LEADER 03918nam 2200589 a 450 001 996248231003316 005 20211022214748.0 010 $a0-520-92853-9 010 $a1-59734-610-1 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520928534 035 $a(CKB)111087027178658 035 $a(EBL)223442 035 $a(OCoLC)475927984 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000152953 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11159177 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152953 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10392521 035 $a(PQKB)11595519 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055813 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223442 035 $a(DE-B1597)520791 035 $a(OCoLC)1077865911 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520928534 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL223442 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10048957 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027178658 100 $a20020621d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFailure of empire$b[electronic resource] $eValens and the Roman state in the fourth century A.D. /$fNoel Lenski 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (478 p.) 225 0 $aTransformation of the Classical Heritage ;$v34 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-28389-9 311 0 $a0-520-23332-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 403-442) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tMaps --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1 The Pannonian Emperors --$tChapter 2 The Revolt of Procopius --$tChapter 3 Valens's First Gothic War --$tChapter 4 Valens and the Eastern Frontier --$tChapter 5 Religion under the Valentiniani --$tChapter 6 Administration and Finance under Valentinian and Valens --$tChapter 7 The Disaster at Adrianople --$tEpilogue --$tAppendix A Datable Evidence for Valentinianic Fortifications --$tAppendix B Shapur's Administrative Structures in Armenia --$tAppendix C Natural Disasters and the Reign of Valens --$tAppendix D Civic Structures Built under Imperial Sponsorship, A.D. 364-378 --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aFailure 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. 607 $aByzantine Empire$xHistory$yValens, 364-378 607 $aRome$xHistory$yValentinian I, 364-375 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a949.5/9013 700 $aLenski$b Noel Emmanuel$f1965-$0297684 801 0$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248231003316 996 $aFailure of empire$9225489 997 $aUNISA