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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Main Author: Flower, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Online Access:CONNECT

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