Emperor and Senators in the Reign of Constantius II: Maintaining Imperial Rule Between Rome and Constantinople in the Fourth Century AD

2018/11/23 by Muriel Moser · 27 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Ancient history #Archaeology #Art #Byzantine Studies and History #Classical Antiquity Studies #Classical Studies and Legal History #Classics #Context (archaeology) #Emperor #Historical and Religious Studies of Rome #History #Humanities #Law #Political science #Politics #Reign

paper · doi:10.1017/9781108646086

published in Cambridge University Press eBooks (Cambridge University Press)

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Abstract

"In late 324 the emperor Constantine celebrated his final victory over Licinius, and his consequent rise to sole power, by founding a new city which he named after himself, Constantinople. He now needed to win acceptance among the eastern population whose emperor he had just defeated. The engagement of the provincial elite with the imperial regime was a crucial component in maintaining imperial rule, and was traditionally facilitated by grants of privileges, high rank and honours"...

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