Politics, Philosophy, and Empire in the Fourth Century

Select Orations of Themistius

Bibliographic Data

ID19947749
AuthorsPeter Heather, Themistius Themistius, David Moncur
Year2001
Pages361
Publication date2001-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePolitics, philosophy, and empire in the fourth century (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherLiverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3828/978-0-85323-106-6
OpenAlexW561007754
Open LibraryOL3600029M
ISBN9780853231066
GOOGLE_BOOK_IDt4-4vJy3aUC
LanguageEN
Citations received57

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 favour with the Emperor, who catapulted him into the Constantinople Senate in 355. He was similarly favoured 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. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/9780853231066?cc=us

Ancient history · Empire · Political science · Politics · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Law · 284-476 · 317-361 · 337-361 · Constantius II · Constantius II, 337-361 · Constantius II, Emperor of Rome · Emperors · Greek · Istanbul · Kings and rulers · Philosophy · Political science, early works to 1800 · politics and government · Rome · Sources · Speeches, addresses, etc · Themistius · Translations into English

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