A Prophecy of Empire

The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius was one of the medieval world’s most popular and widely translated texts. Composed in Syriac in Mesopotamia in the seventh century, this supposed revelation presented a new, salvific role for the Roman Empire, whose last emperor, it prophesied, would help bring about the end of the ages. In this first book-length study of  Pseudo-Methodius , Christopher J. Bonura uncovers the under-appreciated Syriac origins of this apocalyptic tract, revealing it as a rem