Introduction: John Lydus and the Silver Heirloom; 1. Changes in the Age of Justinian; 2. Portrait of a Bureaucrat; 3. The Ideologica Transformation of Tradition; 4. De Mensibus and the Antiquarian Tradition; 5. Paganisim and Politics; 6. De Magistratibus and the Theory of Imperial Restoration; 7. Lydus and the Philosophers; 8. De ostentis: Portents and the Enemies of Ptolemy; 9. Conclusion: Collusion; Appendix I: Authorities cited by Lydus; Bibliography

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