Umfang:
1 online resource (576 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781118341063
Serie:
New York Academy of Sciences Series
Inhalt:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Praise for A History of the Later Roman Empire, ad 284-641, Second Edition -- Blackwell History of the Ancient World -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Diagrams -- Abbreviations -- Reference Works and Journals -- Ancient Authors, Works, and Documents (Details of Translations Can Be Found in the Bibliography) -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1: An Introduction to Late Roman History -- The Later Roman Empire, Late Antiquity, and the Contemporary World -- Change and Development -- Notes -- 2: The Nature of the Evidence -- The Problem of Christian Sources -- Hagiography -- Panegyrics -- The Secular Historians -- The Church Historians -- The Legal and Administrative Sources -- Letter Collections -- Inscriptions -- The Material World -- Notes -- 3: The Roman Empire from Diocletian to Alaric -- Prelude -- A Military Monarchy 284-395: Overview -- The Age of Diocletian and Constantine -- The Emergence of Constantine -- The Successors of Constantine -- Julian -- Valentinian and Valens -- A Changing World -- Theodosius I -- Stilicho and Alaric -- The Goths in Constantinople -- Notes -- 4: The Roman Empire of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries -- Preface -- The Reign of Theodosius II -- The Western Empire and the Barbarians 411-455 -- Marcian and Leo -- The Fall of the Western Empire -- Zeno and Odoacar -- Anastasius -- The War with Persia -- Justin -- Justinian: The Years of Ambition -- War on the Eastern Front -- The Nika Riot -- The Reconquest of the West: Africa -- The Invasion of Italy -- Notes -- 5: The Roman State -- The Anatomy of the Empire -- Propaganda and Ideology -- Military Security -- Ruling the Empire -- Social and Cultural Transformations -- Notes -- 6: The Barbarian Kingdoms -- The Origins of the Germanic Kingdoms of the West -- The Huns.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781118312421
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781118312421
Sprache:
Englisch
