Edition:
2. ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2008 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781139054409
Content:
With the publication of Volume 13 The Cambridge Ancient History moves into fresh territory. The first edition was completed by Volume 12 which closed in AD 324. The editors of the new edition have enlarged the scope of Volume 12 to include the foundation of Constantinople and the death of Constantine, and extended the series with two new volumes taking the history down to AD 600. Volume 13 covers the years 337–425, from the death of Constantine to the reign of Theodosius II. It begins with a series of narrative chapters, followed by a part on government and institutions. The economy and society of the Empire are grouped together, as are chapters on foreign relations and the barbarian world. A part on religion marks the importance of Christianity in the Roman Empire by this period. The volume concludes with chapters on the various literary cultures of the Empire, and on art
Content:
The successors of Constantine / David Hunt -- Julian / David Hunt -- From Jovian to Theodosius / John Curran -- The dynasty of Theodosius / R.C. Blockley -- Emperors, government and bureaucracy / Christopher Kelly -- Senators and senates / Peter Heather -- The army / A.D. Lee -- The church as a public institution / David Hunt -- Rural life in the later Roman empire / C.R. Whittaker and Peter Garnsey -- Trade, industry and the urban economy / Peter Garnsey and C.R. Whittaker -- Late Roman social relations / Arnaldo Marcone -- The cities / Bryan Ward-Perkins -- Warfare and diplomacy / R.C. Blockley -- The eastern frontier / Benjamin Isaac -- The Germanic peoples / Malcolm Todd -- Goths and Huns, c. 320-425 / Peter Heather -- The barbarian invasions and first settlements / I.N. Wood -- Polytheist religion and philosophy / Garth Fowden -- Orthodoxy and heresy from the death of Constantine to the eve of the first council of Ephesus / Henry Chadwick -- Asceticism: pagan and Christian / Peter Brown -- Christianization and religious conflict / Peter Brown -- Education and literary culture / Averil Cameron -- Syriac culture, 337-425 / Sebastian Brock -- Coptic literature, 337-425 / Mark Smith -- Art and architecture / Jas Elsner
In:
Vol. 13
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521302005
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521302005
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521302005
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. The Cambridge ancient history ; 13: The late empire, A.D. 337 - 425 Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998 ISBN 9780521302005
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521302005
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CHOL9780521302005
Author information:
Cameron, Averil 1940-
