Politics, Philosophy and Empire in the Fourth Century
Themistius’ Select Orations
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
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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.
David Moncur is an independent scholar; his previous publications include (with Peter Heather)Politics, Philosophy and Empire: Select Orations of Themistius (Translated Texts for Historians, Liverpool University Press, 2001).
AbbreviationsPrefaceChapter 1: Orator, Emperor, and SenatePhilosophy and OratoryPhilosophy and PoliticsThe Usefulness of PhilosophyOrator and AudienceChapter 2: Themistius and ConstantiusGeneral IntroductionOration 1 - On the Love of Mankind or ConstantiusThe Letter of Constantius to the SenateOration 3 - Embassy Speech for Constantinople Delivered in RomeChapter 3 - After JulianGeneral IntroductionOration 5 - On the Consulship, to the Emperor JovianOration 6 - On Brotherly Love, or On PhilanthropiaChapter 4: Theodosius, Gratian, and the GothsGeneral IntroductionOration 14 - Embassy to the Emperor TheodosiusOration 15 - To Theodosius or The Most Royal of the VirtuesOration 16 - Speech of Thanksgiving to the Emperor for the Peace and the Consulship of the General SaturninusChapter 5: Philosopher PrefectGeneral IntroductionOration 17 - On the Election to the Urban PrefectureOration 34 - In Reply to Those who Found Fault with Him for Accepting Public OfficeBibliographyIndex
