The forgotten reign of the Emperor Jovian (363-364) history and fiction / Jan Willem Drijvers.
| Author/creator | Drijvers, Jan Willem |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, [2022] |
| Description | xii, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford studies in late antiquity |
| Contents | Introduction -- Rise to power -- Retreat and treaty -- Ruling the empire -- Religious policy -- Death -- The Julian romance -- History of scholarship -- The Jovian narrative -- Some considerations -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Chronology and itinerary of the retreat -- The size of Jovian's army -- The Eusebius narrative -- Dates in the Jovian narrative -- Names in the Jovian narrative -- Primary sources -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Abstract | "This book is the first modern scholarly monograph on the emperor Jovian (363-364). It offers a new assessment of his reign and argues that Jovian's reign was of more importance than assumed by most (ancient and modern) historians. This study argues that Jovian restored the Roman empire after the failed reign of Julian by returning to the policies of Constantius II and Constantine the Great. Jovian's general strategies were directed to get the Roman empire on its feet again militarily, administratively and religiously after the failed reign of his predecessor Julian (361-363) as well as to establish more peaceful relations with the Sasanid empire. For an emperor who ruled only eight months Jovian had an unexpected and surprising afterlife. The rarely studied and largely unknown Syriac Julian Romance offers a surprising and different perspective on person and reign of Jovian. In the Romance Jovian is presented as the ideal Christian emperor and a new Constantine. But the Romance is also an important source for Roman-Persian relations and the positioning of Syriac Christianity in the late antique world of Christendom"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021031349 |
| ISBN | 9780197600702 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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