Der Kaiser und Konstantinopel
Subtitle: Kommunikation und Konfliktaustrag in einer spätantiken Metropole
By: von Rene Pfeilschifter
Series: Millennium-Studien zu Kultur und Geschichte des Ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr -- Band 44 = -- Millennium Studies in the culture and history of the first millennium C. E
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 722
ISBN-13: 9783110265903; 9783110266887
Subjects: Politics and government; Kings and rulers; Civilization; Emperors; History
Description: "How did a Late Roman emperor stay on the throne? His position was always precarious, and in contrast to a modern hereditary monarch he could always lose power or even his life to a usurper. The Eastern emperors resided in Constantinople from 395 to 624 without a break. This book shows how they sought the support of the army, the populace, the clergy and the capital’s elite, how they gained it, and how they sometimes lost it. The result is a new picture of the socio-political system of Constantinople and of the Late Roman Empire in general"--
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Technische Universität Dresden, 2010-2011.

Folded map in pocket of back cover with title: Byzance Constantinople, carte archéologique et topographique.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 630-666) and indexes.