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The Fall of Rome
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 19.99Why did Rome fall? Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it? The dominant view of this period today is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start... more...
Roman Imperial Policy from Julian to Theodosius
The University of North Carolina Press 2006; US$ 52.50The division of the late Roman Empire into two theoretically cooperating parts by the brothers Valentinian and Valens in 364 deeply influenced many aspects of government in each of the divisions. Although the imperial policies during this well-documented and formative period are generally understood to have been driven by the religious and ideological... more...
Theodosian Empresses
University of California Press 1989; US$ 31.95Theodosian Empresses sets a series of compelling women on the stage of history and offers new insights into the eastern court in the fifth century. more...
A.H.M. Jones and the Later Roman Empire
BRILL 2008; US$ 144.00The appearance in 1964 of AHM Jones' "The Later Roman Empire 284-602: A Social, Economic, and Administrative Survey" transformed the study of the Late Antique world. This volume reassess the impact of Jones' great work, the influences that shaped his scholarship, and the legacy he left for later generations. more...
Constantine and the Christian Empire
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 123.00This biographical narrative is a detailed portrayal of the life and career of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (273 ? 337). Combining vivid narrative and historical analysis, Charles Odahl relates the rise of Constantine amid the crises of the late Roman world, his dramatic conversion to and public patronage of Christianity, and his... more...
Marcus Aurelius
Da Capo Press 2009; US$ 19.95Marcus Aurelius (121?180 AD) is one of the great figures of antiquity whose life and words still speak to us today. His Meditations remains one of the most widely read books from the classical world, and his life represents the fulfillment of Plato?s famous dictum that mankind will prosper only when philosophers are rulers. Based on all available... more...
Tales of the Barbarians
Wiley 2010; US$ 93.95Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material. Investigates the connections between empire and knowledge at the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in the Roman West Explores... more...
Late Roman Warlords
OUP Oxford 2002; US$ 174.99Late Roman Warlords reconstructs the careers of some of the men who shaped (and were shaped by) the last quarter century of the Western Empire. There is a need for a new investigation of these warlords based on primary sources and including recent historical debates and theories. The difficult sources for this period have been analysed (and translated... more...
Following Hadrian
Oxford University Press, USA 2003; US$ 19.99One of the greatest--and most enigmatic--Roman emperors, Hadrian stabilized the imperial borders, established peace throughout the empire, patronized the arts, and built an architectural legacy that lasts to this day: the great villa at Tivoli, the domed wonder of the Pantheon, and the eponymous wall that stretches across Britain. Yet the story of... more...
The Appian Way
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 18.00The Roman poet Statius called the via Appia “the Queen of Roads,” and for nearly a thousand years that description held true, as countless travelers trod its path from the center of Rome to the heel of Italy. Today, the road is all but gone, destroyed by time, neglect, and the incursions of modernity; to travel the Appian Way today is... more...









