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...
Main Author: | Omissi, A |
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Other Authors: | McLynn, N |
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2013
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