Byzantium and the Decline of the Roman Empire /

Professor Kaegi studies the response of the eastern half of the Roman Empire to the disintegration of western Rome, usually dated from the sack of the city of Rome in A.D. 410. Using sources from the fifth and sixth centuries, he shows that the eastern empire had a clear awareness of, interest in, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaegi, Walter Emil (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1968.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Verval (geschiedenis)
International relations.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Weströmisches Reich
Byzantinisches Reich
Rome (Empire)
Byzantine Empire.
Rome > Histoire > 284-476 (Bas-Empire)
Rome > Relations > Byzantine Empire.
Byzantine Empire > Relations > Rome.
Rome > History > Empire, 284-476.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Abbreviations; II. Political and Religious Pagan Protests: Political and Religious Criticism and Opposition in the East, 400-475; III. Zosimus and the Climax of Pagan Historical Apologetics; IV. The Diversity of Christian Reactions; V. Divine Providence and the Roman Empire: A Positive Eastern Christian Interpretation of Recent History; VI. Conclusions; Annotated Bibliography; Index.

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