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The tragedy of empire : from Constantine to the destruction of Roman Italy /

Michael Kulikowski traces two hundred years of Roman history during which the Empire became ungovernable and succumbed to turbulence and change. A sweeping political narrative, The Tragedy of Empire tells the story of the Western Roman Empire's downfall, even as the Eastern Empire remained poli...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kulikowski, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Making of the Constantinian Empire
  • 2. The Failures of Julian
  • 3. The Valentiniani
  • 4. Adrianople and the Coup of Theodosius
  • 5. The Reign of Theodosius I
  • 6. Stilicho and His Rivals
  • 7. Galla Placidia and Flavius Constantius
  • 8. The Reign of Theodosius II
  • 9. Placidia, Aëtius and Valentinian III
  • 10. The Fall That No One Noticed
  • 11. After the Theodosians
  • 12. Zeno and Anastasius
  • 13. The Western Kingdoms
  • 14. The Franks and the Imperial Periphery
  • 15. From Rome to Byzantium
  • Roman Emperors from Constantine I to Justinian I
  • Persian Kings from Shapur II to Khusrau I
  • Further Reading
  • Bibliography
  • Index