TY - BOOK AU - Wienand,Johannes TI - Contested Monarchy: Integrating the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century AD T2 - Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity Series SN - 9780190201746 AV - DG312 .C57 2015 U1 - 937/.08 PY - 2014/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press, Incorporated KW - Monarchy -- Rome -- History KW - Emperors -- Rome -- History KW - Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476 KW - Rome -- Kings and rulers KW - Rome -- Politics and government -- 284-476 KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Contested Monarchy -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Cloak of Power: Dressing and Undressing the King -- Part One Administering the Empire -- 2 Domesticating the Senatorial Elite: Universal Monarchy and Transregional Aristocracy in the Fourth Century ad -- 3 The Inflation of Rank and Privilege: Regulating Precedence in the Fourth Century ad -- 4 Ostentatious Legislation: Law and Dynastic Change, ad 364-365 -- 5 Emperors and Generals in the Fourth Century -- 6 Gaul and the Roman Emperors of the Fourth Century -- 7 Regional Dynasties and Imperial Court -- Part Two Performing the Monarchy -- 8 Emperors, Usurpers, and the City of Rome: Performing Power from Diocletian to Theodosius -- 9 O tandem felix civili, Roma, victoria! Civil-War Triumphs from Honorius to Constantine and Back -- 10 Coping with the Tyrant's Faction: Civil-War Amnesties and Christian Discourses in the Fourth Century ad -- 11 Pliny and Pacatus: Past and Present in Imperial Panegyric -- 12 Born to Be Emperor: The Principle of Succession and the Roman Monarchy -- 13 Performing Justice: The Penal Code of Constantine the Great -- Part Three Balancing Religious Change -- 14 Speaking of Power: Christian Redefinition of the Imperial Role in the Fourth Century -- 15 Constantine, Rome, and the Christians -- 16 Constantine and the Tyche of Constantinople -- 17 A Vain Quest for Unity: Creeds and Political (Dis)Integration in the Reign of Constantius II -- 18 The Challenge of Religious Violence: Imperial Ideology and Policy in the Fourth Century -- 19 The Famous 'Altar of Victory Controversy' in Rome: The Impact of Christianity at the End of the Fourth Century -- Epilogue; 20 The Empire's Golden Shade: Icons of Sovereignty in an Age of Transition -- Bibliography -- Locorum-index -- General Index N2 - Contested Monarchy offers a fresh survey of the role of the Roman monarch in a period of significant and enduring change UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1809110 ER -