Q. Aurelius Symmachus
Subtitle: a political biography
By: Cristiana Sogno.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780472115297
Subjects: Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius, d. 405.; Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius, d. 405 -- Correspondence.; Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin -- History and criticism.; Letter writing, Latin -- History -- To 1500.; Latin letters -- History and criticism.; Legislators -- Rome -- Biography.; Orators -- Rome -- Biography.; Rome -- History -- Valentinian I, 364-375 -- Biography.; Rome -- History -- Theodosians, 379-455 -- Biography.; Rome -- Politics and government -- 284-476.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Laying the foundations of a political career : the Orationes; title: Rise and fall of an urban prefect : the Relationes; title: Maintaining friendships, building alliances, and protecting the family : the Epistulae.