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Auteur(s) : McEvoy, Meaghan Anne (1981-....)
Titre(s) : Child emperor rule in the late Roman West, AD 367-455 [Texte imprimé] / Meaghan A. McEvoy
Édition : First edition
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi, 367 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Oxford classical monographs
Lien à la collection : Oxford classical monographs
Comprend : Introduction : Spes Rei Publicae : the hope of the state? ; Part One. Gratian and
Valentinian II. The emperor in the late Roman world ; Gratian and Valentinian II
: setting the precedent ; Long-term success and failure ; Adjusting the imperial
image ; Part Two. Honorius. An accident of power? ; The regime of Stilicho ; The
interregnum and the rise of Flavius Constantius ; Part Three. Valentinian III. The
struggle for power ; The regime of Aetius ; Valentinian III : child-turned-adult
emperor? ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages [330]-353) and index
"In this book, McEvoy addresses the remarkable phenomenon of the Roman child-emperor.
During the late fourth century the emperor Valentinian I, recovering from a life-threatening
illness, took the novel step of declaring his eight year old son Gratian as his co-Augustus.
Valentinian I's actions set a vital precedent: over the following decades, the Roman
West was to witness the accessions of four year old Valentinian II, ten year old Honorius,
and six year old Valentinian III--all as full emperors of the Roman world despite
their tender ages. Even though they were sons of emperors, the survival of their rule
at the time of accession entailed vital support from both the aristocracy and the
military of the state. Tracing both the course of their frequently tumultuous, but
nevertheless lengthy reigns, the book looks at the way in which the sophistication
of the Roman system of government made their accessions possible, and the adaptation
of existing imperial ideology to portray boys as young as six as viable rulers. It
also highlights how such reigns allowed for individual generals to dominate the Roman
state as imperial guardians, and the struggles which ensued upon a child-emperor reaching
adulthood and seeking to take up functions which had long been delegated during his
childhood. Through the phenomenon of child-emperor rule, McEvoy demonstrates the major
changes taking place in the nature of the imperial office in late antiquity, which
had significant long-term impacts upon the way the Roman state came to be ruled and,
in turn, the nature of rulership in the early medieval and Byzantine worlds to follow."--Publisher's
website
Sujet(s) : Empereurs -- Succession -- Rome
Rome -- 364-378 (Valentinien et Valens)
Rome -- 379-455 (Théodosiens)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199664818. - ISBN 0199664811
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44206874k
Notice n° :
FRBNF44206874
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