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Author:   Adrastos Omissi (Lecturer in Latin Literature, Lecturer in Latin Literature, University of Glasgow)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.554kg
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9780198865162

ISBN 10:   0198865163
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   30 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Frontmatter List of Figures List of Abbreviations Typographical Note PART I I: Usurpation, Legitimacy, and the Roman Empire I.1: Why usurpation?: the problem of the imperial succession I.2: 'This litany of manifest usurpers and rebellious generals': why had the imperial succession become so unstable by the third century? I.3: 'The difference between a tyrant and a king is one of deeds, not of name': how was usurpation understood in the late Roman Empire? I.4: 'Let these things go unspoken': usurpation and modern research II: Usurpation, Legitimacy, and Panegyric II.1: Known unknowns, and unknown unknowns: how to use panegyric as a source II.2: 'In which I would tell many lies': who dictated the content of panegyric? II.3: 'And would be viewed with favour by those who knew them to be such': panegyric, audience, and influence II.4: Propaganda and power PART II III: A House Divided Against Itself IV: 'At last Roman, at last restored to the true light of Empire': Dyarchy, Tetrarchy, and the Fall of the British Empire of Carausius IV.1: Birthing the late Roman state: dyarchs, tetrarchs, and a new language of power IV.2: Emperors and bandits: the British Empire under Carausius and Allectus V: Tyranny and Betrayal: Constantine, Maximian, Maxentius, and Licinius V.1: Constantine's usurpation: Constantine, Galerius, and Maximian V.2: The tyrannus: Maxentius and the rewards of civil war V.3: Notable by his absence: Licinius and the rise of the Constantinian dynasty VI: Tyranny and Blood: Constantius, Constans, Magnentius, and Vetranio VI.1: Smiling for the cameras: the sons of Constantine, 337-50 VI.2: The son of the father: Constantius the tyrant-slayer VII: Usurper, Propaganda, History: The Emperor Julian VII.1: The voice of a usurper: Julian's rise to power VII.2: Bleaching the stains: Julian's sole rule VIII: Panegyric and Apology: The Accession of Jovian and the Usurpation of Procopius VIII.1: The need for victory: Jovian and the demands of imperial rhetoric VIII.2: The enemy inside: Valentinian, Valens, and Procopius VIII.3: 'He who sought rule for himself behind the cloak of a little boy': the usurpation of Valentinian II IX: Dismembering the House of Valentinian: The Usurpation of Theodosius and the War with Magnus Maximus IX.1: 'And nobly he made the vote his own': the usurpation of Theodosius IX.2: Divided loyalties: the usurpation of Magnus Maximus X: Crisis and Transformation: Imperial Power in the Fifth Century XI: Conclusion: Those Made Tyrants by the Victory of Others Appendix I: The Panegyrics Appendix II: Quantifying Usurpation: Notes to Accompany Figure I.2 Endmatter Bibliography Index

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This is an excellent first book. Omissi is deeply immersed in the source material and a sure guide to the scholarly landscape...A thesis rooted in a bilingual corpus of evidence that influences our picture of an entire century and problematizes our relationship with multiple ancient genres of writing - this is great history. * James Corke-Webster, Kings College London, Greece & Rome *

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Adrastos Omissi grew up in Jersey, in the Channel Islands. From 2005, he studied at St John's College, Oxford, where he received his BA, MSt, and DPhil. After working for some years in the charities and green energy sector, he returned to Oxford in 2014 to take up a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Junior Research Fellowship in Classics and Ancient History at Oriel College. He then spent a brief period as Lecturer in Ancient History both at Oriel and at Jesus College, during which time he was awarded a prestigious Humanities Division Teaching Award, before moving to the University of Glasgow in September 2017, where he is currently Lecturer in Latin Literature. He has authored a number of articles, in both specialist and non-specialist publications, on Roman history, linguistics, and Renaissance art.

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