David Potter (USA University of Michigan)

The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Roman Empire at Bay is the only one volume history of the critical years 180-395 AD, which saw the transformation of the Roman Empire from a unitary state centred on Rome, into a new polity with two capitals and a new religionâ Christianity. Updated for a new generation of students, this book remains a crucial tool in the study of this period.

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Produktdetails

• The Routledge History of the Ancient World
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 792
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1156g
• ISBN-13: 9780415840552
• ISBN-10: 0415840554
• Artikelnr.: 38554466

Autorenporträt

David Potter is Francis W Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman History and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The shape of Rome 1. Culture, economy and power 2. Economy Part II:
Reshaping the old order 3. Crises in government 4. The army in politics;
lawyers in government 5. Intellectual trends in the early third century
Part III: The Roman Empire and its neighbours, 225-99 6. The failure of the
Severan empire 7. The emergence of a new order Part IV: The Constantinian
Empire 8. Alternative narratives: Manichaeans, Christians, and
Neoplatonists 9. Rewritings of the Tetrarchy: 300-13 10. Restructuring the
state: 313-37 11. Constructing Christianity in an Imperial context Part V:
Losing power 12. Church and State:337-55 13. The struggle for control:
355-66 14. The end of hegemony: 367-95