Herodian’s Roman Empire: “An Alien Monarchy”?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Open Access Transformation of the Millennium Studies V
3. Editors’ Preface VII
4. Contents IX
5. Introduction 1
6. I Herodian’s Narrative: Sources, Genre and Readers
7. Tra storia e propaganda: Erodiano, Pertinace e Settimio Severo 21
8. Mélange et variété des genres chez Hérodien : le cas de Julianus 37
9. Herodian as Real and Fictional Source for the Historia Augusta 63
10. II Communities and Communication in Herodian
11. Vain Ambition, Futile Imitation: The Pattern of Failing ‘Philosophers’ in Herodian’s Narrative 87
12. Memory and Emulation in Herodian’s Roman History after Marcus 117
13. News and Messages in Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire 139
14. III Time and Space in Herodian’s Text
15. Zwischen pragmatischer Geschichtsschreibung und Biographie: Herodian und ein neues Zeitmaß 157
16. The Concept of Kairos in Herodian’s Ab Excessu Divi Marci 179
17. The Spatial Dimension of Politics in Herodian’s Historia 205
18. IV Greek Tradition in Herodian
19. Herodian’s History and the Distant Past 225
20. Herodian’s Roman Empire: “An Alien Monarchy”? 241
21. Longing for a Good Ruler: pothos and Echoes of Alexander the Great in Herodian 263
22. Herodian on Stasis 283
23. Index Locorum
24. General Index