Intro -- Table of Contents -- Praise for A History of the Later Roman Empire, ad 284-641, Second Edition -- Blackwell History of the Ancient World -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Diagrams -- Abbreviations -- Reference Works and Journals -- Ancient Authors, Works, and Documents (Details of Translations Can Be Found in the Bibliography) -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1: An Introduction to Late Roman History -- The Later Roman Empire, Late Antiquity, and the Contemporary World -- Change and Development -- Notes -- 2: The Nature of the Evidence -- The Problem of Christian Sources -- Hagiography -- Panegyrics -- The Secular Historians -- The Church Historians -- The Legal and Administrative Sources -- Letter Collections -- Inscriptions -- The Material World -- Notes -- 3: The Roman Empire from Diocletian to Alaric -- Prelude -- A Military Monarchy 284-395: Overview -- The Age of Diocletian and Constantine -- The Emergence of Constantine -- The Successors of Constantine -- Julian -- Valentinian and Valens -- A Changing World -- Theodosius I -- Stilicho and Alaric -- The Goths in Constantinople -- Notes -- 4: The Roman Empire of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries -- Preface -- The Reign of Theodosius II -- The Western Empire and the Barbarians 411-455 -- Marcian and Leo -- The Fall of the Western Empire -- Zeno and Odoacar -- Anastasius -- The War with Persia -- Justin -- Justinian: The Years of Ambition -- War on the Eastern Front -- The Nika Riot -- The Reconquest of the West: Africa -- The Invasion of Italy -- Notes -- 5: The Roman State -- The Anatomy of the Empire -- Propaganda and Ideology -- Military Security -- Ruling the Empire -- Social and Cultural Transformations -- Notes -- 6: The Barbarian Kingdoms -- The Origins of the Germanic Kingdoms of the West -- The Huns.

The Germanic Kingdoms of Western Europe in the Fifth Century -- The Visigoths -- The Burgundians -- The Franks -- Ostrogothic Italy -- Notes -- 7: From Pagan to Christian -- Religious Pluralism in Late Antiquity -- Christian Diversity -- Christianity and the State: Outlawry and Tolerance -- Notes -- 8: Conversion to Christianity and the Politics of Religious Identity -- Three Conversions and their Consequences -- Constantine -- Julian -- Augustine -- Politics and Christianity -- Religious Identities -- Notes -- 9: The Political Economy of the Later Roman Empire -- Rome -- Constantinople -- Alexandria -- Carthage -- Antioch -- Notes -- 10: Society and Economy in the Mediterranean and the Near East -- The Eastern Empire -- Egypt -- The Western Empire -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 11: The Challenges of the Later Sixth Century -- The Bubonic Plague and Other Natural Catastrophes -- Setbacks and Recovery in the Mid-Sixth Century -- The Challenge of the Sassanians -- Notes -- 12: The Final Reckoning of the Eastern Empire -- The Northern Barbarians in the Sixth Century -- The Fall of Maurice -- The Last Great War of Antiquity -- Religious Transformations -- The Coming of Islam -- Notes -- 13: The Fall of the Roman Empire -- Taxation and Diminishing State Revenue -- The Loss of Military Capacity -- Demographic Regression and Plague in Late Antiquity -- The Afterlife of Ancient Rome -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Histories and Studies -- Collected Sources in Translation -- Translated Texts -- Historiography and Sources -- The Historical Narrative -- State and Society -- Barbarians -- Religion -- Regions and Economies -- The Later Sixth Century -- Heraclius and the Final Wars with Persia -- Islam -- Chronological List of Emperors and Other Rulers -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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