Elite Realities and Mentalités : The Making of a Western Christian Aristocracy

Salzman, Michele Renee

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“…Nonetheless, just as Cicero, who is convinced that only a governing class educated to a high manner of conduct can restore the Republic to a healthy condition, Ambrose too relies on the role of his clergy in the ethical renewal of the people entrusted to him. Moral criticism was rather the constant topos of authors belonging to the social class of patricians and equities (and Ambrose, by his origins and social background, certainly belongs to the highest elite) (Salzman 2000). As is clear from his De officiis, for Ambrose, more than the whole God's people, the new social elite is primarily the clerics.…”

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Inspired by Cicero: Ambrosian Contribution to the Formation of a Clerical Ethos in the De officiis

Bogataj¹

2022

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The article focuses on the formation of priestly ethics in late antiquity, more specifically at the end of the 4 th century. In his work De officiis, in which he draws heavily on the homonymous work of Cicero from more than three centuries ago, the bishop of Milan, Ambrosius, creates an interesting fusion between the ethical ideals of Roman pagan society and Christian doctrine based on biblical revelation. The virtues and values in which he wants to educate his clerics, the new emerging spiritual elite, turn out to be very similar to those found in Cicero: whether it is practical advice on speaking (rhetoric) or a general theoretical perception of morality. Despite the many similarities with Cicero, Ambrose serves up some more typically Christian ethical nuances: celibacy occupies a high place, otium becomes prayer and meditation, and verecundia receives an even stronger internal emphasis.

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Inspired by Cicero: Ambrosian Contribution to the Formation of a Clerical Ethos in the De officiis

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2022

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“…For the elusive culture of viri militares, seeBrown, 2000and Salzman, 2000, 347-62. 153 Burgess, 1993 Arce, 2005, 235-37.…”

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Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages

Walker¹

2016

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In this colorfully illustrated book, Rose Walker surveys Spanish and Portuguese art and architecture from the time of the Roman conquest to the early twelfth century. For generations, scholarly discussions of such art have been complicated by a focus on maps of the pilgrimage roads and images of the Reconquista. Walker contextualizes these aspects by bringing together an exceptionally diverse range of academic studies, including work previously familiar only to Hispanophone audiences. By breaking down chronological, regional, and disciplinary divides that have limited scholarship on the subject for decades, this book enriches the wider English-language literature on early medieval art.

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Emperor and Senators in the Reign of Constantius II

Moser¹

2018

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CONSTANTINE AND THE SENATE OF ROMEhinc ordo ueste clara / cum purpuris honorum / fausto precantur ore / feruntque dona laeti. / iam Roma, culmen orbis, / dat munera et coronas, / auro ferens coruscas / Victorias triumphis, / uotaque iam theatris / redduntur et choreisThe order [of senators], distinguished in their robes [decorated] with the purple [stripes] of their honours, invoke these [vows] with their auspicious lips, and they happily present gifts. Already Rome, the capital of the world, is bestowing gifts and crowns, representing statues of Victory that glitter with gold for the triumphal processions. Already the vows are echoed in theatres and choruses. (Trans. Van Dam) 1 1 Optatian. Carm . 20a.12-21, Van Dam ( 2011 ) 167. Unless otherwise indicated, translations are my own. 2 On Optatianus and his poems, see Squire and Wienand ( 2017 ) with further refs. 3 Eus.

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Elite Realities and Mentalités : The Making of a Western Christian Aristocracy

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Inspired by Cicero: Ambrosian Contribution to the Formation of a Clerical Ethos in the De officiis

Inspired by Cicero: Ambrosian Contribution to the Formation of a Clerical Ethos in the De officiis

Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages

Emperor and Senators in the Reign of Constantius II

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