Editorial: Routledge
Número de páginas: 312 págs.
Fecha de edición: 29-01-2024
EAN: 9781032262512
ISBN: 978-1-032-26251-2
Precio (sin IVA): 52,14 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 54,23 €
This book brings together a number of case studies to show some of the ways in which, as soon as the Roman Senate gained new political authority under Constantine and his successors, its members crowded the political scene in the West. The focus is on the aristocratics' passion for aruspical science, the political use of exphrastic poems, and even their control of the hagiographic genre in the late sixth century. She demonstrates how Roman senators were chosen as legates to establish proactive relations with Christian emperors, their ministers and military commanders, and Eastern and Western provincial elites.