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Themistius --- Relations with Roman emperors --- Rome --- Kings and rulers --- Politics and government --- Rois et souverains --- Politique et gouvernement --- -Temistio --- Themistios --- תאמסטאוס --- ثامسطيوس --- Kings and rulers. --- -Themistius. --- Relations with Roman emperors. --- -Relations with Roman emperors --- -Themistius --- Themistius. --- 284-476 --- Themistius - Relations with Roman emperors. --- Rome - Kings and rulers. --- Rome - Politics and government - 284-476. --- Temistio --- Θεμίστιος

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Themistius was a philosopher, a prominent Constantinopolitan senator, and an adviser to Roman emperors during the fourth century A.D. In this first translation of Themistius's private orations to be published in English, Robert J. Penella makes accessible texts that shed significant light on the culture of Constantinople and, more generally, the eastern Roman empire during the fourth century. The sixteen speeches translated here are equipped with ample annotations and an informative introduction, making them a valuable resource on the late antique period, as well as on Greek intellectual history and oratory. In Themistius's public orations, he played the role of imperial panegyrist, but in the "private" or unofficial orations presented here, the senator concerns himself with apologetics, rhetorical and philosophical programs, material of autobiographical interest, and ethical themes. The speeches are valuable as evidence for the political, social, philosophical, religious, and literary history of fourth century Byzantium, and as examples of pagan ideology and eloquence in the newly Christianized court. Themistius argues, among other things, that the philosopher should be involved in public affairs, that the lessons of philosophy should be broadcast to the masses, and that it is appropriate for the philosopher to be an effective orator in order to circulate his teachings.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- Languages & Literatures --- Themistius --- Temistio --- Themistios --- תאמסטאוס --- ثامسطيوس --- Rome --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- History --- Discours grecs --- Translations into English. --- Traductions anglaises --- Sources. --- Histoire --- Sources --- Θεμίστιος --- Themistius.

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Around the year 350, a young orator and philosopher called Themistius delivered a speech to the Emperor Constantius II in Ancyra (modern Ankara). Themistius found great favour with the Emperor, who catapulted him into the Constantinople Senate in 355. He was similarly favoured by subsequent emperors – Jovian (363–64), Valens (364–78) and Theodosius (379–95). This volume presents translations of a selection of the speeches of Themistius, grouped into chapters that deal either with a key period in the evolution of his career or with a sequence of events of particular historical significance.

Themistius --- Rome --- Politics and government --- Kings and rulers. --- Translations into English --- Relations with Roman emperors --- Kings and rulers --- Politique et gouvernement --- Rois et souverains --- Constantius --- Constantius, Flavius Julius, --- Constantius, --- Constâncio, --- Temistio --- Themistios --- תאמסטאוס --- ثامسطيوس --- Stamboul (Turkey) --- Stampōl (Turkey) --- Stambul (Turkey) --- Stěmpol (Turkey) --- T︠S︡arigrad (Turkey) --- Istāmbūl (Turkey) --- T︠S︡arʹgrad (Turkey) --- Āsitānah (Turkey) --- Ḳushṭa (Turkey) --- İstanbul Büyük Şehir Belediyesi (Turkey) --- Greater Istanbul Municipality (Turkey) --- İstanbul Anakent Belediyesi (Turkey) --- İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Turkey) --- Polē (Turkey) --- Estambul (Turkey) --- Baladīyat Isṭānbūl (Turkey) --- Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkey) --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek --- Istanbul (Turkey) --- Constantinople --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- History --- Θεμίστιος --- Translations into English. --- Relations with Roman emperors.