Emperors and bishops in late Roman invective /
This innovative study illuminates the role of polemical literature in the political life of the Roman empire by examining the earliest surviving invectives directed against a living emperor. Written by three bishops (Athanasius of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers, Lucifer of Cagliari), these texts att...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |