History of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. 1.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bury, J. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Byzantine Empire--History.

Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (785 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newburyport : Dover Publications, 2012.

Newburyport, Massachusetts : Dover Publications, 2012.

Summary:

Volume 1 of classic history. One of the world's foremost historians chronicles the major forces and events in the history of the Western and Byzantine Empires from the death of Theodosius (A.D. 395) to the death of Justinian (A.D. 565).

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; VOL. I: Genealogical Tables-; (1) House of Theodosius; (2) House of Leo; (3) Family of Theoderic the Ostrogoth; List of Emperors; List of Bishops of Rome; List of Patriarchs of Constantinople; List of Patriarchs of Alexandria; List of Patriarchs of Antioch; List of Bishops and Patriarchs of Jerusalem; Chapter I: The Constitution of The Monarchy; 1. The Autocracy; 2. The Senate, and the Imperial Council; Chapter II: The Administrative Machinery; 1. Civil Administration.; 2. Military Organisation.; 3. Finance

4. Compulsory Social Organisation 5. Ecclesiastical Organisation; Chapter III: Constantinople; 1. Situation. Walls and Harbours; 2. Topography and Buildings; 3. Imperial Palaces; 4. Hippodrome; 5. The Suburbs. Population; Chapter IV: The Neighbours of The Empire at the end of the Fourth Century; 1. Persia; 2. The Germans; 3. The Huns; Appendix on The Numbers of the Barbarians; Chapter V: The Supremacy of Stilicho; 1. Stilicho and Rufinus (A.D. 395); 2. Stilicho and Eutropius (A.D. 396-397); 3. The Rebellion of Gildo (A.D. 397-398)

4. Fall of Eutropius, and the German Danger in (A.D. 398-400) 5. John Chrysostom; 6. Alaric's First Invasion of Italy (A.D. 401-403); 7. Last Years and Fall of Stilicho (A.D. 405-408); Chapter VI: The German Invasions Under Honorius; 1. Alaric's Second Invasion of Italy. the Three Sieges of Rome (A.D. 408-410); 2. The German Invasions of Gaul and Spain, and the Tyranny of Constantine III. (A.D. 406-411); 3. The Tyranny of Jovinus and the Eeign of Athaulf in Gaul (A.D. 412-415); 4. Settlement of the Visigoths in Gaul, and of the Vandals and Sueves in Spain (A.D. 415-423)

5. Elevation and Death of Constantius III. (A.D. 421), and Death of Honorius (A.D. 423)Chapter VII: Theodosius II. and Marcian; 1. Regency of Anthemius (A.D. 408-414); 2. Regency of the Empress Pulcheria (A.D. 414-416); 3. The Usurpation of John in Italy, and Elevation of Valentinian III. (A.D. 423-425); 4. The Empress Eudocia (A.D. 437-444); 5. The University of Constantinople and the Theodosian Code; 6. The Reign of Marcian (A.D. 450-457); Chapter VIII: The Dismemberment op The Empire in The West; 1. Regency of the Empress Placidia. the Defence of Gaul (A.D. 425-430)

2. Invasion of Africa by the Vandals (A.D. 429-435) 3. End of the Regency; and the Ascendancy of Aetius; 4. Settlement of the Vandals in Africa (A.D. 435-442); 5. Ravenna; Chapter IX: The Empire of Attila; 1. The Geography of the Balkan Peninsula; 2. The Hun Invasions of the Balkan Peninsula (A.D. 441-448); 3. The Empire and Court of Attila; 4. Attila's Invasions of Gaul and Italy (A.D. 451, 452), and the Fall of the Hun Empire (A.D. 454); 5. Deaths of Aetius (a d. 454) and Valentinian III. (A.D. 455); 6. Christian and Pagan Speculations on the Calamities of the Empire

7. Modern Views on the Collapse of the Empire in the West

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ISBN:

9780486143385

0486143384

OCLC:

898771606