1st Edition

From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views A Source History

Edited By Samuel Lieu, Dominic Montserrat Copyright 1996
    308 Pages
    by Routledge

    308 Pages
    by Routledge

    From Constantine to Julian provides students with important source material, covering an age of major transition in Europe; an age which saw the establishment of Rome as a Christian Empire and a period of recidivism under Julian.
    Texts included are the anonymous Origo Constantini^; Eumenius, Panegyric of 310; Byzantine life of Constantine; Libanius, oration 59; and the Passion of Artemius. Most of this material has not previously been translated into English: students will now have direct access to the most important sources for the period which is studied on courses in classical antiquity, early medieval Europe and ecclesiastical history.

    Introduction: Pagan and Byzantine historical writing on the reign of Constantine, Sam Lieu 1 The origin of Constantine: The Anonymus Valesianus pars prior (Origo Constantini) 2 Constantine’s ‘pagan vision’: The anonymous panegyric on Constantine (310), Pan. Lat. VII(6) 3 Constantine Byzantinus: The anonymous Life of Constantine (BHG 364) 4 The sons of Constantine: Libanius, Oratio LIX (Royal Discourse upon Constantius and Constans) 5 From Constantine to Julian: [John the Monk], Artemii passio (The Ordeal of Artemius, BHG 170–71c, CPG 8082

    Biography

    Samuel N. C. Lieu is Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia. Dominic Montserrat is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Warwick.

    `..a thorough examination of the overlooked certainty that even under the rule of Constantine, the worlds first Christian Emperor, Pagan writing continued to flourishing abundance. ... This is a highly recommended work that is a worthy addition (courtesy of Routledge) to the ever growing body of literature on Pagan Europe,' - ECCAARTH

    'This source book deserves a place on any decent undergraduate reading-list. And its significance should be stressed.' - The Classical Review