Format:
XXIII, 495 S.
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Ill., Kt.
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23 cm
ISBN:
9781107021754
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9781107633889
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1107021758
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1107633885
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to the ancient world
Content:
Part I. The Roman Empire -- Reversals of fortune: an overview of the Age of Attila / Michael Maas -- Government and mechanisms of control, east and west / Geoffrey Greatrex -- Urban and rural economies in the Age of Attila / Peter Sarris -- Mediterranean cities in the fifth century: elites, christianizing, and the barbarian influx / Kenneth G. Holum -- Big cities and the dynamics of the Mediterranean during the fifth century / Raymond Van Dam -- Dynasty and aristocracy in the fifth century / Brian Croke -- Military developments in the fifth century / Hugh Elton -- Law and legal culture in the Age of Attila / Caroline Humfress -- Romanness in the Age of Attila / Jonathan P. Conant -- Part II. Attila and the world around Rome -- The steppe world and the rise of the Huns / Étienne de la Vaissière -- Neither conquest nor settlement: Attila's empire and its impact / Christopher Kelly -- The huns and barbarian Europe / Peter Heather -- Captivity among the barbarians and its impact on the fate of the Roman Empire / Noel Lenski -- Migrations, ethnic groups, and state building / Walter Pohl -- Kingdoms of north Africa / Andy Merrills -- The reinvention of Iran: the Sasanian Empire and the huns / Richard Payne -- Part III. Religious and cultural transformation -- Ascetics and monastics in the early fifth century / Susanna Elm -- Religious doctrine and ecclesiastical change in the time of Leo the Great / Susan Wessel -- Christian sermons against pagans: the evidence from Augustine's sermons on the new year and on the sack of Rome in 410 / Michele Renee Salzman -- Mediterranean jews in a christianizing empire / Joseph E. Sanzo and Ra'anan Boustan -- Ordering intellectual life / Edward Watts -- Real and imagined geography / Scott Fitzgerald Johnson
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Part I. The Roman EmpireReversals of fortune: an overview of the Age of Attila
,
Government and mechanisms of control, east and west
,
Urban and rural economies in the Age of Attila
,
Mediterranean cities in the fifth century: elites, christianizing, and the barbarian influx
,
Big cities and the dynamics of the Mediterranean during the fifth century
,
Dynasty and aristocracy in the fifth century
,
Military developments in the fifth century
,
Law and legal culture in the Age of Attila
,
Romanness in the Age of Attila
,
Part II. Attila and the world around Rome ; The steppe world and the rise of the Huns
,
Neither conquest nor settlement: Attila's empire and its impact
,
The huns and barbarian Europe
,
Captivity among the barbarians and its impact on the fate of the Roman Empire
,
Migrations, ethnic groups, and state building
,
Kingdoms of north Africa
,
The reinvention of Iran: the Sasanian Empire and the huns
,
Part III. Religious and cultural transformation ; Ascetics and monastics in the early fifth century
,
Religious doctrine and ecclesiastical change in the time of Leo the Great
,
Christian sermons against pagans: the evidence from Augustine's sermons on the new year and on the sack of Rome in 410
,
Mediterranean jews in a christianizing empire
,
Ordering intellectual life
,
Real and imagined geography
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. The Cambridge companion to the age of Attila Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2015 ISBN 9781139128964
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Römisches Reich
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Attila Hunnenreich, König -453
;
Geschichte 400-500
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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