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THE EMPIRE OF THE TETRARCHS Imperial Pronouncements and Government AD 284-324
by Corcoran, Simon
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- Hardcover
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- 0198149840
- ISBN 13
- 9780198149842
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Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0198149840 . Very light shelfwear to heel of spine else Fine. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 1.11 x 8.74 x 5.7 Inches; 424 pages; The era of Diocletan and Constantine is a significant period for the Roman empire, with far-reaching administrative changes that established the structure of government for three hundred years - a time when the Christian church passed from persecution to imperial favour. It is also a complex period of co-operation and rivalry between a number of co-emperors, the result of Diocletian's experiment of government by four rulers (the tetrarchs). This book examines imperial government at this crucial but often neglected period of transition, through a study of the the pronouncement that the emperors and their officials produced, drawing together material from a wide variety of sources: the law codes, Christian authors, inscritpions, and papyri. The study covers the format, composition, and promulgation of documents, and includes chronological catalogues of imperial letters and edicts, as well as extended discussions of the Gregorian and Hermogenian Codes, and the ambitious Prices Edict. Much of this has had little detailed coverage in English before. There is also a chapter that elucidates the relative powers of the members of the imperial college. Finally, Dr Corcoran assesses how effectively the machinery of government really matched the ambitions of the emperors. .
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- Title
- THE EMPIRE OF THE TETRARCHS Imperial Pronouncements and Government AD 284-324
- Author
- Corcoran, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0198149840
- ISBN 13
- 9780198149842
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- 1996. 420p. Hardback. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs.
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 0198149840, Rome, Legal History, Perspectives on Law, Law, Legal History, Political History, Political Science, Roman History, Classical Greek & Roman
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- Law and Legal History;
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