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... Sidonius nevertheless played an active part in Gallo - Roman politics . When his father - in - law assumed the purple as the choice of the Gallo- Roman nobility , it was Sidonius who spoke his panegyric in Rome , in 455 ; when Avitus ...
... Sidonius nevertheless played an active part in Gallo - Roman politics . When his father - in - law assumed the purple as the choice of the Gallo- Roman nobility , it was Sidonius who spoke his panegyric in Rome , in 455 ; when Avitus ...
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... Sidonius ' description of it as an all - embrac- ing community of the nobility ( nobilium universitas ) seems apt enough . On the other hand , the men of the middle class and the lower depths have no significance for the orator and ...
... Sidonius ' description of it as an all - embrac- ing community of the nobility ( nobilium universitas ) seems apt enough . On the other hand , the men of the middle class and the lower depths have no significance for the orator and ...
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... Sidonius repudiat- ing the idea of intercourse with the aliens , chiding one acquaintance for learning their language and remarking in a letter to another of his peers ' you avoid meeting the barbarians because you think they are bad ...
... Sidonius repudiat- ing the idea of intercourse with the aliens , chiding one acquaintance for learning their language and remarking in a letter to another of his peers ' you avoid meeting the barbarians because you think they are bad ...
Contents
THE CRISIS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD IN THE | 11 |
Intellectual and religious life | 28 |
Enemies of the ancient world external and internal | 50 |
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