A history of the later Roman empire, from Arcadius to Irene (395 A.D. to 800 A.D.) / by J.B.Bury ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell), 1861-1927.

Contributor:

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Empire, 284-476.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Byzantine Empire--History.

Byzantine Empire.

Genre:

Publishers' advertisements -- 1889.

Cloth bindings

Informational works.

Genealogical literature. -- p. [vi]

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Macmillan and Co., 1889.

Contents:

v. 1. Introduction: Christianity and paganism ; Influence of Christianity on society ; Elements of disintegration in the Roman Empire ; The administration of the empire ; Constantinople

The house of Theodosius : Rufinus and Eutropius ; The Germans in the East ; John Chrysostrom ; Stilicho and Alaric ; Theodosius II and Marcian ; Beginnings of the dismemberment of the empire ; Invasions of the Huns ; The patrician Aetius ; The church in the fifth century ; Life and manners in the fifth century ; A glimpse of Hun life

The House of Leo the Great : Leo I ; Ricimer the patrician ; Zeno ; The Ostrogoths in Illyricum and Thrace ; Odovacar the patrician and Theodoric the patrician ; Anastasius I ; The Persian War ; Greek literature of the fifth century

The House of Justin: Part I: The age of Justinian : The reign of Justin I

and the earlier years of Justinian's reign ; Justinian and Theodora ; The legal works of Justinian ; First Persian War (528-532 A.D.) ; The reconquest of Africa and Italy ; The Great Plague ; The final conquest of Italy and the conquest of South-Eastern Spain ; Second Persian War (540-545 A.D.) ; The Lazic War (549-556 A.D.)

The later years of Justinian's reign

v. 2. The House of Justin: Part I: The age of Justinian [cont'd] : Justinian's caesaropapism ; The slaves ; Changes in the provincial administration ; The geography of Europe at the end of Justinian's reign ; Byzantine art ; Notes on the manners, industries, and commerce in the age of Justinian

The House of Justin: Part II: The collapse of Justinian's system : Justin II and Tiberius II ; Maurice ; The Persian War (572-591 A.D.) ; Slaves and avars in Ilyricum and Thrace ; The Lombards in Italy ; The empire and the Franks ; The language of the Romaioi in the sixth century ; Literature of the sixth century

The House of Heraclius : Phocas ; Heraclius (610-622 A.D.) ; The Persian War ; Monotheletism ; Literature in the reign of Heraclius ; Dismemberment of the empire by the Saracens ; The Slavonic settlements in Illyricum and Thrace ; Constans II ; Constantine IV ; Justinian II ; Foundation of the Bulgarian kingdom ; Origins of the system of themes ; Twenty years of anarchy ; Social and religious decay in the seventh century

The House of Leo the Isaurian : The repulse of the Saracens ; The administration of Leo II ; The iconoclastic movement ; Imperial Italy in the eighth century ; Constantine V ; Iconoclastic policy of Constantine ; Bulgaria ; Leo IV ; Constantine VI and Irene ; The reaction against iconoclasm ; The popes, the Lombards, and the Franks ; The geographical aspect of Europe at the end of the eighth century ; Society in the eighth century ; Conclusion.

Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Publisher's device on flyleaf.

Includes index.

"Genealogical Table of the house of Heraclius" p. [vi]

A continuation of this work appeared with title: A history of the Eastern Roman empire ... (A.D. 802-867) London, 1912.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in blue cloth, title in gilt on spine.

Athenaeum copy: Stamped at top of t.p.: "Received Dec 3 1889, The Athenaeum."

Athenaeum copy: Gift of the John Livezey Fund.

OCLC:

4633589