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The Later Roman Empire (Text Only)
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A comprehensive study - recently updated for the eBook edition - which introduces the reader to the vigour and variety of the fourth century AD.
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Ablabius, 55, 77
Acacius, Bishop of Beroea, 128
Adrianople, Battle of (AD 378), 85, 116, 136–7, 173
Aedesius of Pergamum, 89, 95
Agathias, 34, 147
Alamanni, 30, 90, 134, 136
Alaric the Visigoth, 22, 83, 138–9, 149–50, 188
Alexander Severus, 3
Alexandria (Egypt), 75, 182
Serapaeum, 75, 87
Allectus, usurper, 32
Alypius, 155
Ambrose, Bishop of Milan: writings, 13, 25, 78
on dedication of Church of Holy Sepulchre, 62
building, 72
and Gratian’s removal of altar from senate, 73
refuses communion to Theodosius I, 75
on conversion, 78, 153
influence, 102
Milan basilica, 126
influence on imperial policy, 156, education, 166
negotiates freeing of captives, 177
Amiens, 9
Ammianus Marcellinus: on army, 35
style, 46, 106
and Constantine, 64
on Constantius II, 65
and religion, 73–4; on Serapaeum, 75
on Roman aristocracy, 79
on nuns; 83
on Julian, 20, 64, 86, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97
on Valentinian and Valens, 99
praises Theodosius I, 101
and decline, 108
on rich landowners, 115
on military campaigns against barbarians, 133–7, 145
on Arabia, 142
on ‘Saracens’, 143
on class conflicts and education in Rome, 156–9
on treason trials, 163–4
on Antioch, 173; Res Gestae, 13, 19–21, 85–7, 194
Amphilochius of Iconium, 128
angareia (military transport), 6, 147
Anicii (Roman family), 159
annona militaris (army supplies), 6, 7, 36–7, 116, 122, 146–7
Antes (mythical giant), 170
Antioch: status, 8, 174
damaged, 9, 173–4
Julian in, 91–2, 95–6
population, 123
welfare, charity, 126, 177
captured by Shapur I, 141
trials for magic, 164
development, 173–5
entertainments, 175–6; ‘school’ of, 182
Antiochus, Bishop of Ptolemais, 128
Antony (Egyptian hermit), 23, 25, 82, 184
Apamea (Syria), 131, 173, 183
Aper (praetorian prefect), 31
Aphrodisias (Caria), 75, 176
Apiones (Egyptian family), 185
Apollonius of Tyana, 22
Aproniani (Roman family), 159
Apronianus, literary patron, 158
Aquileia, 43, 90
Arabs, 142–4, 188, 192
Arcadius, Emperor, 1, 74, 76, 99, 102, 149, 172
archaeology: as evidence, 28–9
Arianism, 69–71, 182
Arius, 59–60, 69–70
Aries, Council of (AD 314), 67
army (Roman): reforms, 5, 7, 33–6, 146
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction to the Fontana History of the Ancient World
- Preface
- Maps
- I: Introduction: The Third-Century Background
- II: The Sources
- III: The New Empire: Diocletian
- IV: The New Empire: Constantine
- V: Church and State: The Legacy of Constantine
- VI: The Reign of Julian
- VII: The Late Roman State: Constantius to Theodosius
- VIII: Late Roman Economy and Society
- IX: Military Affairs, Barbarians and the Late Roman Army
- X: Culture in the Late Fourth Century
- XI: Constantinople and the East
- XII: Conclusion
- Date Chart
- List of Emperors
- Primary Sources
- Further Reading
- Appendix
- Index
- About the Author
- Fontana History of the Ancient World Series
- Copyright
- About the Publisher