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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02840-1 - Politics and Tradition Between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople: A Study of Cassiodorus and the Variae, 527–554 M. Shane Bjornlie Index More information INDEX Acacian Schism, 136, 139 Athalaric, 11, 17, 141, 146, 168, 178, 223, 290, Acilius Glabrio, Anicius, 136 292, 306–12, 313, 317, 320 Aelian, 259, 260, 263 Athanasius II, bishop of Alexandria, 90 Aetius, 163–5, 287 Athaulf, 120 Agapetus, deacon, 36, 97–8, 99, 102, 123 Athens, 53, 69, 114, 122 Agapetus, Pope, 15, 94 school of philosophy in, 55–7, 65–7, 75, 266, Agapius, 114 296 Agathias, 72, 103, 121 Attila, 60, 110, 163–5, 287–8 Agnellus, 2, 159, 246, 249, 253 Augustine, 87, 135, 203–4, 262–3, 281, 284, Alaric I, 120 289, 295 Alaric II, 172–3, 227 Augustus, Emperor, 39–40, 70, 88, 199, 235 Albinus, 139–40, 145, 147, 166, 168–9, 170, Aulus Gellius, 202–3, 205 181–2 Ausonius, 262 Alexander, logothete, 324 Avitus of Vienne, 304 Alexandria, 53, 56, 90, 121, 144, 218, 262, 296 barbarians, in polemic, 92–4, 107–8, 109–13, Amalafrid, 158 120, 327–8 Amalasuntha, 11, 17, 31, 141–2, 144, 146, 168, Barnish, Sam, 96, 151, 186, 223 191, 251, 303, 306–7, 310–13, 317, 320, Basil, 262, 263, 279–80, 282 325 Basilius, 140, 145–6, 169, 180 Amals, government of, 10–11, 27–9, 127–34, Bede, 262, 285 135–7, 138–44 Belisarius, 11–14, 17–18, 19–21, 26, 29, 31, 73, Ambrose, 50, 263–4, 279–82 76, 79–80, 84, 98, 103–5, 107, 108, 110, Ammianus Marcellinus, 74, 182, 262, 112, 125, 127, 142, 145, 158, 164, 325, 332 298 Boethian affair, 134, 138–44, 147–62 Anastasius, Emperor, 61–2, 89, 91, 96, 114, Boethius, 28, 30, 131, 133, 134, 135, 189, 298, 130, 136, 178, 181, 271, 286, 312, 317 324 Anicia Juliana, 137–8 children of, 138, 149, 159 Anicii, 30, 38, 112, 134–8, 139, 141, 147, Consolation of Philosophy, 30, 139–40, 147, 151–2, 156, 160–2, 165–71, 185 149–52, 160, 161, 165–84, 287, 323 Anonymus Valesianus, 94–7, 99, 146, 147, 152, death of. See Boethian affair 154–5, 156, 166, 247 as patricius, 173–4 background and aims, 94 Neoplatonism of, 55 Antony, Saint, 155, 285 polemic of, 147–59, 163–84 Apuleius, 179, 182, 284, 285 in the Variae. See Variae Arator, 28, 189 Argolicus, 140 Carthage, 71, 108, 217, 330 Arians and Arianism, 1, 72, 93, 96, 111, 119, Cassiodorus 139, 152, 249 background, 16–17, 27–30, 127–9 Aristotle, 53, 114, 135, 182, 258, 259, 260, 295, and the Boethian affair, 30 298, 302 Chronica of, 24, 96, 164–5, 182, 195, 214–15 Artemidorus, 28 in Constantinople, 35–8, 72, 80–1 365 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02840-1 - Politics and Tradition Between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople: A Study of Cassiodorus and the Variae, 527–554 M. Shane Bjornlie Index More information Index Cassiodorus (cont.) Neoplatonism in, 55–6, 58–9, 65–7 De anima of. See De anima Nika Revolt. See Nika Revolt diverse writing of, 17, 19, 21–4 Senate at, 41, 43, 48 and eastern polemic, 84–5, 90, 98–9, 102, as setting for polemic, 30–3, 35–7 111–13, 123, 124–7, 143–4, 159–62, Constantius II, Emperor, 40, 119 185–7, 222–3 Constantius, patrician, 120 Expositio Psalmorum of, 21–4, 205–6, 289 Constitutio Pragmatica, 2, 14, 18, 22, 32, 144–5, father of, 17, 28 326, 327 Gothic History of, 24, 111–13, 195 Corippus, 36, 126, 304–5 and the Gothic War, 15, 17–19, 26–33 Corpus Iuris Civilis, 64, 67–9, 77, 100, 216–27, Institutiones of, 15, 21–4, 90, 98, 240, 279, 233–4 281, 326 Cyprianus, 139–40, 166–7, 173, 211, 227 Ordo generis of, 145, 159–62, 166, 167, 172 Damascius, 58, 304 and palatine elite of Ravenna, 31–3 Damasus, Pope, 50, 162, 181 panegyric of, 143 damnatio memoriae, 2 in Ravenna, 80–1 De anima, 192 in the Variae, 306–11, 321–8 as companion to theVariae, 194, 197, 205–6, Cekalova, Alexandra, 74 293–305, 310, 332 Cethegus, 145–6, 159–62 and the dating of theVariae, 21–3 Chalcedon, Council of, 70–1 De ceremoniis, 78, 80, 125 Charlemagne, 158–9 Decius, 140, 145, 146–7 Chilperic, 329 Dialogue on Political Science, 99–102, 183, 266, Chosroes, 76, 107 287, 304–5, 311 Christianity, and political culture, 51–3, 69–72, Dio Chrysostom, 286 87–9, 92–4, 98–9, 118–20, 179–83, Diocletian, 42, 94, 246 248–51, 254–5, 262–5, 279–82 divination, 260–1 Chronica of Cassiodorus. See Cassiodorus Chronicon Paschale, 238 Edictum Theoderici, 210–11, 213 Cicero, 189, 196, 203–4, 234, 255, 258–9, encyclopaedism. See Variae 260 Ennodius of Pavia, 28, 153, 155, 162, 163, 173, Claudianus Mamertus, 295 175, 189, 249 Clement of Alexandria, 262 Epistolae Theodericianae, 211–12 Clovis, 172–3, 177 epistolary collections. See Variae Collectio Avellana, 162, 195, 210, 224, 330 Eternal Peace, 76, 106, 120 communication, east and west, 37, 84–5, 94–5, Eudaemon, urban prefect, 73 129–30, 135–8, 143–4, 148–9, 158, Eugippius, 135 330 Eusebius, 96, 237, 240, 249 Constantine, 39–40, 42, 44, 52, 63, 68, 87–9, Eustathius, 279–82 91–4, 97, 108, 116, 118–20, 209, 221, Eutyches, 71 236–7, 239, 247, 286 Evagrius, 85, 87, 103, 122, 240 Constantinople Expositio Psalmorum of Cassiodorus. See consistorium, 43, 45–6, 47, 58–9, 61, 65, 69, Cassiodorus 73, 85, 102, 255 elite social structure, 41–4 Felix, 192, 193–4, 197, 200 emigr´ es´ in, 30–1, 36–7, 98, 111–12, 124–7, Fidelius, 18, 20, 26 143–7 Formulary of Marculf, 175, 234 general description, 8–9, 41–2 Fredegar, 152, 157–8 Hagia Sophia, 73, 79, 97, 251 Fulgentius the Mythographer, 265 Hippodrome, 8, 41, 61, 72–7, 78–9, 88, 89, Fulgentius of Ruspe, 264 91–2, 109, 120, 330 imperial successions at, 60–2 Galla Placidia, 120, 306 Latin at, 64–5 Geiseric, 287, 325 literary polemic of, 82–123, 159–62, 267, Gelimer, 108, 126, 127 287–9, 330–3 Germanus, 14, 23, 112, 137, 143, 156 366 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02840-1 - Politics and Tradition Between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople: A Study of Cassiodorus and the Variae, 527–554 M. Shane Bjornlie Index More information Index Gizewski, Christian, 74 John Philoponus, 296 Goffart, Walter, 112 Jones, A. H. M., 62 Gothic History of Cassiodorus. See Cassiodorus Jordanes, 18, 24, 36, 64, 113, 122, 152, 156, Gothic War, 93, 110, 113, 115, 119, 120, 125, 157, 162, 287 137, 144–57, 158, 159, 163–4, 185, 253, background and aims, 109–13 288, 310, 317, 325–7, 330–3 Jouanaud, Jean-Louis, 222 Busta Gallorum, 14, 120 Julian Romance, 121 as context forVariae, 4–6, 20–1, 24–5, 26–33, Julian, Emperor, 63, 88 126–7 Junillus Africanus, 36, 41, 64, 66, 69, 83, 103, narrative, 11–19 123, 126, 218 in theVariae. See Variae background and aims, 97–9 Greatrex, Geoffrey, 74 Justin, Emperor, 60–2, 88–9, 96, 101, 138, 306, Gregory the Great, 141, 148, 156–8 312 Gregory of Nazianzus, 302 Justin II, Emperor, 40, 122, 305 Gregory of Nyssa, 262 Justinian Gregory of Tours, 7–8, 137, 329 accession of, 60–2 Gundobad, 172 and building, 237–40, 249, 251, 312 Gunthigis Baza, 110–11 and Christianity, 69–72 and Constantinople, 35–6, 37–8, 62–81 Hadrian, Emperor, 140, 161 in general on reign, 39–41 Hagia Sophia. See Constantinople and law, 67–9, 256–8, 267 Halporn, James, 21 in polemic, 82–5, 88–9, 91–4, 97, 99–102, Hellenes, persecution of, 67, 70, 77–8, 100, 105–9, 113–23, 288–9 105, 122, 250 renovatio, 16, 41, 98, 117, 221–2, 329 Hesychius of Miletus, 122 and the wars, 11–16, 71–2, 77–8, 94, 106–8, Hippocrates, 298 324–8 Hippodrome. See Constantinople Historia Augusta, 161, 183, 286 Kaldellis, Anthony, 106 Hodgkin, Thomas, 2 Honore,´ Tony, 62 Laurentian Schism, 134, 162 Honorius, Emperor, 120 Leo, Emperor, 60, 157 Horace, 196–9, 200–1 Libanius, 63 Hormisdas, Pope, 71, 137, 180 Liber Pontificalis, 145–7, 156, 180, 182, 325 Hypatius, 73–8, 80, 96, 121 Liberius, 36, 125, 131, 132, 135, 144–5, 148, 164, 167–8, 175 Iamblichus, 55, 56, 266, 295 Livy, 7, 40, 235, 261 innovation, 86–9, 115–17, 216–30, 234–48, 253 Lucan, 261 Institutiones of Cassiodorus. See Cassiodorus Lucretius, 284 Isidore of Seville, 262 Maas, Michael, 86 Jews, 70 Macrobius, 262 John I, Pope, 38, 148–59 Majorian, Emperor, 162 John of Antioch, 182 Manichaeans, 70, 180–3 John the Cappadocian, 62, 65, 73–8, 108, Marcellinus Comes, 36, 41, 64, 79, 83, 99, 109, 114–15 123, 152, 154, 156, 163–4, 239–40 John of Ephesus, 57 background and aims, 90–4 John Lydus, 36, 38, 41, 45, 56, 58, 83, 85, 86, Marcus Aurelius, Emperor, 55, 140, 220 104, 106, 122, 219–20, 221, 231, 239, 322 Martianus Capella, 200, 260, 262 background and aims, 113–17 Martin, Saint, 2, 155 on civil service, 47–8, 51, 63–5, 78, 126, Matasuntha, 12, 13, 18, 23, 26, 29, 36, 112–13, 127, 133 143, 156 John Malalas, 65, 66, 123, 298 Maximian, poet, 148 background and aims, 117–21 Maximus, 132, 142, 144 John Maxentius, 71, 136 Menander, 103 John of Nikiu, 122 Menas, patrician, 100–1, 102 367 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-02840-1 - Politics and Tradition Between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople: A Study of Cassiodorus and the Variae, 527–554 M.
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    GUNNAR SAMUELSSON Crucifixion in Antiquity Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe 310 Mohr Siebeck Gunnar Samuelsson questions the textual basis for our knowledge about the death of Jesus. As a matter of fact, the New Testament texts offer only a brief description of the punishment that has influenced a whole world. ISBN 978-3-16-150694-9 Mohr Siebeck Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament · 2. Reihe Herausgeber / Editor Jörg Frey (Zürich) Mitherausgeber / Associate Editors Friedrich Avemarie (Marburg) Markus Bockmuehl (Oxford) James A. Kelhoffer (Uppsala) Hans-Josef Klauck (Chicago, IL) 310 Gunnar Samuelsson Crucifixion in Antiquity An Inquiry into the Background and Significance of the New Testament Terminology of Crucifixion Mohr Siebeck GUNNAR SAMUELSSON, born 1966; 1992 Pastor and Missionary Degree; 1997 B.A. and M.Th. at the University of Gothenburg; 2000 Μ. Α.; 2010 ThD; Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies at the Department of Literature, History of Ideas and Religion, University of Gothenburg. ISBN 978-3-16-150694-9 ISSN 0340-9570 (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 2. Reihe) Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbiblio­ graphie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. ©2011 by Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, Germany. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that permitted by copyright law) without the publisher's written permission. This applies particularly to reproductions, translations, microfilms and storage and processing in electronic systems. The book was printed by Laupp & Göbel in Nehren on non-aging paper and bound by Buchbinderei Nadele in Nehren.
  • The Geopolitics on the Silk Road

    The Geopolitics on the Silk Road

    109 The Geopolitics on the Silk Road: Resurveying the Relationship of the Western Türks with Byzantium through Their Diplomatic Communications Li Qiang, Stefanos Kordosis* The geopolitics pertaining to the Silk Road network in the period from the 6th to the 7th cen- tury (the final, albeit important, period of Late Antiquity) was intertwined with highly strate- gic dimensions.1 The frequent arrival of hoards of nomadic peoples from inner Eurasia at the borders of the existing sedentary empires and their encounters and interactions formed the complicated political ecology of the period. These empires attempted to take advantage of the newly shaped situation arising after such great movements strategically, each in their own interest. How did they achieve their goals and what problems were they confronted with? In this paper, I will focus on the relations the Western Türks had with Byzantium and use it as an example in order to resurvey these complicated geopolitics. In the first part, attention will be given to the collection of Byzantine literature concerning the Western Türks. Then, on the basis of the sources, the four main exchanges of delegations between the Western Türks and Byzantium will be discussed, in which the important status of the 563 embassy – as it was the first Türk delegation sent to Byzantium – will be emphasized. The possible motives behind the dispatch of the delegations and the repercussions they had will be presented. Finally, through reviewing the diplomatic communication between the Western Türks and Byzantium, attention will be turned to the general picture of geopolitics along the Silk Road, claiming that the great empire of the West – similar to today’s superpowers – by means of their resources (mainly diplomacy) manipulated the geopolitics on the Silk Road, especially the nomadic people pursuing their own survival and interests, who were only treated as piec- es on a chessboard for keeping the balance with the rest of the superpowers.