -- The Theodosian dynasty -- The Spanish ascendancy at Constantinople -- The selling of a compromise -- The usurper from Spain -- References -- 3 A child of two courts -- The hope of the West -- An eastern upbringing -- A much loved empress -- Death's vacancy -- In love and in war -- The Theodosians in Rome -- The propaganda of Valentinian II and Theodosius -- Arbogastes, Thessalonica, and Ambrose -- The return east -- Theodosian house eternal -- Behind the façade -- References -- 4 Young lion of the West -- The education of princes -- Treachery in the West -- The first accession of Honorius -- Honorius Augustus before 393? -- Propaganda of the Theodosian triumvirate -- A bittersweet victory -- The new emperor of the West -- Best intentions -- References. 5 Crisis in North Africa -- A prelude to war -- Roman Africa -- Africa's eternal duty -- Gildo, servant to which Rome? -- Preparations for war -- Sailing for Carthage -- A short spring war -- Death in Thabraca -- Retribution and propaganda -- Punishment and propaganda -- References -- 6 Restoration and manipulation -- The first marriage of Honorius -- The restoration of harmony -- Wedded bliss? -- In praise of Stilicho -- Goths on the western stage -- Honorius among the wolves -- Honorius brave, Stilicho braver -- The move to Ravenna -- Triumph and tragedy -- Exit Claudian -- The passing of empresses -- References -- 7 Pro patria -- Into the abyss -- In times like these -- The barbarian Rubicon -- Britain, the far removed island -- Honorius in Rome -- The second marriage of Honorius -- The price of friendship -- Coup d'état, August 408 -- The order of death -- Retribution -- Alaric, Attalus, and the assaults on Rome -- Honorius the delayer -- Apocalypse in Rome -- Alaric after Rome -- The age of disobedience -- Honorius' Christian victory -- References -- 8 The emperor and his church -- The president and the monk -- The soldier of Christ -- Laws of man, laws of God -- The darkness of conversion -- The appointment of popes -- Those who flee to churches for sanctuary -- The builder of churches -- Roma aeterna -- Honorius forever in Christ -- References -- 9 A kind of peace -- Prostration and mercy -- Placidia and Constantius -- A homeland for the barbarians -- Honorius and Constantius Augusti -- Honorius' final years -- Last visit to Rome -- Appraisal for the unloved -- References -- Glossary of ancient terms -- Primary sources -- Ancient authors and collections -- Epigraphic reference works -- Legal reference works -- Numismatic reference works -- Secondary literature -- General bibliography -- Primary sources -- Ancient authors and collections. Epigraphic reference works -- Legal reference works -- Numismatic reference works -- Secondary literature -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (231 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781317278078 |
