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Distributed for Liverpool University Press

Edited, Translated, and with an Introduction by J. H. W. G Liebeschuetz

Ambrose of Milan

Political Letters and Speeches

Translated and with an Introduction and Notes by J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz
432 pages,  5 3/4 x 8 1/4  © 2005
Series: Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians

Paper $39.95

ISBN: 9781846312434   Pre-order now. Will publish April 2010
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Preface
Abbreviations
 
General Introduction
     The Life of Ambrose of Milan
     The Letters of Ambrose of Milan
 
Translation and commentary
 
Letters, Book Ten Letters on Matters Arising from the Council of Capua
     Introduction to epistulae 70 and 71 
     Epistula 70 (Maur. 56) to Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria (AD 392)
     Epistula 71 (Maur. 56a) to the bishops of Macedonia (AD 393)
 
Letters on the Altar of Victory
     Introduction to epistulae 72, 72a and 73  
     Epistula 72 (Maur. 17) to the emperor Valentinian II (AD 384)
     Epistula 72a (Maur. 17a): Symmachus' Third Relatio to Valentinian II (AD 384)
     Epistula 73 (Maur. 18) Ambrose's formal reply to Symmachus (AD 384)
 
Letters on the Destruction of the Synagogue at Callinicum
     Epistula 74 (Maur. 40) = Epistula extra collectionem la to the emperor Theodosius (AD 388/389)
     Appendix: Epistula extra collectionem 1 Maur. 41), to Ambrose's sister Marcellina (AD 388/389)
    
Ambrose's Conflict with the Empress Justina at Milan
     Introduction to Epistulae 75, 75a, 76 and 77
     Epistula 75 (Maur. 21) to the emperor Valentinian II (AD 386)
     Epistula 75a (Maur. 21a), also known as Contra Auxentium (AD 386)
     Epistula 76 (Maur. 20) to Ambrose's sister, Marcellina (AD 386)
 
Oration on the Death of Theodosius I
     Introduction
     De Obitu Theodosii (AD 395)
 
Letter on the Discovery of the Relics of Gervasius and Protasius
     Epistula 77 (Maur. 22) to Ambrose's sister, Marcellina (AD 386)
 
Letters outside the Collection (Epistulae extra collectionem)
     Note on Epistulae extra collectionem 1 and la
     Letters to Theodosius I on his Victory over the Usurper Eugenius
     Epistula extra collectionem 2 (Maur. 61):  Ambrose to the emperor Theodosius I (AD 394)
     Epistula extra collectionem 3 (Maur. 62):  Ambrose to the emperor Theodosius I (AD 394)
     Letters of the Council of Aquileia (AD 381)
     Epistula extra collectionem 4 (Maur. 10):  the bishops of the council to the emperors Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I (AD 381)
     Epistula extra collectionem 5 (Maur. 11): the bishops of the council to the emperors Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I (AD 381)
 
The Council of Aquileia and the Decisions of the Council of Constantinople
     Introduction to Epistulae extra collectionem 6 (Maur. 12), 8 (Maur. 14) and 9 (Maur. 13)
     Notes on the order of the letters
     Epistula extra collectionem 6 (Maur. 12): the bishops of the council to the emperors Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I (AD 381)
     Epistula extra collectionem 9 (Maur. 13): Ambrose and the Italian bishops to the emperor Theodosius I (AD 381)
     Epistula extra collectionem 8 (Maur. 14): Ambrose and the Italian bishops to the emperor Theodosius I (AD 382)
 
Petition of a Roman Council to the Emperors Gratian and Valentinian II
     Introduction
     Epistula extra collectionem 7: the council to the emperors Gratian and Valentinian II (AD 378)
 
Letter on the Altar of Victory
     Introduction
     Epistula extra collectionem 10 (Maur. 57): Ambrose to the usurper Eugenius (AD 394)
 
Letter on the Massacre at Thessalonica
     Introduction
     Epistula extra collectionem 11 (Maur. 51): Ambrose to the emperor Theodosius I (AD 390)
 
Letters of Ambrose and Gratian
     Letter of the emperor Gratian to Ambrose (AD 379)
     Epistula extra collectionem 12 (Maur. l): Ambrose to the emperor Gratian (AD 379)
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