Usurpation and the construction of legitimacy in imperial panegyric, 289-389

<p>This thesis is an attempt to address the surprising lack of study into the question of usurpation in late antiquity. During a period defined by a textual corpus (289-389), the thesis looks at how usurpers and usurpation were presented in the panegyrics delivered to emperors and their court...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Omissi, A
Other Authors: McLynn, N
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects: