Two Romes
The city of Constantinople was named New Rome or Second Rome very soon after its foundation in AD 324; over the next two hundred years it replaced the original Rome as the greatest city of the Mediterranean. In this unified essay collection, prominent international scholars examine the changing roles and perceptions of Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity from a range of different disciplines and scholarly perspectives. The seventeen chapters cover both the comparative development and the …
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- Full title :Two Romes / edited by Lucy Grig and Gavin Kelly.
Summary
The city of Constantinople was named New Rome or Second Rome very soon after its foundation in AD 324; over the next two hundred years it replaced the original Rome as the greatest city of the Mediterranean. In this unified essay collection, prominent international scholars examine the changing roles and perceptions of Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity from a range of different disciplines and scholarly perspectives. The seventeen chapters cover both the comparative development and the shifting status of the two cities. Developments in politics and urbanism are considered, along with t.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xv, 465 pages) : : illustrations, maps.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0199739404, 9780199739400, 9780199933006, 0199933006
- oclc:ocn787851746
- LC Classification:DG63
- Dewey Decimal:937/.6309
Table of Contents
Cover; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Contributors; Part I: Introduction: Rome and Constantinople in Context; 1. Introduction: From Rome to Constantinople; 2. Competing Capitals, Competing Representations: Late Antique Cityscapes in Words and Pictures; 3. Old and New Rome Compared: The Rise of Constantinople; Part II: Urban Space and Urban Development in Comparative Perspective; 4. The Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae; 5. Water and Late Antique Constantinople: "It would be abominable for the inhabitants of this Beautiful City to be compelled to purchase water."
6. Aristocratic Houses and the Making of Late Antique Rome and ConstantinoplePart III: Emperors in the City; 7. Valentinian III and the City of Rome (425-55): Patronage, Politics, Power; 8. Playing the Ritual Game in Constantinople (379-457); Part IV: Panegyric; 9. Bright Lights, Big City: Pacatus and the Panegyrici Latini; 10. A Tale of Two Cities: Th emistius on Rome and Constantinople; 11. Claudian and Constantinople; 12. Epic Panegyric and Political Communication in the Fifth-Century West; Part V: Christian Capitals?; 13. There but Not There: Constantinople in the Itinerarium Burdigalense
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