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Power, government, the age-old struggle between rulers and ruled - these are the topics of the extraordinary exchange between the leading political figure of fourth-century Constantinople, Themistius, and the stripling prince, Julian. This volume provides a critical edition and translation of four texts illustrating the relation of kings and courtiers.

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Power, government, the age-old struggle between rulers and ruled - these are the topics of the extraordinary exchange between the leading political figure of fourth-century Constantinople, Themistius, and the stripling prince, Julian. This volume provides a critical edition and translation of four texts illustrating the relation of kings and courtiers.
Autorenporträt
Simon Swain is Professor of Classics and Chair of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Warwick. He is the author of a number of well-known studies of the Greek literature of the Roman period, including most recently Economy, Family, and Society from Rome to Islam (Cambridge, 2013).