Aurelian and the Third Century by Watson, Alaric -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS DATES 1 INTRODUCTION: THE THIRD-CENTURY ‘CRISIS’

POLITICAL INSTABILITY MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS THE MOUNTING COSTS OF WAR AND THE DETERIORATING ECONOMY SOCIO-POLITICAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS THE ‘THIRD-CENTURY CRISIS’ AND THE RHETORIC OF DECLINE

PART I: ‘RESTORER OF THE WORLD’

2 A DIVIDED EMPIRE

THE THREAT OF DISINTEGRATION THE EAST: ROME, PERSIA AND THE RISE OF PALMYRA THE WEST: GALLIENUS AND THE REVOLT OF POSTUMUS THE EMPIRE IN 267

3 AURELIAN ASCENDANT

THE ROAD TO THE PURPLE CONSOLIDATION: 270–1

4 ZENOBIA AND THE EAST

THE MURDER OF ODENATHUS THE ADVENT OF ZENOBIA PALMYRA AT ITS ZENITH THE ROAD TO WAR

5 THE PALMYRENE WARS

THE SHOW-DOWN WITH ZENOBIA THE END OF PALMYRA EPITAPH FOR A FALLEN QUEEN

6 WAR IN THE WEST: THE REUNIFICATION OF THE EMPIRE

THE WEST BEFORE AURELIAN’S INTERVENTION (269–74) THE END OF TETRICUS CODA: THE END OF AN ERA

7 THE END OF AURELIAN

THE CAMPAIGNS OF 275 THE ASSASSINATION AND ITS AFTERMATH THE SO-CALLED INTERREGNUM

PART II: INTERNAL POLICIES

8 ECONOMIC REFORMS

THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE 270s AURELIAN’S MONETARY REFORMS REORGANIZATION OF THE MINT SYSTEM FURTHER ECONOMIC MEASURES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AURELIAN’S ECONOMIC REFORMS

9 PUBLIC WORKS AND ADMINISTRATION

THE WALLS OF ROME OTHER BUILDING PROGRAMMES PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION AURELIAN THE MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR

10 THE EMPEROR, THE SENATE AND THE ARMIES

ALLEGATIONS OF CRUELTY AND THE SENATORIAL RHETORIC AURELIAN AND THE SENATE AURELIAN AND HIS ARMIES THE TRIUMPH AUTOCRATIC IMAGERY AND MILITARY DESPOTISM

11 THE EMPEROR AND THE DIVINE

DIVINE PATRONAGE AND DIVINE POWER AURELIAN AND SOL AURELIAN AND CHRISTIANITY THE RELIGIOUS POLICIES OF AURELIAN

CONCLUSION APPENDIX A: EXCURSION ON SOURCES

THE LITERARY SOURCES COINS, INSCRIPTIONS, PAPYRI AND OTHER ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

APPENDIX B: PROBLEMS OF CHRONOLOGY

1 GOTHIC INVASIONS UNDER GALLIENUS AND CLAUDIUS 2 AURELIAN’S EARLY CAMPAIGNS, 270–1 3 THE POWER STRUGGLES OF 270–2 4 THE CHRONOLOGY OF 275–6

NOTES

1 INTRODUCTION: THE THIRD-CENTURY ‘CRISIS’ 2 A DIVIDED EMPIRE 3 AURELIAN ASCENDANT 4 ZENOBIA AND THE EAST 5 THE PALMYRENE WARS 6 WAR IN THE WEST: THE REUNIFICATION OF THE EMPIRE 7 THE END OF AURELIAN 8 ECONOMIC REFORMS 9 PUBLIC WORKS AND ADMINISTRATION 10 THE EMPEROR, THE SENATE AND THE ARMIES 11 THE EMPEROR AND THE DIVINE APPENDIX A: EXCURSION ON SOURCES APPENDIX B: PROBLEMS OF CHRONOLOGY

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