A Man Facing the Challenges of the Postclassical Epoch: Noel Lenski’s Book about Emperor Valens. Review of: Lenski, N. (2014). Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D. (The Transformation of the Classical Heritage). Berkeley: University of California Press. 470 p.
In classical historiography, there exists a negative image of Valens, the ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire. This emperor used to be portrayed as an ordinary person, despot, unable to cope with problems of the state. In the reviewed book, an American historian N. Lenski puts forward a different view...
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Ural Federal University Press
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/Izvestia2/article/view/3107 |