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1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) |
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Introduction: Veteris Reparator Eloquentiae -- 1. The Apollinares and the Aviti -- 2. Sidonius at Lyon and Arles, AD 430-455 -- 3. Avitus and the Goths -- 4. Majorian -- 5. Otium: The Christian Layman, AD 461-467 -- 6. The Goths at Narbonne and Toulouse -- 7. Prefect at Rome -- 8. Consecration -- 9. Clermont and the Saints -- 10. The Bishop at Work -- 11. The End of Roman Clermont -- Epilogue: Umbra imperii |
| Summary |
The fifth century AD was a period of military turmoil and political upheaval in Western Europe. The career of the Gallo-Roman senator and bishop, Sidonius Apollinaris (c.430-c.485), holder of government office under three Roman emperors and later Bishop of Clermont Ferrand, vividly illustrates the processes which undermined Roman rule. A champion of Latin letters and Roman aristocratic values, Sidonius was also for most of his career an advocate of co-operation with the Goths of Aquitaine. Both a career politician and an ardent Christian, Sidonius in his writings reveals the confusion of loyalties afflicting an aristocracy under threat and the compromises necessary for survival. This book, the first in English on its subject for sixty years, argues that Sidonius adapted literary conventions and exploited accepted techniques of allusion to explain his dilemmas, justify his own role, and convey his personal understanding of and response to the fall of Rome |
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Roman Empire |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-277) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Sidonius Apollinaris, Saint, 431 or 432-approximately 487 -- Views on Rome
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Sidonius Apollinaris, Saint, 431 or 432-approximately 487 fast |
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Sidoine Apollinaire (saint ; 0431?-0487?) -- Et Rome. ram |
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Bishops -- France -- Clermont-Ferrand -- Biography
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Christian saints -- Biography.
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Legislators -- Rome -- Biography
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Civilization, Ancient.
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Civilization, Classical.
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Christian saints -- Biography
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Legislators
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Ancient.
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Civilization, Classical
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Bishops
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Christian saints
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Civilization, Ancient
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Legislators
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Romeinse keizertijd.
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Évêques -- France -- Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme)
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115160
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Gaul -- History -- 58 B.C.-511
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Rome |
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Europe -- Gaul
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France -- Clermont-Ferrand
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Rome (Empire)
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Gaule -- 58 av. J.-C.-511.
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Rome -- 284-476 (Bas-Empire)
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collective biographies.
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History
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Biographies
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Biography.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191591037 |
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0191591033 |
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0585072027 |
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9780585072029 |
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