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Corcoran, Simon

THE EMPIRE OF THE TETRARCHS Imperial Pronouncements and Government AD 284-324 Very Good

Oxford University Press, 2000

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Year of publication
2000
ISBN
019815304X
Author
Corcoran, Simon
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Keyword
Rome Legal History Perspectives on Law Law Legal History, Political History Political Science Roman History Classical, Greek & Roman
Cover description
Very Good
Binding description
Softcover ISBN 019815304X

Description

Bump to top corner of books. Minor rubbing to wraps. Light lifting of corners. ; Revised Paperback Edition. ; 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.