The Cambridge Ancient History

by Cameron, Averil; Garnsey, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780521302005
• ISBN10: 0521302005
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

With the publication of Volume 13 The Cambridge Ancient History moves into fresh territory. The first edition was completed by Volume 12 which closed in AD 324. The editors of the new edition have enlarged the scope of Volume 12 to include the foundation of Constantinople and the death of Constantine, and extended the series with two new volumes taking the history down to AD 600. Volume 13 covers the years 337-425, from the death of Constantine to the reign of Theodosius II. It begins with a series of narrative chapters, followed by a part on government and institutions. The economy and society of the Empire are grouped together, as are chapters on foreign relations and the barbarian world. A part on religion marks the importance of Christianity in the Roman Empire by this period. The volume concludes with chapters on the various literary cultures of the Empire, and on art.

Table of Contents

List of maps	xi	(1)
List of text-figures	xii	(1)
Preface	xiii
PART I CHRONOLOGICAL OVERVIEW	1	(137)
1 The successors of Constantine	1	(43)
DAVID HUNT, Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Durbam
I The dynastic inheritance, 337-40	1	(4)
II Constans and the west, 340-50	5	(6)
III Constantius and Persia, 337-50	11	(3)
IV Magnentius, Vetranio and the recovery of the west, 350-3	14	(8)
V Athanasius, Gallus and Julian, 353-6	22	(7)
VI Constantius in Rome, 357	29	(3)
VII Sirmium and the search for a creed, 357-9	32	(5)
VIII Constantius in Constantinople, 359-60	37	(2)
IX Sapor and Julian, 360-1	39	(5)
2 Julian	44	(34)
DAVID HUNT
I The early years	44	(5)
II Caesar in Gaul	49	(7)
III Proclamation at Paris	56	(4)
IV Constantinople	60	(7)
V Antioch	67	(6)
VI Persia	73	(5)
3 From Jovian to Theodosius	78	(33)
JOHN CURRAN, Lecturer in Classics at The Queen's University of Belfast
I Jovian	78	(2)
II Valentinian and Valens: accession	80	(2)
III Religion, magic and treason at Rome	82	(1)
IV Valentinian and the north-west frontier	83	(3)
V Valentinian and Britain	86	(1)
VI Valentinian and Africa	87	(2)
VII Valens and the revolt of Procopius	89	(2)
VIII Valens and Persia	91	(3)
IX Valens and the Goths	94	(7)
X Theodosius: the Gothic war	101	(2)
XI Theodosius and Christianity	103	(1)
XII The usurpation of Maximus and the fall of Gratian	104	(4)
XIII The fall of Valentinian II and the usurpation of Eugenius	108	(3)
4 The dynasty of Theodosius	111	(27)
R.C. BLOCKLEY, Professor of Classics, Carleton University, Ottawa
I Introduction	111	(2)
II The empire divided, 395-404	113	(5)
III The German onslaught on the west, 400-8	118	(7)
IV Alaric in Italy, 408-10	125	(3)
V The early years of Theodosius II, 408-14	128	(1)
VI Barbarian settlements in the west, 411-18	129	(4)
VII The ascendancy of Pulcheria, 414-23	133	(2)
VIII The last years of Honorius and the usurpation of John, 419-25	135	(3)
PART II GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS	138	(139)
5 Emperors, government and bureaucracy	138	(46)
CHRISTOPHER KELLY, Lecturer in Classics in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Corpus Christi College
I Introduction	138	(1)
II The emperor in the later Roman world	139	(23)
III Bureaucracy	162	(18)
IV Conclusions	180	(4)
6 Senators and senates	184	(27)
PETER HEATHER, Lecturer in Early Medieval History, University College London
I Institutional change	184	(7)
II Senatorial careers	191	(6)
III Senators and emperors	197	(7)
IV Senators and local politics	204	(5)
V Conclusion	209	(2)
7 The army	211	(27)
A.D. LEE, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Wales, Lampeter
I Organization and deployment	213	(6)
II Resources and manpower	219	(5)
III The army, politics and society	224	(8)
IV Military effectiveness	232	(6)
8 The church as a public institution	238	(39)
DAVID HUNT
I Introduction: bishops at court	238	(2)
II Organization and hierarchy	240	(10)
III A Christian environment	250	(7)
IV Wealth	257	(5)
V The church as a career	262	(7)
VI Bishops and the community	269	(3)
VII Bishops and the law	272	(5)
PART III THE EMPIRE: ECONOMY AND SOCIETY	277	(134)
9 Rural life in the later Roman empire	277	(35)
C.R. WHITTAKER, Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge
PETER GARNSEY
I Rural production	277	(10)
II Labour and property owners	287	(17)
III The organization of the countryside	304	(8)
10 Trade, industry and the urban economy	312	(26)
PETER GARNSEY
C.R. WHITTAKER
I Introduction	312	(4)
II State intervention and its limits	316	(6)
III Expanding estates, declining cities	322	(6)
IV The city economy	328	(7)
V Conclusion	335	(3)
11 Late Roman social relations	338	(33)
ARNALDO MARCONE, Professor of the Economic and Social History of the Ancient World, University of Parma
I Introduction	338	(1)
II The sources	339	(1)
III A society in transition	340	(11)
IV The regional reality	351	(1)
V The emperor	352	(2)
VI The upper classes	354	(2)
VII The lower classes	356	(3)
VIII Other social distinctions	359	(2)
IX From patronage to patrocinium	361	(2)
X Social mobility	363	(3)
XI Social marginalization	366	(3)
XII Conclusion	369	(2)
12 The cities	371	(40)
BRYAN WARD-PERKINS, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford
I What is a civitas and what is a city?	371	(2)
II The decline of the curiae and the `end of the classical city'	373	(9)
III The new structures of power and loyalty	382	(7)
IV Military needs	389	(3)
V The impact of Christianity	392	(11)
VI The size and wealth of cities	403	(6)
VII Conclusion	409	(2)
PART IV FOREIGN RELATIONS AND THE BARBARIAN WORLD	411	(127)
13 Warfare and diplomacy	411	(26)
R.C. BLOCKLEY
I War, diplomacy and the Roman state	411	(3)
II Sources	414	(2)
III The defence of the empire to Constantine	416	(3)
IV From Constantine's death to the treaty of 363	419	(5)
V The Pannonian emperors	424	(2)
VI Theodosius I: the aftermath of Adrianople	426	(3)
VII The reigns of Arcadius and Honorius	429	(4)
VIII Theodosius II: the emergence of diplomacy	433	(4)
14 The eastern frontier	437	(24)
BENJAMIN ISAAC, Professor of Ancient History at Tel Aviv University
I Rome and Persia	437	(7)
II Arabs and desert peoples	444	(8)
III Regional and local unrest	452	(3)
IV Military organization	455	(5)
V Conclusion	460	(1)
15 The Germanic peoples	461	(26)
MALCOLM TODD, Principal of Trevelyan College and Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham
I Introduction	461	(3)
II Gaul, the Germanys and Raetia	464	(8)
III The northern coastlands and Holland	472	(2)
IV Britain	474	(4)
V Scandinavia and the western Baltic	478	(4)
VI The eastern territories and the Danube lands	482	(5)
16 Goths and Huns, c. 320-425	487	(29)
PETER HEATHER
I Sources	487	(1)
II The Goths to c. 370	488	(11)
III Goths and Huns beyond the Roman frontier, c. 370-425	499	(8)
IV Goths and Romans, c.376-425	507	(9)
17 The barbarian invasions and first settlements	516	(22)
I.N. WOOD, Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds
PART V RELIGION	538	(127)
18 Polytheist religion and philosophy	538	(23)
GARTH FOWDEN, Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity, National Research Foundation, Athens
I Repression and compromise, 337-61	539	(4)
II Julian, philosopher and reformer of polytheism	543	(5)
III Jovian to Theodosius II: the attrition of polytheism	548	(6)
IV Polytheist resistances	554	(4)
V Polytheism and Christianity	558	(3)
19 Orthodoxy and heresy from the death of Constantine to the eve of the first council of Ephesus	561	(40)
HENRY CHADWICK, Professor Emeritus of the University of Cambridge
20 Asceticism: pagan and Christian	601	(31)
PETER BROWN, Professor of History, Princeton University
21 Christianization and religious conflict	632	(33)
PETER BROWN
PART VI ART AND CULTURE	665	(103)
22 Education and literary culture	665	(43)
AVERIL CAMERON
I Introduction	665	(2)
II Christianity and traditional education	667	(6)
III Literary education as a path to advancement	673	(7)
IV Neoplatonism	680	(2)
V Legal and other studies	682	(2)
VI History-writing and its context	684	(7)
VII High literary culture	691	(5)
VIII Epistolography and literary networks	696	(2)
IX Christian writing	698	(1)
X Biography, Christian and pagan	699	(1)
XI Ascetic literature	700	(2)
XII Theological works	702	(2)
XIII Conclusion	704	(4)
23a Syriac culture, 337-425	708	(12)
SEBASTIAN BROCK, Reader in Syriac Studies in the University of Oxford
I Introduction	708	(4)
II Literary genres	712	(1)
III The threefold inheritance	712	(2)
IV Interaction between Syriac and Greek culture	714	(3)
V Syriac into Greek and Greek into Syriac	717	(3)
23b Coptic literature, 337-425	720	(16)
MARK SMITH, University Lecturer in Ancient Egyptian and Coptic, University of Oxford
I Magical texts	722	(1)
II The Bible and Apocrypha	722	(3)
III Patristic and homiletic works	725	(2)
IV Monastic texts and martyrologies	727	(3)
V The Nag Hammadi library and related tractates	730	(3)
VI Manichean writings	733	(3)
24 Art and architecture	736	(26)
JAS ELSNER, Lecturer in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, University of London
I Introduction	736	(3)
II The modern critical context	739	(3)
III Art and architecture, 337-425	742	(20)
Chronological table	762	(6)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	768	(78)
Abbreviations	768	(3)
Frequently cited works	771	(7)
Part I: Chronological overview (chapter 1-4)	778	(6)
Part II: Government and institutions (chapter 5-8)	784	(15)
Part III: The empire: economy and society (chapters 9-12)	799	(10)
Part IV: Foreign relations and the barbarian world (chapter 13-17)	809	(9)
Part V: Religion (chapter 18-21)	818	(8)
Part VI: Art and culture (chapter 22-24)	826	(20)
Index	846