Volume 44 in the series Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
How did a Late Roman emperor stay on the throne? His position was always precarious, and in contrast to a modern hereditary monarch he could always lose power or even his life to a usurper. The Eastern emperors resided in Constantinople from 395 to 624 without a break. This book shows how they sought the support of the army, the populace, the clergy and the capital’s elite, how they gained it, and how they sometimes lost it. The result is a new picture of the socio-political system of Constantinople and of the Late Roman Empire in general.
- Language: German
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Copyright year: 2014
- Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
- Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 722
- Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
- Keywords: Emperor; Roman Empire; Late Antiquity; Byzantine Empire; Political System
eBook
- Published: December 12, 2013
- ISBN: 9783110266887
Hardcover
- Published: December 19, 2013
- ISBN: 9783110265903
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