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Record Nr.

UNISA996207189303316

Autore

McEvoy Meaghan A

Titolo

Child emperor rule in the late Roman West, AD 367-455 / Meaghan A. McEvoy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013

ISBN

9780191642104

0-19-164210-X

1-299-62233-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford Classical Monographs

Disciplina

937.06

Soggetti

Emperors - Succession - Rome

Rome History Valentinian I, 364-375

Rome History Valentinian III, 425-455

Rome History Theodosians, 379-455.650

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction: Spes Rei Publicae: The Hope of the State?""; ""Part One: Gratian and Valentinian II""; ""1. The Emperor in the Late Roman World""; ""2. Gratian and Valentinian II: Setting the Precedent""; ""3. Long-term Success and Failure""; ""4. Adjusting the Imperial Image""; ""Part Two: Honorius""; ""5. An Accident of Power?""; ""6. The Regime of Stilicho""; ""7. The Interregnum and the Rise of Flavius Constantius""; ""Part Three: Valentinian III""; ""8. The Struggle for Power""; ""9. The Regime of Aetius""

""10. Valentinian III: Child-turned-Adult Emperor?""""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index

Sommario/riassunto

McEvoy addresses the remarkable phenomenon of the Roman child-emperor. During the late fourth century the emperor Valentinian I, recovering from a life-threatening illness, took the novel step of declaring his eight year old son Gratian as his co-Augustus, actions which set a vital precedent.