02070nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141040002400170050002200194082001800216245009900234264005200333300005900385336002600444337002600470338003600496490003200532500007300564520095600637700004801593776003501641830003301676856004701709CR9781139839075UkCbUP20171023141835.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||121023s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139839075 (ebook)  z9781107038585 (hardback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aDF562 b.T44 201300a949.5/01322300aTheodosius II :bRethinking the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity /cEdited by Christopher Kelly. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (342 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aCambridge Classical Studies  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aTheodosius II (AD 408–450) was the longest reigning Roman emperor. Ever since Edward Gibbon, he has been dismissed as mediocre and ineffectual. Yet Theodosius ruled an empire which retained its integrity while the West was broken up by barbarian invasions. This book explores Theodosius' challenges and successes. Ten essays by leading scholars of late antiquity provide important new insights into the court at Constantinople, the literary and cultural vitality of the reign, and the presentation of imperial piety and power. Much attention has been directed towards the changes promoted by Constantine at the beginning of the fourth century; much less to their crystallisation under Theodosius II. This volume explores the working out of new conceptions of the Roman Empire - its history, its rulers and its God. A substantial introduction offers a new framework for thinking afresh about the long transition from the classical world to Byzantium.1 aKelly, Christopher,eeditor of compilation.08iPrint version: z9781107038585 0aCambridge Classical Studies.40uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139839075