On the magistracies of the Roman state

Title(s):
  • On the magistracies of the Roman state
  • Περὶ ἀρχῶν τῆς Ῥωμαίων πολιτείας
    (Peri archōn tēs Rōmaiōn politeias, On the magistracies of the Roman government)
Period covered:
Aeneas-541
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Partial
Genre:
  • Secular history (antiquarianism)
Remarks:
Caimi (1984: 123) proposes that John of Lydia wrote the work in 552. The third book breaks off in 532.
Edition - Translation:
  • A.C. Bandy (1983) (ed.) Ioannes Lydus on Powers, or, The Magistracies of the Roman State. Philadelphia.
  • M. Dubuisson, J. Schamp (2006) (ed.) Jean le Lydien: Des magistratures de l'État Romain. Volume Two. Paris.
  • R. Wünsch (1903) Ioannis Lydi De magistratibus populi Romani libri tres. Stuttgart.
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Bibliography:
  • J. Caimi (1980) 'Ioannis Lydi de magistratibus III 70: Note esegetiche e spunti in tema di fiscalità e legislazione protobizantine'. Rivista di studi bizantini e slavi 1: 317-361.
  • J. Caimi (1984) Burocrazia e diritto nel De magistratibus di Giovanni Lido. Milan.
  • A. Kaldellis (2003) 'The religion of Ioannes Lydos'. Phoenix 57: 300-316.
  • A. Kaldellis (2005) 'Republican theory and political dissidence in Ioannes Lydos'. Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 29: 1-16.
  • C. Kelly (2004) Ruling the later Roman Empire. Cambridge (MA) - London.
  • P. Maas (1992) John Lydus and the Roman past: Antiquarianism and politics in the age of Justinian. London.