In this book, McEvoy addresses the remarkable phenomenon of the Roman child-emperor.
During the late fourth century the emperor Valentinian I, recovering from a life-threatening …

When we think of Roman Poetry, the names most likely to come to mind are Vergil, Horace,
and Ovid, who flourished during the age of Augustus. The genius of Imperial poets such as …

1. Giuseppe A. Guattani, Memorie enciclopediche sulle antichità e belle arti di Roma (Rome:
Stampa Romana, 1819), vol. 2, table 7, shows that excavations during the early nineteenth …

Cover--Half title--Title--Copyright--Contents--Preface--List of Abbreviations--Introduction--
The Poet and his Poems--Claudian--Claudian's Audience--Stilicho--Stilicho and the …

The aesthetic changes in late Roman literature speak to the foundations of modern Western
culture. The dawn of a modern way of being in the world, one that most Europeans and …

Honorius explores the personal life and tumultuous times of one of the last emperors of the
Roman West. From his accession to the throne aged ten to his death at thirty-eight, Honorius' …

The so-called 'revolt'of Gildo in 397-398 was the first significant case of violent dissidence by
a high-ranking western Roman officer during the reign of Honorius (393-423). 1 This article …

Panegyric did not originate in late antiquity but it certainly found there the conditions in
which it could flourish: More late antique panegyric survives than from other ancient periods …

This study in cultural history addresses the value of past relations in Gallo-Roman and
Italian discourses on social status in late antiquity. The volume examines how senatorial …

Questo volume segna l'approdo di un iter di ricerca che deve molto all'impulso di due studi
ormai imprescindibili non solo per gli specialisti di Sidonio Apollinare, ma anche per i cultori …