The Politics of Roman Memory: From the Fall of the Western Empire to the Age of Justinian

by Marion Kruse

What did it mean to be Roman after the fall of the western Roman empire in 476, and what were the implications of new formulations of Roman identity for the inhabitants of both east and west? How could an empire be Roman when it was, in fact, at war with Rome? How did these issues motivate and shape historical constructions of Constantinople as the New Rome? And how did the idea that a Roman empire could fall influence political rhetoric in Constantinople?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812251628
• ISBN13: 9780812251623
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"