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Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century: Themistius' Select Orations (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)

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: Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century: Themistius' Select Orations (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 185
EAN: 9780853231066
ISBN: 0853231060
Label: Liverpool University Press
Manufacturer: Liverpool University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: December 01, 2001
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Studio: Liverpool University Press

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Around the year 350, a young orator and philosopher called Themistius delivered a speech to the Emperor Constantius II in Ancyra (modern Ankara). Themistius found great favor with the Emperor, who catapulted him into the Constantinople Senate in 355. He was similarly favored by subsequent emperors – Jovian (363–64), Valens (364–78) and Theodosius (379–95). This volume presents translations of a selection of the speeches of Themistius, grouped into chapters that deal either with a key period in the evolution of his career or with a sequence of events of particular historical significance.

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