Description:
This volume illuminates the vital importance of invective in the imperial and religious politics of late antiquity by presenting English translations of three key texts, accompanied by a substantial introduction and notes.
Brief description: Richard Flower is Professor of Classics and Late Antiquity, University of Exeter. He specialises in the fourth and fifth centuries, particularly the impact of Christianity on society, politics and culture.
Review Quotes: Reviews
'Richard Flower makes a worthy addition to a fine series ... This is a good book; the translation accurate, the introduction concise without over-simplication, the notes adequate.'
Lionel Wickham, Journal of Ecclesiastical History