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
2 - The Early Fourth Century, 313–363
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
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- The Roman Empire in Late AntiquityA Political and Military History, pp. 51 - 85Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
References
Further Reading
The best starting point for Constantine is the recent volume of papers edited by Lenski, N., The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Constantine2 (Cambridge, 2011). See also the useful review article Barnes, T. D., “Constantine after Seventeen Hundred Years: The Cambridge Companion, the York Exhibition and a Recent Biography,” International Journal of the Classical Tradition 14 (2007), 185–220. There are also an enormous number of monographs on Constantine including Bardill, J., Constantine, Divine Emperor of the Christian Golden Age (Cambridge, 2011). Very useful on the practicalities of politics is Drake, H., Constantine and the Bishops (Baltimore, 2000). There are also useful collections of documents in Lieu, S. N. C. and Montserrat, D., eds. Constantine: History, Historiography and Legend (London, 1998) and Lieu, S. N. C. and Montserrat, D., From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views (London, 1996).Google Scholar
Licinius remains very obscure, though see Corcoran, S., “Hidden from History: The Legislation of Licinius,” in Harries, J. and Wood, I., eds., The Theodosian Code: Studies in the Imperial Law of Late Antiquity (London, 1993), 97–119 and Smith, R. R. R., “The Public Image of Licinius I: Portrait Sculpture and Imperial Ideology,” Journal of Roman Studies 77 (1997), 170–202. On Julian, probably the best recent monograph is Tougher, S., Julian the Apostate (Edinburgh, 2007), though Bowersock, G., Julian the Apostate (Cambridge, MA, 1978) remains useful. There is a useful collection of documents and commentary in Lieu, S. N. C., The Emperor Julian; Panegyric and Polemic (Liverpool, 1989). For the visit to Antioch, see Gleason, M. W., “Festive Satire: Julian’s Misopogon and the New Year at Antioch,” Journal of Roman Studies 76 (1986), 106–119 and Van Hoof, L. and Van Nuffelen, P., “Monarchy and Mass Communication: Antioch A.D. 362/3 Revisited,” Journal of Roman Studies 100 (2011), 166–184.Google Scholar
Other monographs include Barnes, T. D., Constantine and Eusebius (Cambridge MA, 1981) and Athanasius and Constantius (Cambridge, MA, 1993). Hanson, R. P. C., The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy, 318–381 (Edinburgh, 1988). On Rome and Constantinople, see Curran, J., Pagan City and Christian Capital: Rome in the Fourth Century AD (Oxford, 2000) and Grig, L. and Kelly, G., eds., Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity (Oxford, 2010).Google Scholar
The historiography of the latter part of this period is dominated by Ammianus Marcellinus. The best starting point remains Matthews, J. F., The Roman Empire of Ammianus (London, 1989), though Kelly, G., Ammianus Marcellinus: The Allusive Historian (Cambridge, 2008) builds on this. There are excellent volumes of collected papers, including Drijvers, J. W. and Hunt, D., The Late Roman World and Its Historian: Interpreting Ammianus Marcellinus (London, 1999) and den Boeft, J. et al., eds., Ammianus after Julian: The Reign of Valentinian and Valens in Books 26–31 of the Res Gestae (Leiden 2007).Google Scholar