From the Tetrarchs to the Theodosians : Later Roman History and Culture, 284–450 CE (Hardcover)

Introduction: Part I. Politics, Law, and Society: 1. The unity of the Roman Empire David Potter; 2. Roman patronage Peter Garnsey; 3. Roman matchmaking Cristiana Sogno; 4. Constantine the Lawgiver Jill Harries; 5. Constantine answers the veterans Serena Connolly; Part II. Biography and Panegyrics: 6. Three generations of Christian philosophical biography Edward Watts; 7. The education of Paulinus of Pella: learning in the late Empire Josiah Osgood; 8. Another man's miracles: recasting Aelius Donatus in Phocas' Life of Virgil Scott McGill; 9. Gregory of Nazianzus' 'Life' of Julian revisited (Or. 4 and 5): divine decree and imperial enactment Susanna Elm; Part III. Constantinople in the 380s or Theodosius I and the Year 380/'Faces of Theodosius I'/The 'New Theodosian Age': 10. Liar in winter: Themistius and Theodosius Peter Heather; 11. Moments of truth: Gregory Nazianzen and Theodosius I Neil McLynn; 12. Reinventing Constantinople: Theodosius I's imprint on the Imperial City Brian Croke; 13. Reinventing history: Jerome's chronicle and the writing of the post-Roman West Mark Vessey.