TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cameron,Averil
AU  - Garnsey,Peter
ED  - Cambridge University Press.
TI  - The Cambridge ancient history
SN  - 0521302005
AV  - D51 .C25 1998
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge [England], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - History, Ancient
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - Empire, 284-476
N1  - 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
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