Late Antique Historiography

Deeds of the emperor Constantine in ten books

Title(s):
  • Deeds of the emperor Constantine in ten books
  • Αἱ Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ βασιλέως πράξεις ἐν βιβλίοις δέκα
    (Hai Kōnstantinou tou basileōs praxeis en bibliois deka, Deeds of the emperor Constantine in ten books)
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Period covered:
306-337
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Secular history (classicizing history)
  • Secular history (general)
Remarks:
The work was probably written after Constantine's death (337) and allowed Bemarchius to obtain Constantius' favour: in 340, the author held the municipal chair of rhetoric in Constantinople; one year later (341), he delivered a speech in praise of the Great Church of Antioch, built by Constantius. Usage by Libanius is uncertain.
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Bibliography:
  • R. Kaster (1988) Guardians of language: The grammarian and society in Late Antiquity. Berkeley.
  • M. Raimondi (2003) 'Bemarchio di Cesarea, Panegirista di Costantino e Costantinopoli'. Rivista di storia antica 33: 171-199.
  • D. Woods (2006) 'Libanius, Bemarchius, and the Mausoleum of Constantine I'. Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History 13: 428-439.