Roman Imperial Policy from Julian to Theodosius

R. Malcolm Errington

The University of North Carolina Press

2006

352 páginas

11h 44m

ISBN-13: 9780807830383

"The division of responsibilities between the emperors inevitably encouraged separate developments, which included the expansion of Constantinople into an imperial residence in the East. Regional separatism also allowed locally varying and often changing imperial attitudes toward the different forms of belief that had developed within the Christian church since its acceptance by Constantine, as well as toward non-Christian religious forms. Errington demonstrates that the main stimulus for action in this period nearly always came from below the level of the imperial government, and not from an imperial initiative. Drawing attention to the structure and practical functioning of the state and its administration, Errington argues that the emperors were fundamentally reactive to regionally supplied information, as Fergus Millar has asserted was the case for the High Empire. Thus, despite significant changes, the empire remained broadly traditional in its operations."--BOOK JACKET.