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Late Roman World and Its Historian
Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus
Av Jan Willem Drijvers, David Hunt
Häftad, 2012
1026 kr
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Ammianus Marcellinus, Greek by birth but writing in Latin c. AD 390, was the last great Roman historian. His writings are an indispensable basis for our knowledge of the late Roman world. This book represents a collection of papers analysing Ammianus's writings from a variety of perspective, …
The Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364)
History and Fiction
Inbunden, 2022
1469 kr
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The Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364): History and Fiction offers a new assessment of the Roman emperor's brief rule. A former imperial bodyguard, Jovian reinvigorated the Roman Empire militarily, administratively, and religiously. More than an imperial footnote, the years 363-364 …
Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364)
History and Fiction
E-bok, 2022
1283 kr
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The Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364): History and Fiction offers a new assessment of the Roman emperor''s brief rule. A former imperial bodyguard, Jovian reinvigorated the Roman Empire militarily, administratively, and religiously. More than an imperial footnote, the years 363-364 …
Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364)
History and Fiction
E-bok, 2022
1283 kr
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The Forgotten Reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364): History and Fiction offers a new assessment of the Roman emperor''s brief rule. A former imperial bodyguard, Jovian reinvigorated the Roman Empire militarily, administratively, and religiously. More than an imperial footnote, the years 363-364 …
Late Roman World and Its Historian
Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus
Av Jan Willem Drijvers, David Hunt
Inbunden, 1999
3599 kr
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Ammianus Marcellinus, Greek by birth but writing in Latin c. AD 390, was the last great Roman historian. His writings are an indispensable basis for our knowledge of the late Roman world. This book represents a collection of papers analysing Ammianus's writings from a variety of perspective, …
Late Roman World and Its Historian
Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus
Av David Hunt, Jan Willem Drijvers
E-bok, 2003
1064 kr
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Ammianus Marcellinus, Greek by birth but writing in Latin c. AD 390, was the last great Roman historian. His writings are an indispensable basis for our knowledge of the late Roman world. This book represents a collection of papers analysing Ammianus''s writings from a variety of perspective, …
Late Roman World and Its Historian
Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus
Av David Hunt, Jan Willem Drijvers
E-bok, 2003
1064 kr
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Ammianus Marcellinus, Greek by birth but writing in Latin c. AD 390, was the last great Roman historian. His writings are an indispensable basis for our knowledge of the late Roman world. This book represents a collection of papers analysing Ammianus''s writings from a variety of perspective, …
Helena Augusta
The mother of Constantine the Great and the legend of her finding of the true cross
Inbunden, 1991
2424 kr
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This study on Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, mother of Constantine the Great, is divided into two parts. The purpose of the first part is to ascertain the facts of Helena's life on the basis of reliable historical sources. The second part deals with the legends concerning the discovery of the True …
Centres of Learning
Learning and Location in Pre-Modern Europe and the Near East
Av Jan Willem Drijvers, Alasdair A. MacDonald
Inbunden, 1995
2219 kr
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Centres of Learning deals with the relation between learning and the locations in which that learning is carried out. It is the editors' belief that the character (and, in part, the content) of a particular aspect of learning is determined — or at least influenced — by the circumstances in which …
Portraits of Spiritual Authority
Religious Power in Early Christianity, Byzantium and the Christian Orient
Av Jan Willem Drijvers, John Watt
Inbunden, 1999
2257 kr
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This volume deals with several figures of spiritual authority in Christianity during late antiquity and the early middle ages, and seeks to illuminate the way in which the struggle for religious influence evolved with changes in church and society.A number of literary portraits are examined, …
Cyril of Jerusalem: Bishop and City
Inbunden, 2004
2335 kr
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This volume deals with the episcopate of Cyril of Jerusalem (350 to 387). Its overall theme is the relationship between the city and its bishop and, in particular, Cyril’s efforts to promote Jerusalem as the Christian city par excellence, by employing Jerusalem’s religious symbols - the holy sites …
Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVII
Av Jan den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2992 kr
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Book 27 deals with events between 365 and 370. Military operations in the western and eastern half of the Empire take up a large part of the available space. Apart from military matters Ammianus deals with internal affairs. He discusses the terms of office of four Roman urban prefects and paints a …
Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXVIII
Av Jan den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
3129 kr
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In Book 28 Ammianus describes the military activity of Valentinian on the Rhine. The historian speaks with admiration about his efforts to strengthen the northwestern border of the empire. He shows a similar esteem for the general Theodosius, who re-established order in Britain. However, in the …
Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXIX
Av Jan den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2843 kr
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Book 29 opens with the judicial terror in Antioch following the discovery of a plot against the emperor in the East, Valens, who played an active role in hunting down and executing the culprits. The account of these internal troubles is balanced by two long chapters at the end of the book dealing …
Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXXI
Av Jan den Boeft, Jan Willem Drijvers m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
3299 kr
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This is the final volume in the series of commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae. The last book of Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae is the most important source for a momentous event in European history: the invasion of the Goths across the Danube border into the Roman Empire and the ensuing battle …
