Book Details
Orange Code:95621
Paperback:919 pages
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1. The Severan dynasty2. Maximinus to Diocletian and the ‘crisis’3. Diocletian and the first tetrarchy, a.d. 284–3054. The reign of Constantine, a.d. 306–3375. The army6. The emperor and his administration7. High classical law8. Provinces and frontiers9. Developments in provincial and local administration10. Egypt from Septimius Severus to the death of Constantine11. Coinage and taxation: the state’s point of view, a.d. 193–33712. Coinage, society and economy13. The Germanic peoples and Germanic society14. The Sassanians15. Armenia and the eastern marches16. The Arabs and the desert peoples17. Late polytheism18. Christianity19. Art and architecture, a.d. 193–337
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This volume covers the history of the Roman Empire from the accession of Septimius Severus in AD 193 to the death of Constantine in AD 337. This period was one of the most critical in the history of the Mediterranean world. It begins with the establishment of the Severan dynasty as a result of civil war. From AD 235 this period of relative stability was followed by half a century of short reigns of short-lived emperors and a number of military attacks on the eastern and northern frontiers of the empire. This was followed by the First Tetrarchy (AD 284–305), a period of collegial rule in which Diocletian, with his colleague Maximian and two junior Caesars (Constantius and Galerius), restabilised the empire. The period ends with the reign of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, who defeated Licinius and established a dynasty which lasted for thirty-five years.
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