Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire
| Author | : Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 405 |
| Release | : 2022-05-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004516922 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004516921 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (921 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire by : Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou
Download or read book Reconfiguring the Imperial Past: Narrative Patterns and Historical Interpretation in Herodian’s History of the Empire written by Chrysanthos S. Chrysanthou and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that Herodian uses an orderly and coherent historiographical form to reconfigure and explicate a most chaotic period of Roman history. Through patterning he offers a distinctive interpretative framework in which successive reigns and individual emperors need to be read in a dovetailed way.