Future Knowledge and Imperial Acceptance in Late Antique Historiography and Epideictic Rhetoric: From Constantine to Honorius

By Michael Hanaghan

Future knowledge enhanced the claims to legitimacy of Late Antique emperors and their usurpers. Consequently future knowledge is regularly depicted in the deeply political genres of historiography and epideictic rhetoric. This book analyses this phenomenon from Constantine 1 to Honorius.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004714782
• ISBN13: 9789004714786
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"