05716nam 2201309 a 450 991110868510332120251117115051.0978052092853405209285399781597346108159734610110.1525/9780520928534(CKB)111087027178658(EBL)223442(OCoLC)475927984(SSID)ssj0000152953(PQKBManifestationID)11159177(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152953(PQKBWorkID)10392521(PQKB)11595519(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055813(DE-B1597)520791(OCoLC)1077865911(DE-B1597)9780520928534(Au-PeEL)EBL223442(CaPaEBR)ebr10048957(MiAaPQ)EBC223442(dli)HEB08177(MiU)MIU01000000000000009642536(Perlego)550780(EXLCZ)9911108702717865820020621d2002 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFailure of empire Valens and the Roman state in the fourth century A.D. /Noel Lenski1st ed.Berkeley University of California Press20021 online resource (xiv, 454 pages) illustrations, mapsTransformation of the Classical Heritage ;349780520283893 0520283899 9780520233324 0520233328 Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-442) and index.Front matter --Contents --List of illustrations --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Maps --Introduction --Chapter 1 The Pannonian Emperors --Chapter 2 The Revolt of Procopius --Chapter 3 Valens's First Gothic War --Chapter 4 Valens and the Eastern Frontier --Chapter 5 Religion under the Valentiniani --Chapter 6 Administration and Finance under Valentinian and Valens --Chapter 7 The Disaster at Adrianople --Epilogue --Appendix A Datable Evidence for Valentinianic Fortifications --Appendix B Shapur's Administrative Structures in Armenia --Appendix C Natural Disasters and the Reign of Valens --Appendix D Civic Structures Built under Imperial Sponsorship, A.D. 364-378 --Bibliography --IndexFailure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not, however, entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator, a committed defender of the frontiers, and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects. In lively style and rich detail, Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material, from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources, in a study that illuminates the social, cultural, religious, economic, administrative, and military complexities of Valens's realm. Failure of Empire offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands.ACLS Fellows’ publications.Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.Transformation of the classical heritage ;34.HISTORY / Ancient / GeneralbisacshByzantine EmpireHistoryValens, 364-378RomeHistoryValentinian I, 364-375antioch.archaeology.arian crisis.armenia.balkans.barbarian history.battle of adrianople.battle.biography.bureaucracy.byzantine.christianity.constantin.discipline.emperor.empire.fall of an empire.frontier.gothic war.goths.government.history.iberia.imperialism.invasion.isaurian.late roman.military.pagans.pannonian emperors.persia.politics.procopius.rebellion.reign.religion.religious persecution.resistance.roman administration.roman empire.rome.saracens.territory.uprising.valens.valentinian.war.HISTORY / Ancient / General.949.5/9013Lenski Noel Emmanuel1965-297684MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911108685103321Failure of empire225489UNINA05568nam 2200673 a 450 991114173620332120260415134234.01-280-49729-7978661359252190-272-7390-1(CKB)2670000000151245(EBL)861540(OCoLC)777375673(SSID)ssj0000990535(PQKBManifestationID)11572975(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000990535(PQKBWorkID)10987689(PQKB)11017524(MiAaPQ)EBC861540(Au-PeEL)EBL861540(CaPaEBR)ebr10534222(DE-B1597)719977(DE-B1597)9789027273901(EXLCZ)99267000000015124519930204d1993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican dialect research /edited by Dennis R. Preston ; with the assistance of the members of the committee, John G. Fought [et al.] and the distinguished honorary members of the committee, Dwight Bolinger and Charles F. Hockett1st ed.Amsterdam :J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,1993.1 online resource (480 pages)Centennial series of the American Dialect Society1-55619-488-9 90-272-2132-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.AMERICAN DIALECT RESEARCH; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; I. Area Studies; II. Community Studies; III. Group Studies; IV. Special Topics; References; I. Area Studies; The Historical and Cultural Interpretation of Dialect; References; An Approach to Linguistic Geography; The Tape/Text; The Fiche/Text; The Disk/Text; The Book/Text; Note; References; Area Lexicon: The Making of DARE; Notes; Some Applications of Mathematical and Statistical Models in Dialect Geography; Defining Dialect Areas as 'Fuzzy Sets'Characterizing Regional Interaction with Gravity Models Relating Linguistic and Social Variables through Multivariate Analysis; Conclusion; References; Sociolinguistic Dialectology; 1. Emphases; 2. Questions; 3. Issues; Notes; References; II. Community Studies; Adapting dialectology: The conduct of community language studies; 1.0. Introduction; 2.0. Questionnaires and worksheets; 2.1. Language attitude surveys; 2.2. Grammaticaly judgments; 3.0. The observer's paradox; 4.0. Experimental development; 5.0. Social and demographic relevance; 6.0. Conclusion; Notes; ReferencesIdentifying and Interpreting Variables Introduction; The Linguistic Variable; The Social Variable; The First Stage: Identifying Potential Variables; The Extraction Process; Manipulating Linguistic Variables; Note; References; The quantitative analysis of linguistic variation; 1. Quantitative methods and dialect research; 2. Three steps in quantitative analysis; 3. Data collection: Sampling and reliability.; 4. Approaches to reduction and display.; 5. Approaches to interpretation.; 6. Variable rule analysis; References; III. Group Studies; Variation theory and language contact:1.0. Introduction 2.0. Variation Theory; 3.0. Concepts in Language Contact; 4.0. Methods; 5.0. Data Manipulation; 6.0. Discussion; Notes; References; A Perspective on African-American English; 1.0. Introduction; 2.0. Why Divergence is Controversial; 3.0. An Approach to BE; 4.0. Results; 5.0. Conclusion; Notes; References; Professional Varieties: The Case of Language and Law; A Personal Preface; Language Varies -- But So What?; Studying the Consequences of Language Variation in Legal Contexts; The Nature of Legal Language; Getting Started; More Recent ConcernsLaw and Language Studies More Generally Special Issues in the Study of Law and Language; Other Professional Contexts; Notes; References; IV. Special Topics; Folk Dialectology; 1. Draw a Map; 2. Area Ratings; 3. Area differences; 4. Area identification; 5. Interviews; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; The Patterning of Variation in Performance; 1. Introduction; 2. Investigating Warao performance; 3. Genre and variation; 4. The metapragmatic encompassment of genre; 5 Conclusion: poetics and the dynamic character of language; Notes; References; Appendix: Resources for Research; Index of Dialects by Archive NumberContaining all new material and published for the American Dialect Society's centennial celebration (1889-1989), this volume brings together in one place, as no previously published work has, current approaches to the general problems of language distribution and variation. The several chapters offer accounts of how questions are formulated and how data are collected, stored, and interpreted in the various research traditions of dialectology and sociolinguistics, particularly as they have been carried out by researchers associated with the American Dialect Society.Centennial series of the American Dialect Society.English languageDialectsUnited StatesAmericanismsEnglish languageDialectsAmericanisms.427/.973Preston Dennis Richard127881Fought John G1668755MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911141736203321American dialect research4833898UNINA