The Cambridge ancient history. Volume 13, The Late Empire, AD 337-425 / Edited by Averil Cameron, Peter Garnsey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cameron, Averil, editor.

Garnsey, Peter, editor.

Series:

Cambridge ancient history

The Cambridge ancient history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Rome.

Rome--History--Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.

Christianity and culture--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Christianity and culture.

Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 889 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

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ISBN:

9781139054409 (ebook)

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