Simon Swain is Professor of Classics, University of Warwick. His books include Themistius, Julian, and Greek Political Theory under Rome: Texts, Translations and Studies of Four Key Words (CUP, 2013), A Literary History of Medicine - The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (Brill, 2020) and Themistius and Valens: Orations 6-13 (Translated Texts for Historians 78, LUP 2021).

'This is a fantastic book that offers the reader an easy and yet detailed and erudite overview of the subtle chains of policy, obligation, and ambition that bound Themistius to Valens and Valens to Themistius... For anyone with an interest in Themistius, in Valens, or in the East Roman Empire in the mid fourth century, it is a must read.'Adrastos Omissi, Plekos

Simon Swain is Professor of Classics, University of Warwick. His books include Themistius, Julian, and Greek Political Theory under Rome: Texts, Translations and Studies of Four Key Words (CUP, 2013), A Literary History of Medicine - The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (Brill, 2020) and Themistius and Valens: Orations 6-13 (Translated Texts for Historians 78, LUP 2021).

'This is a fantastic book that offers the reader an easy and yet detailed and erudite overview of the subtle chains of policy, obligation, and ambition that bound Themistius to Valens and Valens to Themistius... For anyone with an interest in Themistius, in Valens, or in the East Roman Empire in the mid fourth century, it is a must read.'Adrastos Omissi, Plekos

Simon Swain is Professor of Classics, University of Warwick. His books include Themistius, Julian, and Greek Political Theory under Rome: Texts, Translations and Studies of Four Key Words (CUP, 2013), A Literary History of Medicine - The ʿUyūn al-anbāʾ fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbāʾ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (Brill, 2020) and Themistius and Valens: Orations 6-13 (Translated Texts for Historians 78, LUP 2021).

'This is a fantastic book that offers the reader an easy and yet detailed and erudite overview of the subtle chains of policy, obligation, and ambition that bound Themistius to Valens and Valens to Themistius... For anyone with an interest in Themistius, in Valens, or in the East Roman Empire in the mid fourth century, it is a must read.'Adrastos Omissi, Plekos