The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337Alan Bowman, Peter Garnsey, Averil Cameron 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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Contents
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| 67 | |
The army | 110 |
The emperor and his administration | 131 |
6b The age of the Severans | 137 |
6c The government and administration of the empire in | 156 |
from | 170 |
ja High classical law | 184 |
The Sassanians | 461 |
Armenia and the eastern marches | 481 |
The Arabs and the desert peoples | 498 |
RELIGION CULTURE AND SOCIETY | 521 |
jb The individual and the gods | 538 |
vjc Public religion | 553 |
iSa Christianity A D 70192 | 573 |
iSb Thirdcentury Christianity | 589 |
jb Epiclassical law | 200 |
Provinces and frontiers | 212 |
Developments in provincial and local administration | 269 |
Egypt from Septimius Severus to the death of Constantine | 313 |
the states point of view A D 193337 | 327 |
Coinage society and economy | 393 |
The Germanic peoples and Germanic society | 440 |
Art and architecture A D 193337 | 672 |
Conclusion | 702 |
Frontier deployment A D 193337 | 724 |
Stemmata | 768 |
Bibliography | 786 |
Index | 900 |
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Page 593 - that there are forty-six presbyters, seven deacons, seven subdeacons, forty-two acolytes, fifty-two exorcists, readers and doorkeepers, above fifteen hundred widows and persons in distress, all of whom are supported by the grace and loving-kindness of the Master'.
Page 552 - We too are a religious people, and our religion is a simple one: we swear by the genius of our lord the emperor and we offer prayers for his health — as you also ought to do
Page 84 - we must be grateful to the fortune of our state, second only to the immortal gods, for a tranquil world that reclines in the embrace of the most profound calm, and for the blessings of a peace that was won with great effort... Therefore we, who by the gracious
Page 320 - to which the taxes shall conform. Accordingly, the levy on each aroura according to the classification of the land, and the levy on each head of the peasantry, and from which age to which, may be accurately (?) known to all from the (recently) issued divine edict and
Page 193 - sua religione aestimet, quae possunt alienari obligarive debeant, manente pupillo actione, si postea potuerit probari obreptum esse praetori. si communis res erit et socius ad divisionem provocet, aut si creditor, qui pignori agrum a parente pupilli acceperit, ius exsequetur, nihil novandum censeo.').
Page 520 - It is not contracting the divine into one but showing it in that multiplicity in which God himself has shown it, which is proper to those who know the power
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337 Cambridge history ebook collection Volume 12 of The Cambridge Ancient History, Dominic Rathbone |
| Editors | Alan Bowman, Peter Garnsey, Averil Cameron |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0521301998, 9780521301992 |
| Length | 965 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General History / Europe / General |
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