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Hardcover Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective Book

ISBN: 1107031729

ISBN13: 9781107031722

Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective

This innovative study illuminates the role of polemical literature in the political life of the Roman empire by examining the earliest surviving invectives directed against a living emperor. Written by three bishops (Athanasius of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers, Lucifer of Cagliari), these texts attacked Constantius II (337-61) for his vicious and tyrannical behaviour, as well as his heretical religious beliefs. This book explores the strategies employed...

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