Contested Monarchy offers a fresh survey of the role of the Roman monarch in a period of significant and enduring change.

• List of Abbreviations


• Contributors


• Map of the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century


• Introduction


• 1. The Cloak of Power: Dressing and Undressing the King


• Johannes Wienand


• Part One Administering the Empire


• 2. Domesticating the Senatorial Élite: Universal Monarchy and Imperial Aristocracy in the Fourth Century AD


• John Weisweiler


• 3. The Inflation of Rank and Privilege: Regulating Precedence in the Fourth Century AD


• John Noël Dillon


• 4. Ostentatious Legislation: Law and Dynastic Change, AD 364-365


• Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner


• 5. Emperors and Generals in the Fourth Century


• Doug Lee


• 6. Gaul and the Roman Emperors of the Fourth Century


• Joachim Szidat


• 7. Regional Dynasties and Imperial Court


• Michael Kulikowski


• Part Two Performing the Monarchy


• 8. Emperors, Usurpers, and the City of Rome: Performing Power from Diocletian to Theodosius


• Mark Humphries


• 9. O tandem felix civili, Roma, victoria! Civil War Triumphs From Honorius to Constantine and Back


• Johannes Wienand


• 10. Coping with the Tyrant's Faction: Civil War Amnesties and Christian Discourses in the Fourth Century AD


• Hartmut Leppin


• 11. Pliny and Pacatus: Past and Present in Imperial Panegyric


• Christopher Kelly


• 12. Born to be Emperor: The Principle of Succession and the Roman Monarchy


• Henning Börm


• 13. Performing Justice: The Penal Code of Constantine the Great


• Christian Reitzenstein-Ronning


• Part Three Balancing Religious Change


• 14. Speaking of Power: Christian Redefinition of the Imperial Role in the Fourth Century


• Harold Drake


• 15. Constantine, Rome, and the Christians


• Bruno Bleckmann


• 16. Constantine and the Tyche of Constantinople


• Noel Lenski


• 17. A Vain Quest for Unity: Creeds and Political (Dis)Integration in the Reign of Constantius II


• Steffen Diefenbach


• 18. The Challenge of Religious Violence: Imperial Ideology and Policy in the Fourth Century


• Johannes Hahn


• 19. Christian Faith, Ancient Writers and Daily Life: The Impact of Christianity at the End of the Fourth Century


• Rita Lizzi Testa


• Epilogue




• 20. The Empire's Golden Shade: Icons of Sovereignty in an Age of Transition


• Johannes Wienand


• Bibliography


• General Index


• Index Locorum

Dr. Johannes Wienand is Assistant Professor of Ancient History and Classics at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.