From Rome to Byzantium AD 363 to 565

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Edinburgh University Press, Jan 15, 2013 - History - 360 pages
A. D. Lee charts the significant developments which marked the transformation of Ancient Rome into medieval Byzantium.
 

Contents

The Constantinian inheritance
1
The later fourth century
17
Emperors usurpers and frontiers
19
Towards a Christian empire
39
Old Rome new Rome
57
The long fifth century
79
Generalissimos and imperial courts
81
Barbarians and Romans
110
Economic patterns
223
The age of Justinian
241
Justinian and the Roman past
243
Justinian and the Christian present
264
Justinian and the end of antiquity
286
Chronology
301
List of rulers
304
List of bishops of Rome
307

Church and state piety and power
134
Anastasius and the resurrection of imperial power
159
Romes heirs in the west
178
Longerterm trends
197
Urban continuity and change
199
Guide to further reading
308
Select bibliography of modern works
313
Index
322
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About the author (2013)

Doug Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Information and Frontiers: Late Roman Foreign Relations (1993), Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook (2000), and War in Late Antiquity: A Social History (2007), as well as contributing chapters to the Cambridge Ancient History.

Bibliographic information

TitleFrom Rome to Byzantium AD 363 to 565
The Edinburgh history of Ancient Rome
AuthorA. D Lee
Editionillustrated
PublisherEdinburgh University Press, 2013
ISBN0748668357, 9780748668359
Length360 pages
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