The Vandal habrosýne and its Significance in Procopius’ Narrative on the Rise and Fall of the Vandal State

The description of the Vandals’ habrosýne (Procopius, De bellis, IV, 6, 5–9) apparently fit in with the topos of “a nation once valiant who, living among the luxuries, succumbed to effeminacy”, which had been present in Greco-Roman literature since the time of Herodotus. Following such a course of i...

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Main Author: Michał Stachura
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Lodz University Press 2024-12-01
Series:Studia Ceranea
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/sceranea/article/view/24441
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