{"product_id":"emperors-and-rhetoricians-panegyric-communication-and-power-in-the-fourth-century-roman-empire-volume-65-hardcover","title":"Emperors and Rhetoricians: Panegyric, Communication, and Power in the Fourth-Century Roman Empire Volume 65 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMoys駸 Marcos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePanegyric, the art of publicly praising prominent political figures, occupied an important place in the Roman Empire throughout late antiquity. Orators were skilled political actors who manipulated the conventions of praise giving, taking great license with what they chose to present (or omit). Their ancient speeches are rare windows into the world of panegyrists, emperors, and their audiences. In \u003ci\u003eEmperors and Rhetoricians, \u003c\/i\u003eMoys駸 Marcos offers an original, comprehensive look at all panegyrics to and by Julian, who in 355\/56 CE promoted himself as a learned caesar by producing his own panegyric on his cousin and Augustan benefactor, Constantius II. During key stages in his public career and throughout the time he held imperial power, Julian experimented with and utilized panegyric as both political communication and political opportunity. Marcos expertly mines this vast body of work to uncover a startlingly new picture of Julian the Apostate, explore anew the arc of his career in imperial office, and model new ways to interpret and understand imperial speeches of praise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sophisticated analysis of late Roman speeches of praise, this book demonstrates how Julian's fellow panegyrists, all of whom were members of the elite, engaged in a literary back-and forth that communicated their own demands and hopes to the emperor but also translated the emperor's intentions to those through whom he governed. The result is a series of lively, engaging snapshots of late Roman politics in action, as close to a look into the imperial mind as read by contemporaries as it is possible to get.--Susanna Elm, Sidney H. Ehrman Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The rhetorical outpourings of interested parties make for curious historical documents, and classical scholarship has not always been up to the challenge. Moys駸 Marcos's great achievement in this lively and rangy analysis of the Julianic moment is to show how high-profile panegyric could be, at once, commentary on and constitutive of imperial power play.\"--Roger Rees, St Andrews University, Scotland \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This alert and erudite book demonstrates the powerful versatility of praise discourse as a means of political communication in the fourth century and sheds a vivid light on the emperor Julian and his entourage.\"--Laurent Pernot, member of the Institut de France and author of \u003ci\u003eEpideictic Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eEmperors and Rhetoricians\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the versatility of the panegyric as a medium of political and personal interests and offers valuable insights into communication between emperor and people in late antiquity. Marcos looks beyond the rhetoric of imperial praise to examine what was unspoken: self-promotion, insecurity, promises, and threats.\"--Catherine Ware, Lecturer in Classics, University College Cork, Ireland \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The emperor Julian is unique in being both subject and author of imperial panegyric. Marcos has given us an invaluable and comprehensive account of Julianic panegyric, which shows just how central epideictic rhetoric was to the emperor's communicative agenda.\"--Alan J. Ross, Associate Professor of Classics, Ohio State University\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoys駸 Marcos\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in History at California State University, Northridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779029139744,"sku":"9780520394971","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46cf721af65a49aa306eaa190f17dd14.webp?v=1780510570","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/emperors-and-rhetoricians-panegyric-communication-and-power-in-the-fourth-century-roman-empire-volume-65-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}