The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (vol. 7) - Couverture souple

Gibbon, Edward

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080959241X ISBN 13 : 9780809592418

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2022

Synopsis

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, edited with introduction, notes, and appendices by J.B. Bury, D.Litt., LL.D., in seven volumes. This is volume 7.

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Elevation of Justin theE lder Reign oj Justinian: I. The Empress Theodora II. Factions oj the Circus, andS edition oj Constantinople III. Trade and Manujacture oj Silk IV. Finances and Taxes V. Edifices oj Justinian Church oj St. Sophia Fortifications andF rontiers oj theE astern Empire Abolition oj theS chools oj A thens and the Consulship oj Rome The emperor Justinian was born near the ruins of Sardica (the modemS ophia), of an obscure race of Barba There is some difficulty in the date of his birth (L udewig in Vit. Justiniani, p. 125); none in the place the district Bederiana the villageT auresium, which he afterwards decorated with his name and splendour (D A nville, Mem. de I A cad. c. tom. xxxi. p. 287-292). [S ee below, p. 60, n. 114.] The names of these Dardanian peasants areG othic, and almost English: Justinian is a translation of tiprauda (upright); his fatherS abatius (in Graeco-B arbarous language stipes) was styled in his village istock (stock); his mother Bigleniza was softened into Vigilantia. [F or the name of Justinian sfather Sabatius we have the authority of Procopius; it is aT hracian word, connected with the name of the Thracian sun-god. But it was the family name, for Justinian himself also bore it; see his full name below, note 9. The other names areS lavonic (not Gothic) and are derived from the Justiniani Vita ofT heophilus, quoted by Alemanni and rediscovered by Mr. Br} ce (see above, vol. i.. I ntroduction, p. I xvi., Lxvii.). Mediaeval Slavonic legend (if it is represented in this work) conceived Justinian as aS lav. Upravda is a translation of Justinianus (and not vice versa); istok means a fountain; Biglenizza is explained as coming from bieli white. But these (and otherS lavonic names in the Vita) are late and bad formations (compare VOL, VII.
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• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080959241X
• ISBN 13: 9780809592418
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 595
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