"The battalions of impiety": Victor of Vita's rhetorical strategies and perspective on the Vandal migration as a religious event
The present article analyzes Victor of Vita's depiction of the Vandal migration into North Africa, focusing on its intertextual elements and rhetorical strategies. It argues that Victor particularly emphasized the religious aspects of what was essentially a military event, the overtaking of Rom...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Aschendorff
2020
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Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
Year: 2020, Volume: 63, Pages: 161-177 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Viktor, von Vita 440-490
/ Rhetoric
/ Vandals
/ Migration
/ North Africa
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| IxTheo Classification: | AF Geography of religion CH Christianity and Society KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa |
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Carthage (Extinct city)
B Persecution of Christians B Communities B North Africa B Conquerors |