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Failure of empire : Valens and the Roman state in the fourth century A.D. / / Noel Lenski



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Autore: Lenski Noel Emmanuel <1965-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Failure of empire : Valens and the Roman state in the fourth century A.D. / / Noel Lenski Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 454 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina: 949.5/9013
Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Ancient / General
Soggetto geografico: Byzantine Empire History Valens, 364-378
Rome History Valentinian I, 364-375
Soggetto non controllato: antioch
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
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-442) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Failure 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Failure of empire  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-92853-9
1-59734-610-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780250603321
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Serie: ACLS Fellows’ publications. Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. Transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 34.