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Chronicles, Consuls, and Coins: Historiography and History in the Later Roman Empire
By R.W. Burgess
Copyright 2011
376 Pages
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Routledge
370 Pages
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Routledge
370 Pages
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Routledge
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The papers collected in this volume focus on the sources for reconstructing the history of the third to fifth centuries AD. The first section, 'Historiography', looks at a small group of chronicles and breviaria whose texts are fundamental for our reconstruction of the history of the third and fourth centuries, some well known, others much less so: Eusebius of Caesarea, Jerome, the lost... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Part I Historiography: The dates and editions of Eusebius' Chronici canones and Historia ecclesiastica; A chronological prolegomenon to reconstructing Eusebius’ Chronici canones: the evidence of Ps-Dionysius (the Zuqnin Chronicle); Jerome explained: an introduction to his Chronicle and a guide to its use; Jerome and the Kaisergeschichte; On the date of the Kaisergeschichte; Principes cum tyrannis: two studies on the Kaisergeschichte and its tradition; A common source for Jerome, Eutropius, Festus, Ammianus, and the Epitome de Caesaribus between 358 and 378, along with further thoughts on the date and nature of the Kaisergeschichte; Eutropius v.c. Magister memoriae? Part II History: Achyron or Proasteion? The location and circumstances of Constantine's death; The summer of blood: the 'great massacre' of 337 and the promotion of the sons of Constantine; The Passio S. Artemii, Philostorgius, and the dates of the invention and translations of the relics of Sts Andrew and Luke; The accession of Marcian in the light of Chalcedonian apologetic and monophysite polemic; The third regnal year of Eparchius Avitus: a reply; Quinquennial vota and the imperial consulship in the 4th and 5th centuries, 337-511; 'Non duo Antonini sed duo Augusti': the consuls of 161 and the origins and traditions of the Latin consular fasti of the Roman empire; Supplementary notes; Index.
Biography
R.W. Burgess is Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada
’Burgess' book is a very impressive bridge into the past through Chronicles and abridgments from the third to the fifth century, with copious references to the Byzantine literature and coins. The collection is a clear demonstration of how an accurate work of reconstruction of chronology results in a better understanding not only of historical accounts, but also of the sources used by the chronographers, upon which modern historians rely.’ Sehepunkte 'As a collection, these articles provide an excellent resource to put before students to instruct them in the complexities and rewards of a close reading of sources.' Early Medieval Europe
