Robert M Frakes
Biographic Data
| ID | 1120068 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert M Frakes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert M |
| FAMILY NAME | Frakes |
| SIGNATURE | FRAKES R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clarion University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reading the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (or Lex Dei ) in the Middle Ages
A fragment of a previously unknown manuscript of the anonymous late antique text known as the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (Collation of the Laws of Moses and of the Romans) or as the Lex Dei (Law of God) was recently discovered in the Zadar State Archives in Croatia. This bifolium seems to come from a lost ninth-century manuscript of the work. It had been reused as the cover of a registry book by the notary Articutius in 1403. While re…
The Zadar Fragment of the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (or Lex Dei)
A fragment from the anonymous text known as the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (The Collation of the Laws of Moses and of the Romans) or the Lex Dei (the Law of God) has recently been identified in the State Archives in Zadar, Croatia. The C ollatio is a late antique collection of Old Testament strictures and passages from Roman jurists and Roman law which continues to be the subject of scholarly debate. Close examination of this new frag…
The Rhetoric of Power in Late Antiquity: Religion and Politics in Byzantium, Europe and the Early Islamic World
Late Antiquity, the period of transition from the crisis of Roman Empire in the third century to the Middle Ages, has traditionally been considered only in terms of the 'decline' from classical standards. Recent classical scholarship strives to consider this period on its own terms. Taking the reign of Constantine the Great as its starting point, this book examines the unique intersection of rhetoric, religion and politics in Late Antiquity. Expe…
Defensor civitatis
The defensor civitatis (or “defender of the municipality”) was an important judicial office in the later Roman Empire. The office went through several phases and provides an interesting example of administrative development in the fourth and fifth centuries ce .
In Search of Plutarch's Lost Life of Epaminondas
During his service as an artillery officer in the French army's campaigns in Italy, the noted classical scholar Paul‐Louis Courier (1773–1825) traveled to Florence in late December of 1807 to visit
Defensor Civitatis
The defensor civitatis (or “defender of the municipality”) was an important judicial office in the later Roman Empire. The office went through several phases and provides an interesting example of administrative development in the fourth and early fifth centuries CE . Diocletian may have founded an early phase of the office (in title if not in function) as part of his sweeping municipal and administrative reforms. At this stage the defensor seems…
The Lex Dei and the Latin Bible
Two striking developments in late antiquity are the growing influence of Christianity and the codification of Roman law. The first attempt to harmonize these two developments lies in the late antique Latin work known by scholars as the Lex Dei (“Law of God”) or Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (“Collation of the Laws of Moses and of the Romans”). The anonymous collator of this short legal compendium organized his work following a fairly reg…
Ruling the Later Roman Empire (review)
Reviewed by: Ruling the Later Roman Empire Robert M. Frakes Christopher Kelly . Ruling the Later Roman Empire. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004. Pp. ix, 341. $35.00. ISBN 0-674-01564-9. Pliny, Ep. 4.9.6: Haec accusatores furta ac rapinas, ipse munera vocabat ("These things that his accusers called thefts and plunder, he called presents"). This is a fine book. While students of the later Roman Empire have had A. H. M. Jones' magist…
Ruling the Later Roman Empire
The Dynasty of Constantine Down to 363
From the elevation of Constantius I as Caesar in 293 to the death of the emperor Julian in 363, the family of Constantine would play a direct and major role in the later Roman empire for seventy years. The actions of Constantius I’s first son, Constantine, would forever change the nature of the Roman empire and of Western civilization. In an effort to elucidate this impact, this chapter will begin by examining the ways in which Constantine adopte…
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation that will be welcomed by the experts. The volume is divided into five sections that examine political history, religion, social and economic h…
Exemplarisches Erzahlen bei Ammianus Marcellinus: Episode, Exemplum, Anekdote (review)
Reviewed by: Exemplarisches Erzählen bei Ammianus Marcellinus: Episode, Exemplum, Anekdote Robert M. Frakes Frank Wittchow . Exemplarisches Erzählen bei Ammianus Marcellinus: Episode, Exemplum, Anekdote. Munich: K. G. Saur, 2001. Pp. 414. €70.00. ISBN 3-598-77693-4. Ammianus Marcellinus ends his Res Gestae (originally covering events from the death of Nerva to the death of Valens) by admonishing future historians to follow a loftier style (31.16.…
Exemplarisches Erzählen bei Ammianus Marcellinus: Episode, Exemplum, Anekdote
Moralische Werte in den Res gestae des Ammianus Marcellinus
Cross-References to the Lost Books of Ammianus Marcellinus
THE NATURE OF THE LOST BOOKS of the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus is one of the best-known problems in late Roman historiography.1 His lost first thirteen books discussed events from the principate of Nerva (A.D. 96-98) up through the middle of the reign of Constantius ii (A.D. 353).2 With the exception of a possible letter from Libanius and one citation by Priscian,3 all knowledge of the text of the lost books of Ammianus comes
Cross-References to the Lost Books of Ammianus Marcellinus
THE NATURE OF THE LOST BOOKS of the Res Gestae of Ammianus Marcellinus is one of the best-known problems in late Roman historiography.1 His lost first thirteen books discussed events from the principate of Nerva (A.D. 96-98) up through the middle of the reign of Constantius ii (A.D. 353).2 With the exception of a possible letter from Libanius and one citation by Priscian,3 all knowledge of the text of the lost books of Ammianus comes
Moralische Werte in den Res gestae des Ammianus Marcellinus
The Dynasty of Constantine Down to 363
From the elevation of Constantius I as Caesar in 293 to the death of the emperor Julian in 363, the family of Constantine would play a direct and major role in the later Roman empire for seventy years. The actions of Constantius I’s first son, Constantine, would forever change the nature of the Roman empire and of Western civilization. In an effort to elucidate this impact, this chapter will begin by examining the ways in which Constantine adopte…
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine
The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine offers students a comprehensive one-volume survey of this pivotal emperor and his times. Richly illustrated and designed as a readable survey accessible to all audiences, it also achieves a level of scholarly sophistication and a freshness of interpretation that will be welcomed by the experts. The volume is divided into five sections that examine political history, religion, social and economic h…
Exemplarisches Erzahlen bei Ammianus Marcellinus: Episode, Exemplum, Anekdote (review)
Reviewed by: Exemplarisches Erzählen bei Ammianus Marcellinus: Episode, Exemplum, Anekdote Robert M. Frakes Frank Wittchow . Exemplarisches Erzählen bei Ammianus Marcellinus: Episode, Exemplum, Anekdote. Munich: K. G. Saur, 2001. Pp. 414. €70.00. ISBN 3-598-77693-4. Ammianus Marcellinus ends his Res Gestae (originally covering events from the death of Nerva to the death of Valens) by admonishing future historians to follow a loftier style (31.16.…
Exemplarisches Erzählen bei Ammianus Marcellinus: Episode, Exemplum, Anekdote
Ruling the Later Roman Empire (review)
Reviewed by: Ruling the Later Roman Empire Robert M. Frakes Christopher Kelly . Ruling the Later Roman Empire. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004. Pp. ix, 341. $35.00. ISBN 0-674-01564-9. Pliny, Ep. 4.9.6: Haec accusatores furta ac rapinas, ipse munera vocabat ("These things that his accusers called thefts and plunder, he called presents"). This is a fine book. While students of the later Roman Empire have had A. H. M. Jones' magist…
Ruling the Later Roman Empire
The Lex Dei and the Latin Bible
Two striking developments in late antiquity are the growing influence of Christianity and the codification of Roman law. The first attempt to harmonize these two developments lies in the late antique Latin work known by scholars as the Lex Dei (“Law of God”) or Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (“Collation of the Laws of Moses and of the Romans”). The anonymous collator of this short legal compendium organized his work following a fairly reg…
Defensor Civitatis
The defensor civitatis (or “defender of the municipality”) was an important judicial office in the later Roman Empire. The office went through several phases and provides an interesting example of administrative development in the fourth and early fifth centuries CE . Diocletian may have founded an early phase of the office (in title if not in function) as part of his sweeping municipal and administrative reforms. At this stage the defensor seems…
In Search of Plutarch's Lost Life of Epaminondas
During his service as an artillery officer in the French army's campaigns in Italy, the noted classical scholar Paul‐Louis Courier (1773–1825) traveled to Florence in late December of 1807 to visit
The Rhetoric of Power in Late Antiquity: Religion and Politics in Byzantium, Europe and the Early Islamic World
Late Antiquity, the period of transition from the crisis of Roman Empire in the third century to the Middle Ages, has traditionally been considered only in terms of the 'decline' from classical standards. Recent classical scholarship strives to consider this period on its own terms. Taking the reign of Constantine the Great as its starting point, this book examines the unique intersection of rhetoric, religion and politics in Late Antiquity. Expe…
Defensor civitatis
The defensor civitatis (or “defender of the municipality”) was an important judicial office in the later Roman Empire. The office went through several phases and provides an interesting example of administrative development in the fourth and fifth centuries ce .
The Zadar Fragment of the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (or Lex Dei)
A fragment from the anonymous text known as the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (The Collation of the Laws of Moses and of the Romans) or the Lex Dei (the Law of God) has recently been identified in the State Archives in Zadar, Croatia. The C ollatio is a late antique collection of Old Testament strictures and passages from Roman jurists and Roman law which continues to be the subject of scholarly debate. Close examination of this new frag…
Reading the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (or Lex Dei ) in the Middle Ages
A fragment of a previously unknown manuscript of the anonymous late antique text known as the Collatio Legum Mosaicarum et Romanarum (Collation of the Laws of Moses and of the Romans) or as the Lex Dei (Law of God) was recently discovered in the Zadar State Archives in Croatia. This bifolium seems to come from a lost ninth-century manuscript of the work. It had been reused as the cover of a registry book by the notary Articutius in 1403. While re…
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