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envoys in 182–184; tabulated 178–180; Gallica 452; Chronicle of 511; Chronicon
edicts and rescripts 176, 177, 183, Paschale; city chronicles;
185–188; formulae 177, 183, 188–190, Eusebius/Jerome; Fredegar; Hydatius;
191, 237, 255; letters of appointment John of Biclar, Chronicle; Malalas;
176, 177, 183, 190–194, 264;to Marcellinus comes; Prosper;
Senarius: text and translation 285, Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite
286–289; purpose of 176, 178, 181 Chronicon Paschale 37
Cassiodorus, grandfather of Cassiodorus church
Senator, envoy 174, 190, 237 and communication 9, 84, 113
Caucasus 220 embassies to emperor 227
Cavades I, Persian shah 253, 256, 259 Cicero, De re publica 197
Censorius, comes 41, 43, 45, 46, 61, 63, 235, city chronicles 39, 41, 251; see also chronicles
236, 259 civilians, attempts by to avert violence 76, 143,
Censurius, bishop of Auxerre, see Constantius, 169, 274
letter to Claudian, Claudius, poetand panegyricist
ceremonial 40, 76, 230, 251–259, 263, 271, 92–93
275 statue of, in Rome 91
adventus and descessus Clermont 110, 236
of emperors, relics 45, 104, 107 Gothic siege of 133
of envoys 50, 131, 155, 251 ‘client’ kingdoms 28
architecture 255 clothing, see ceremonial
as source of information 50, 52, 70, 77 Clovis I, Frankish king 28, 75, 206, 212, 232,
audience 244, 247, 252, 271, 276 262, 268
speeches during 247 and Genovefa of Paris 137
in classical Greece 13 letters of Theoderic to 179, 184, 207–210,
clothing 224, 258 257
conventions, among Huns 8 comes
emblems 258 rank 77; see also envoys, status
for dispatch and reception of envoys urban 60
223–226, 236 comes Hispaniarum 57
gifts 188, 256–258 comes patrimonii,comitiva patrimonii 188, 191,
in classical Greece 14 198, 203
ateastern imperial court 39, 226 comitatus, imperial, see consistorium
military displays 36, 50, 76, 77, 255 communication, political communication 1, 3,
purposes 253–256 4, 85
rank 224, 234, 263 patterns and participants in 7–10, 37, 42,
see also embassies, reception of; oaths; 53–77
panegyric term 6
Chamavi 19 see also pilgrimage; trade
Chanibert, bishop of Cologne 233 concordia 104
ChildebertI, Frankish king 235 Consentius, tribunus et notarius and envoy 21,
ChildebertII, Frankish king 73, 232, 233, 235, 111, 235
248, 249, 255, 257, 260, 261, 266, 267, consistorium 21, 226, 234, 236, 243, 245, 252,
270 256, 271
Chilperic, Frankish king 257, 260, 267 Constans I, emperor 122
Chlothar I, Frankish king 235 Constans II, eastern emperor 265
Chlothar II, Frankish king 209 Constantine I, emperor 122
Chosroes I Anoushirvan, Persian shah 8, 32, 73, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, eastern
220, 223, 225, 238, 249, 253 emperor 30
Chosroes II, Persian shah 259 De ceremoniis aulae Byzantinae 222–227, 230,
Chotro, cubicularis and envoy 233, 234 242, 245, 247, 249
Chronica Gallica 452 126, 280 Excerpta de legationibus 30–32
Chronicle of 511 41, 49 Constantinople 7, 21, 38, 39, 40, 65, 205,
chronicles, genre 33, 36, 37, 38–42, 49, 74; see 223–226, 254, 265, 266; see also Roman
also Cassiodorus, Chronicle; Chronica empire, eastern
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