2001/01/01 by Peter Heather, David Moncur · 217 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Ancient history #Byzantine Studies and History #Classical Antiquity Studies #Empire #History #Law #Political science #Politics
paper · doi:10.3828/978-0-85323-106-6
published in Liverpool University Press eBooks (Liverpool University Press)
openalex publication_date 2001/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
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. <div class="sender-defined-text">https://global.oup.com/academic/product/9780853231066?cc=us</div>