LATIN PANEGYRICS USED FOR IMPERIAL PROPAGANDA AS EXEMPLIFIED BY CONSTANTINE THE GREAT Cover Image

ЛАТИНСКИ ПАНЕГИРИЦИ У СЛУЖБИ ЦАРСКЕ ПРОПАГАНДЕ НА ПРИМЕРУ КОНСТАНТИНА ВЕЛИКОГ
LATIN PANEGYRICS USED FOR IMPERIAL PROPAGANDA AS EXEMPLIFIED BY CONSTANTINE THE GREAT

Author(s): Irena Ljubomirović
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: Latin panegyrics; Trier; imperial ideology; religious orientation

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a brief review of the development of Latin prose panegyrics in the fourth century AD. It focuses on the value of panegyrics, which were one of the most important instruments of emperor’s propaganda. I analyzed two panegyrics from 310 and 311, of Constantine the Great, delivered in Trier. With the two examples I showed whether and to what extent the official imperial policy influenced the writing of panegyrics.

  • Issue Year: XXXIX/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1419-1434
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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