Transformation of the Classical Heritage

Vergil in the Mind of Augustine

Sabine MacCormack

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780520920279
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Ancient & Classical Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Imperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society. Sabine MacCormack examines the ceremonies of imperial arrivals, funerals, and coronations from the late third to the late sixth centuries A.D., as manifest in the official literature and art of the time. Her study offers us new insights into the exercise of power and into the social, political, and cultural significance of religious change during the Christianization of the Roman world. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998.
Imperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society. Sabine MacCormack examines the ceremonies of imperial arrivals, funerals, and coronations from the late third to the late sixth centuries A.D., as manifest in the official lit

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS 1
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER I "THEIR RENOWNED POET"
• CHAPTER II "THE SCENT OF A ROSE"
• CHAPTER III "THE TEARS RUN DOWN IN VAIN"
• CHAPTER IV "GODS OF OUR HOMELAND"
• CHAPTER V "THE HIGH WALLS OF ROME"
• EPILOGUE
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX OF ANCIENT AND LATE ANTIQUE TEXTS
• GENERAL INDEX