Performing Justice in the Later Roman Empire - Couverture rigide

Van Nuffelen, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1009603663 ISBN 13 : 9781009603669

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2025

Synopsis

In the Later Roman Empire (AD 300–650), power seems to manifest itself mostly through legislation, bureaucracy, and an increasingly distant emperor. This book focuses instead on personal interaction as crucial to the exercise of power. It studies four social practices (petitions, parrhesia, intercession, and collective action) to show how they are much more dynamic than often assumed. These practices were guided by strong expectations of justice, which constrained the actions of superiors. They therefore allowed the socially inferior to develop strategies of conduct that could force the hand of the superior and, in extreme cases, lead to overturning hierarchical relations. Building on the analysis of these specific forms of interaction, the book argues for an understanding of late antique power rooted in the character and virtue of those invested with it.

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À propos de l'auteur

Peter Van Nuffelen is Professor of Ancient History at Ghent University. He has published widely on ancient religions and Late Antiquity, including The Fragmentary Latin Histories of Late Antiquity (AD 300-620) (Cambridge, 2020) and The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius (Cambridge, 2024), both with Lieve Van Hoof. He is the recipient of two grants from the European Research Council, and he currently directs an Advanced Grant entitled 'New Polities: Political Thought in the First Millennium.'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009603663
• ISBN 13: 9781009603669
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 162
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie