The Cambridge ancient history / edited by Averil Cameron,Peter Garnsey.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 768-845) and index.

volume 13. The late empire, A.D. 337-425 / edited by Averil Cameron, Peter Garnsey

-- Table Of Contents: List of maps List of text-figures Preface PART I CHRONOLOGICAL OVERVIEW 1 The successors of Constantine DAVID HUNT, Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Durbam I The dynastic inheritance, 337-40 II Constans and the west, 340-50 III Constantius and Persia, 337-50 IV Magnentius, Vetranio and the recovery of the west, 350-3 V Athanasius, Gallus and Julian, 353-6 VI Constantius in Rome, 357 VII Sirmium and the search for a creed, 357-9 VIII Constantius in Constantinople, 359-60 IX Sapor and Julian, 360-1 2 Julian DAVID HUNT I The early years II Caesar in Gaul III Proclamation at Paris IV Constantinople V Antioch VI Persia 3 From Jovian to Theodosius JOHN CURRAN, Lecturer in Classics at The Queen's University of Belfast I Jovian II Valentinian and Valens: accession III Religion, magic and treason at Rome IV Valentinian and the north-west frontier V Valentinian and Britain VI Valentinian and Africa VII Valens and the revolt of Procopius VIII Valens and Persia IX Valens and the Goths X Theodosius: the Gothic war XI Theodosius and Christianity XII The usurpation of Maximus and the fall of Gratian XIII The fall of Valentinian II and the usurpation of Eugenius 4 The dynasty of Theodosius R.C. BLOCKLEY, Professor of Classics, Carleton University, Ottawa I Introduction II The empire divided, 395-404 III The German onslaught on the west, 400-8 IV Alaric in Italy, 408-10 V The early years of Theodosius II, 408-14 VI Barbarian settlements in the west, 411-18 VII The ascendancy of Pulcheria, 414-23 VIII The last years of Honorius and the usurpation of John, 419-25 PART II GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS 5 Emperors, government and bureaucracy CHRISTOPHER KELLY, Lecturer in Classics in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Corpus Christi College I Introduction II The emperor in the later Roman world III Bureaucracy IV Conclusions 6 Senators and senates PETER HEATHER, Lecturer in Early Medieval History, University College London I Institutional change II Senatorial careers III Senators and emperors IV Senators and local politics V Conclusion 7 The army A.D. LEE, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Wales, Lampeter I Organization and deployment II Resources and manpower III The army, politics and society IV Military effectiveness 8 The church as a public institution DAVID HUNT I Introduction: bishops at court II Organization and hierarchy III A Christian environment IV Wealth V The church as a career VI Bishops and the community VII Bishops and the law PART III THE EMPIRE: ECONOMY AND SOCIETY 9 Rural life in the later Roman empire C.R. WHITTAKER, Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge PETER GARNSEY I Rural production II Labour and property owners III The organization of the countryside 10 Trade, industry and the urban economy PETER GARNSEY C.R. WHITTAKER I Introduction II State intervention and its limits III Expanding estates, declining cities IV The city economy V Conclusion 11 Late Roman social relations ARNALDO MARCONE, Professor of the Economic and Social History of the Ancient World, University of Parma I Introduction II The sources III A society in transition IV The regional reality V The emperor VI The upper classes VII The lower classes VIII Other social distinctions IX From patronage to patrocinium X Social mobility XI Social marginalization XII Conclusion 12 The cities BRYAN WARD-PERKINS, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford I What is a civitas and what is a city? II The decline of the curiae and the `end of the classical city' III The new structures of power and loyalty IV Military needs V The impact of Christianity VI The size and wealth of cities VII Conclusion PART IV FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE BARBARIAN WORLD R.C. BLOCKLEY I War, diplomacy and the Roman state II Sources III The defence of the empire to Constantine IV From Constantine's death to the treaty of 363 V The Pannonian emperors VI Theodosius I: the aftermath of Adrianople VII The reigns of Arcadius and Honorius VIII Theodosius II: the emergence of diplomacy 14 The eastern frontier BENJAMIN ISAAC, Professor of Ancient History at Tel Aviv University I Rome and Persia II Arabs and desert peoples III Regional and local unrest IV Military organization V Conclusion 15 The Germanic peoples MALCOLM TODD, Principal of Trevelyan College and Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham I Introduction II Gaul, the Germanys and Raetia III The northern coastlands and Holland IV Britain V Scandinavia and the western Baltic VI The eastern territories and the Danube lands 16 Goths and Huns, c. 320-425 PETER HEATHER I Sources II The Goths to c. 370 III Goths and Huns beyond the Roman frontier, c. 370-425 IV Goths and Romans, c.376-425 17 The barbarian invasions and first settlements I.N.

WOOD, Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds PART V RELIGION 18 Polytheist religion and philosophy GARTH FOWDEN, Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity, National Research Foundation, Athens I Repression and compromise, 337-61 II Julian, philosopher and reformer of polytheism III Jovian to Theodosius II: the attrition of polytheism IV Polytheist resistances V Polytheism and Christianity 19 Orthodoxy and heresy from the death of Constantine to the eve of the first council of Ephesus HENRY CHADWICK, Professor Emeritus of the University of Cambridge 20 Asceticism: pagan and Christian PETER BROWN, Professor of History, Princeton University 21 Christianization and religious conflict PETER BROWN PART VI ART AND CULTURE 22 Education and literary culture AVERIL CAMERON I Introduction II Christianity and traditional education III Literary education as a path to advancement IV Neoplatonism V Legal and other studies VI History-writing and its context VII High literary culture VIII Epistolography and literary networks IX Christian writing X Biography, Christian and pagan XI Ascetic literature XII Theological works XIII Conclusion 23a Syriac culture, 337-425 SEBASTIAN BROCK, Reader in Syriac Studies in the University of Oxford I Introduction II Literary genres III The threefold inheritance IV Interaction between Syriac and Greek culture V Syriac into Greek and Greek into Syriac 23b Coptic literature, 337-425 MARK SMITH, University Lecturer in Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, University of Oxford I Magical texts II The Bible and Apocrypha III Patristic and homiletic works IV Monastic texts and martyrologies V The Nag Hammadi library and related tractates VI Manichean writings 24 Art and architecture JAS ELSNER, Lecturer in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, University of London I Introduction II The modern critical context III Art and architecture, 337-425 Chronological table BIBLIOGRAPHY Abbreviations Frequently cited works Part I: Chronological overview (chapter 1-4) Part II: Government and institutions (chapter 5-8) Part III: The empire: economy and society (chapters 9-12) Part IV: Foreign relations and the barbarian world (chapter 13-17) Part V: Religion (chapter 18-21) Part VI: Art and culture (chapter 22-24) Index