Diocletian and the tetrarchy / Roger Rees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rees, Roger, 1944-2015, author.

Series:

Debates and documents in ancient history

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Diocletian, Emperor of Rome, 245-313.

Diocletian.

Rome--History--Diocletian, 284-305.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Rome--Politics and government--284-476.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 219 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

Includes English translations of source materials from Latin or Greek.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

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Summary:

This book makes accessible the sources and controversies concerning a key period in the history of the Roman Empire-the reign of Diocletian and its immediate aftermath.

Contents:

Pt. I. Debates

Introduction : history and narrative

Ch. 1. The military

Ch. 2. Administration

Ch. 3. Economics

Ch. 4. Ceremonial

Ch. 5. Religion

Ch. 6. Unity, succession and legitimacy

Pt. II. Documents

1. Aurelius Victor : Book of the Caesars

2. Eutropius : Breviarium

3. Festus : Breviarium

4. Epitome about the Caesars

5. Anonymous Valesianus

6. Lactantius : On the deaths of the persecutors

7. Ammianus Marcellinus : Histories

8. Eusebius : History of the Church

9. Malalas : Chronicle

10. Zosimus : New history

11. Panegyrici Latini X(2)

12. Panegyrici Latini XI(3)

13. Panegyrici Latini VIII(4)

14. Panegyrici Latini IX(5)

15. Panegyrici Latini VII(6)

16. Panegyrici Latini VI(7)

17. Panegyrici Latini V(8)

18. Historia Augusta

19. Edict of Maximal prices

20. Inscriptions

21. Panopolis papyri

22. Edict of Aristius Optatus

23. Land declaration

24. Legal petition

25. Notitia Dignitatum, text

26. Notitia Dignitatum, Saxon shore

27. Verona list

28. Manichaean rescript

29. Theodosian code

30. Justinianic code

31. Act of St. Crispina

32. Act of Felix the Bishop

33. Act of Julius the Veteran

34. Sketch of Luxor Fresco, Gardner Wilkinson

35. Plan of Diocletian's palace, split

36. Plan of Tetrarchic palace, Gamzigrad

37. Plan of baths of Diocletian, Rome

38. Portchester fort, Saxon shore

39. Senate house, Rome

40. Arch of Galerius, Thessalonica, detail

41. Constantinian basilica, trier

42. Maxentian basilica, Rome

43. a and b Decennalia base, Rome, details

44. Coin of Carausius

45. Arras medallion

46. Porphyry group, Venice

47. Porphyry group, Vatican library

48. Porphyry bust of Diocletian (?), Worcester Museum, Massachusetts

49. Porphyry bust of Licinius (?), Egyptian museum, Cairo

50. Porphyry bust of Galerius (?), Gamzigrad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-213) and index.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Rees, Roger, 1944- Diocletian and the tetrarchy.

ISBN:

9781474471909

1474471900

0748616616

9780748616619

0748616608

9780748616602

OCLC:

607446281

Publisher Number:

10.3366/j.ctvxcrmzd

9780748616619

9780748616602

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.