The Idea of Rome in Late Antiquity

This book examines how Rome as an idea evolved as an expression of Roman patriotism and utopian archetype from AD 357-417.

Ioannis Papadopoulos is a post-doctoral researcher at the department of History of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, focusing on identity issues in Roman Greece and on traces of anti-Roman discourse in the works of the Second Sophistic.

Introduction: Between a Physical and an Imaginary City, I Looking Backwards: Ordo Renascendi, II The Adventus of Constantius, III Between Rome and Athens: The Artificial Romanitas of Julian, IV Between the Altar and the Court: Symmachus and Claudian in Action, V Between Christ and a Roman Place: The Emergence of Christian Rome in Time and Space, VI Between Jerusalem and Babylon: The Archetype of Rome in the City of God, Conclusions: From Rome to Eternity, Bibliography, Index.