Ten years ago, Johannes Wienand published the stimulating edited volume Contested Monarchy: Integrating the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century AD. It is an embarrassment of riches, ably reviewed by Jan Drijvers. At that time, it could still be said that “an overall study on the emperor in the late Roman empire is lacking.”[1] The … Continue reading Zeremoniell und Herrschaft in der Spätantike. Die Rituale des Kaiserhofs in Konstantinopel