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grbs-15567	Ross, Alan J.	Libanius the Historian? Praise and the Presentation of the Past in Or. 59	2016	28	.pdf	application/pdf	10512	411	56	It provides valuable details for Constans’ and Constantius’ activities during the 340s, a period rendered murky to modern examination on account of the loss of the early books of Ammianus’ Res Gestae, and it is the earliest of a series of panegyrics addressed to Constantius.32 Libanius of course did not know that his speech would become source material for modern historians, but he himself openly alludes to historiographical practices at key moments throughout the speech. To modern eyes, a speech that praises Constantius may ap- pear anomalous amongst Libanius’ surviving works.22 Libanius is perhaps best known as the staunch defender of the emperor Julian, particularly on account of a series of speeches addressed to Julian both during the emperor’s short reign and after his death.	cache/grbs-15567.pdf	txt/grbs-15567.txt