Book contents
- The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity
- The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Names, Places, and Titles
- Introduction
- 1 The Late Third Century, 260–313
- 2 The Early Fourth Century, 313–363
- 3 The Military Situation, 260–395
- 4 The Late Fourth Century, 363–395
- 5 The Early Fifth Century, 395–455
- 6 The Late Fifth Century, 455–493
- 7 The Military Situation, 395–493
- 8 The Late Fifth and Early Sixth Centuries, 491–565
- 9 The Late Sixth Century, 565–610
- 10 The Military Situation, 491–610
- 11 The Reign of Heraclius, 610–641
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Primary Sources
- Index
- References
6 - The Late Fifth Century, 455–493
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 October 2019
Book contents
- The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity
- The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Names, Places, and Titles
- Introduction
- 1 The Late Third Century, 260–313
- 2 The Early Fourth Century, 313–363
- 3 The Military Situation, 260–395
- 4 The Late Fourth Century, 363–395
- 5 The Early Fifth Century, 395–455
- 6 The Late Fifth Century, 455–493
- 7 The Military Situation, 395–493
- 8 The Late Fifth and Early Sixth Centuries, 491–565
- 9 The Late Sixth Century, 565–610
- 10 The Military Situation, 491–610
- 11 The Reign of Heraclius, 610–641
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Primary Sources
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Roman Empire in Late AntiquityA Political and Military History, pp. 195 - 223Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
References
Further Reading
A good overview of the fifth century is provided by Maas, M., ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila (Cambridge, 2014). For the reign of Leo, there are excellent recent treatments of politics and the sources in Croke, B., “Dynasty and Ethnicity: Emperor Leo I and the Eclipse of Aspar,” Chiron 35 (2005), 147–203 and Wood, P., “Multiple Voices in Chronicle Sources: The Reign of Leo I (457–474) in Book Fourteen of Malalas,” Journal of Late Antiquity 4 (2011), 298–314. For Zeno, see Kosinski, R., The Emperor Zeno: Religion and Politics (Cracow, 2010), Brooks, E. W., “The Emperor Zenon and the Isaurians,” English Historical Review 8 (1893), 209–238, and Elton, H. W., “Illus and the Late Roman Aristocracy under Zeno,” Byzantion 70 (2000), 393–407. On Christianity in the east, see Frend, W. H. C., The Rise of the Monophysite Movement (Cambridge, 1972), Gray, P., The Defense of Chalcedon in the East (451–553) (Leiden, 1979), and Wood, P., “We have No King but Christ”: Christian Political Thought in Greater Syria on the Eve of the Arab Conquest, 400–c.585 (Oxford, 2010).Google Scholar
For the west, good starting points include Gillett, A., “Rome, Ravenna, and the Last Western Emperors,” Papers of the British School at Rome 69 (2001), 131–167 and Kulikowski, M., “Marcellinus of ‘Dalmatia’ and the Dissolution of the Fifth-Century Empire,” Byzantion 72 (2002), 177–191. On the aristocratic environment of Gaul, see Harries, J., Sidonius Apollinaris and the Fall of Rome, AD 407–485 (Oxford, 1994), Mathisen, R. W., Roman Aristocrats in Barbarian Gaul (Austin, 1993), and Teitler, H. C., “Un-Roman Activities in Late Antique Gaul: The Cases of Arvandus and Seronatus,” in Drinkwater, J. F. and Elton, H. eds., Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity? (Cambridge, 1992), 309–317. A medieval perspective is provided by Halsall, G., Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376–568 (Cambridge, 2007).Google Scholar
On the significance of 476, Croke, B., “A.D. 476: The Manufacture of a Turning Point,” Chiron 13 (1983), 81–119, is useful; see also the wide-ranging and provocative articles by Halsall, G., “Movers and Shakers: The Barbarians and the Fall of Rome,” Early Medieval Europe 8 (1999), 131–145 and Heather, P. J., “The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe,” English Historical Review 110 (1995), 4–41.Google Scholar