Herodian: History of the Empire

Name: Herodian: History of the Empire
Brand: Harvard University Press
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The "History" of Herodian (born ca. AD 178- 179) covers a period of the Roman empire from the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 180) to the accession of Gordian III (238), half a century of turbulence, in which we can see the onset of the revolution which, in the words of Gibbon, "will ever be remembered, and is still felt by the nations of the earth." In these years, a succession of frontier crises and a disastrous lack of economic planning established a pattern of military coups and increasing cultural pluralism. Of this revolutionary epoch we know all too little. The selection of chance has destroyed all but a handful of the literary sources that deal with the immediate post- Antonine scene. Herodian's work is one of the few that have survived, and it has come down to us completely intact. Of the author we know virtually nothing, except that he served in some official capacity in the empire of which he wrote. His History was apparently produced for the benefit of people in the Greek-speaking half of the Roman empire. It betrays the faults of an age when truth was distorted by rhetoric and stereotypes were a substitute for sound reason. But it is an essential document for any who would try to understand the nature of the Roman empire in an era of rapidly changing social and political institutions. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Herodian is in two volumes.

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Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

564

Release Date:

1969-01-01

Publication Date:

1969-06-01

Publisher:

Harvard University Press

Languages:

Published: English

ISBN10:

0674995007

ISBN13:

9780674995000

GPSR Manufacturer Reference:

[email protected]

Weight:

313 g

Height:

117 cm

Width:

169 cm

Thickness:

23 cm

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