Palladas and the Age of Constantine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9290235 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin W Wilkinson (0009-0001-1754-5547, Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Pages | 36-60 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Roman Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0075-4358 • E-ISSN: 1753-528X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3815/007543509789744918 |
| OpenAlex | W2155516148 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
This article begins with a review of the traditional dates for Palladas ( c. A.D. 360–450) and the current consensus of most scholars ( c. A.D. 319–400). The first of these relies almost exclusively on the dubious manuscript lemmata and the second on an interpretation of Palladas' epigrams pertaining to the rise of Christianity and the weakening of the pagan cults, which are supposed to be Theodosian in date. Both timelines are difficult to reconcile with two external clues, which together suggest that his floruit must have been earlier than the second half of the fourth century. Further analysis reveals that the important pagan-Christian epigrams are full of Constantine's political and religious propaganda post-324. Another line of inquiry establishes a new set of dates: c. A.D. 259–340
Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Timeline · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
Palladas, Praxiteles’ Parian Eros and Constantine’s transformation of pagan images in Constantinople
Classical Revivals and “Pagan” Art
The Livian Revival
Conclusion
The Frigidus
Other Christian Verse Invectives
The “Pagan” Literary Revival
Pagan Scholarship
The Historia Augusta
The Poem Against the Pagans
From Constantius to Theodosius
Constantine and the Roman Senate
The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus I
Correctors and Critics I
Pagan Writers
Pagans and Polytheists
Greek Texts and Latin Translation
The Real Circle of Symmachus
The Annales of Nicomachus Flavianus II
Priests and Initiates
Macrobius and the “Pagan” Culture of his Age
Pagan Converts
Correctors and Critics II
Roman Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity
Palladas and the Foundation of Constantinople
Scale, space and canon in ancient literary culture
Mirrors for Bureaucrats
A legal exemption for the temple cults of Rome and Alexandria in the fourth century
A late antique statuary collection at Ostia's sanctuary of Magna Mater
The Age of Palladas
Palladas, Constantinople, and the Power of Money (ap 16.282)
Visions of Constantine
Was There a Constantinian Revolution
Anastasius, Justinian, and the Pagans
John Chrysostom and the Rebirth of Antiochene Mission in Late Antiquity
| Citations per year | 2.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |