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A history of the later Roman Empire, AD 284-641 : the transformation of the ancient world /

Main Author: Mitchell, Stephen.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Series: Blackwell history of the ancient world
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to late Roman history
  • The nature of the evidence
  • The Roman Empire from Diocletian to Alaric
  • The Roman Empire of the fifth and sixth centuries
  • The Roman state
  • The barbarian kingdoms
  • From pagan to Christian
  • Conversion to Christianity and the politics of religious identity
  • The political economy of the later Roman Empire
  • Society and economy in the Mediterranean and the Near East
  • The challenges of the later sixth century
  • The final reckoning of the Eastern Empire.