Byzantium and the decline of Rome / by Walter Emil Kaegi, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaegi, Walter Emil, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Rome.

Byzantine Empire--Relations--Rome.

Byzantine Empire.

Rome--Relations--Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1968.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Professor Kaegi studies the response of the eastern half of the Roman Empire to the disintegration of western Rome, usually dated from the sack of the city of Rome in A.D. 410. Using sources from the fifth and sixth centuries, he shows that the eastern empire had a clear awareness of, interest in, and definite opinions on the disasters that befell Rome in the west. Religious arguments, both Pagan and Christian, tended to dominate the thinking of the intellectuals, but economic and diplomatic activity also contributed to the reaction. This reaction, the author finds, was in a distinctly eastern manner and reflected quite naturally the special conditions prevailing in the eastern provinces. Originally published in 1968.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

Key to coins

I. Eastern Emperors and Western Crises: Official Eastern Responses to the Deterioration of the Western Roman Empire

II. Political and Religious Pagan Protests: Political and Religious Criticism and Opposition in the East, 400-475

III. Zosimus and the Climax of Pagan Historical Apologetics

IV. The Diversity of Christian Reactions

V. Divine Providence and the Roman Empire: A Positive Eastern Christian Interpretation of Recent History

VI. Conclusions

Annotated Bibliography

Index

Notes:

A revision of the author's thesis, Harvard.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691649283

0691649286

9781400879557

1400879558

OCLC:

966926216