Christian emperors and Roman Senate in the fourth century
Constantine and the senatorial aristocracy : the men and women he could not ignore -- Julian and the pagan tradition on Constantine -- Quintus Aurelius Symmachus in Bauli : literary genres and political projects -- Roman senators and imperial officials at the court of Valentinian I -- The brooms in bloom : the Roman aristocracy and the haruspices -- Ammianus, Phrynichus and ancient historians' self-censorship -- Pagan senators and Christian bishops : the Roman Senate at work (382-384 AD) -- Just before the sack : between political crisis and religious anxiety in Rome -- Saint Valentine and the Symmachi.