Failure of Empire by Lenski, Noel Emmanuel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Imprint Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Maps Introduction Chapter 1. The Pannonian Emperors

The Revival of Illyrian Emperorship "Pannonia . . . strong in men and prosperous in land" Pannonian Beginnings The Imperial Courts: Illyrians and Professionals

Chapter 2. The Revolt of Procopius

Procopius's Uprising Valens and the Ideal Emperor The Long Shadow of Constantin A Changing of the Guard: Punishment and Concessions

Chapter 3. Valens's First Gothic War

The Goths in the Fourth Century The Gothic War of 367-69 Some Principles of Late Roman Foreign Policy Dynastic Shifts and Roman Provocation

Chapter 4. Valens and the Eastern Frontier

Romano-Persian Relations, A.D. 298-363 Valens's Relations with Persia, Armenia, and Iberia Festus and Eutropius: Historical Propaganda and the Eastern Frontier Bandits and Barbarians of the East: Valens and the Maratocupreni, Isaurians, and Saracens

Chapter 5. Religion under the Valentiniani

Valentinian, Valens, and the Pagans The Magic Trials of Rome and Antioch Chaos and Toleration: The Arian Crisis and Valentinian's Response Autocracy and Persecution: Valens's Response to the Arian Crisis

Chapter 6. Administration and Finance under Valentinian and Valens

The Interrelation of Valentinian's and Valens's Legislation Paramount Concerns: Corruption, Civic Administration, the Masses, and Agriculture Economics and Finance under the Valentiniani Recruiting Laws and Military Manpower

Chapter 7. The Disaster at Adrianople

The Gothic Immigration of 376 The Collapse of the Gothic Settlement and the Disaster at Adrianople The Reasons for the Collapse of the Gothic Settlement The Reasons for 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 Notes Bibliography

Primary Sources Secondary Sources

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