02779nam 2200601 450 99620718930331620230803024408.09780191642104(electronic bk.)0-19-164210-X1-299-62233-X(CKB)2560000000293653(EBL)3055345(OCoLC)877442900(SSID)ssj0000970646(PQKBManifestationID)11566509(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000970646(PQKBWorkID)11020613(PQKB)11386312(StDuBDS)EDZ0000130487(MiAaPQ)EBC3055345(EXLCZ)99256000000029365320130610d2013 uy 0engtxtccrChild emperor rule in the late Roman West, AD 367-455Meaghan A. McEvoy1st ed.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2013.1 online resource (380 p.) illustrationsOxford Classical MonographsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-966481-1 0-19-174954-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""; ""IndexMcEvoy 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.Oxford classical monographs.EmperorsSuccessionRomeRomeHistoryValentinian I, 364-375RomeHistoryValentinian III, 425-455RomeHistoryTheodosians, 379-455.650EmperorsSuccession937.06McEvoy Meaghan A1017424MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996207189303316Child emperor rule in the late Roman West, AD 367-4552386438UNISA