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Autore |
Watson Alaric <1958, > |
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Titolo |
Aurelian and the third century / / Alaric Watson |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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1-134-90814-8 |
1-134-90815-6 |
1-280-18496-5 |
0-203-28345-7 |
9786610184965 |
0-203-16780-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (324 p.) |
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Collana |
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Roman Imperial Biographies |
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Soggetti |
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Emperors - Rome |
Rome History Aurelian, 270-275 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; List of dates; Introduction: the third-century 'crisis'; 'Restorer of the World'; A divided empire; Aurelian ascendant; Zenobia and the east; The Palmyrene Wars; War in the west: the reunification of the empire; The end of Aurelian; Internal Policies; Economic reforms; Public works and administration; The emperor, the senate and the armies; The emperor and the divine; Conclusion; excursion on sources; problems of chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Aurelian and the Third Century provides a re-evaluation, in the light of recent scholarship, of the difficulties facing the Roman empire in the AD 260s and 270s, concentrating upon the reign of the Emperor Aurelian and his part in summoning them.With introduction examining the situation in the mid third century, the book is divided into two parts:* Part 1: deals chronologically with the military and political events of the period from 268 to 276* Part 2: analyzes the other achievements and events of Aurelian's reign and assesses their |
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