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Political Memory and the Constantinian Dynasty

Fashioning Disgrace

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Authors:
  1. Rebecca Usherwood

    1. Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  • Argues for a new understanding of damnatio memoriae in late Roman political history
  • Explores disgrace and the deconstruction of political legitimacy as a collective phenomenon
  • Places epigraphic evidence in conversation with literary, legal and other material sources

Part of the book series: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture (NABHC)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Rebecca Usherwood
    Pages 1-48

  3. Maximian

    • Rebecca Usherwood
    Pages 49-110

  4. Licinius

    • Rebecca Usherwood
    Pages 111-161

  5. Crispus

    • Rebecca Usherwood
    Pages 163-211

  6. Magnentius

    • Rebecca Usherwood
    Pages 213-265

  7. Epilogue

    • Rebecca Usherwood
    Pages 267-271

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 273-350
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About this book

This book is an exploration of political memory and disgrace in the reigns of Constantine and his sons. It uses the conditions of the early to mid-fourth century to argue that the deconstruction of political legitimacy should be viewed, first and foremost, as a collective phenomenon, the result of the actions of a diverse range of people responding to political change. It also challenges many positivist and teleological narratives of the ‘Age of Constantine’. Shifting the focus from the emperor and his sons onto their rivals and opponents, the Constantinian dynasty is placed back into the messy and ambiguous political environment from which it emerged.                                                             

Authors and Affiliations

  • Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Rebecca Usherwood

About the author

Rebecca Usherwood is Assistant Professor in Late Antique and Early Byzantine Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She has previously held teaching posts at the University of St Andrews, Durham University, the University of Nottingham, and UCL.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Political Memory and the Constantinian Dynasty

  • Book Subtitle: Fashioning Disgrace

  • Authors: Rebecca Usherwood

  • Series Title: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87930-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87929-7Published: 22 March 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87932-7Published: 23 March 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87930-3Published: 21 March 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2730-9363

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-9371

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 350

  • Number of Illustrations: 108 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Medieval Europe, Memory Studies, Classical Studies, History of Ancient Europe

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