The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 14: Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, AD 425-600

Cambridge University Press
Edition: 3rd ed., 3/29/2001
EAN 9780521325912, ISBN10: 0521325919

Hardcover, 1185 pages, 26.2 x 17.3 x 6.6 cm
Language: English

With Volume 14 The Cambridge Ancient History concludes its story. This latest volume embraces the wide range of approaches and scholarship which have in recent decades transformed our view of Late Antiquity. In particular, traditional political and social history has been enormously enhanced by integrating the rich evidence of Christian writing, and the constantly expanding results of archaeological research. A picture emerges of a period of considerable military and political disruption, but also of vibrant intellectual and cultural activity. The volume begins with a series of narrative chapters. These are followed by sections on government and institutions, economy and society, and religion and culture. A section on the provinces and the non-Roman world marks the rise of new and distinct political and cultural entities. This volume, and the CAH, ends in around AD 600, before the Arab conquests shattered for ever what remained of the unity of the Roman world.

Part I. Chronological Overview
1. The Western Empire, 425–476 Peter Heather
2. The Eastern Empire
Theodosius to Anastasius A. D. Lee
3. Justin I and and Justinian Averil Cameron
4. The successors of Justinian Michael Whitby
5. The Western Kingdoms Roger Collins
Part II. Government and Institutions
6. Emperor and court M. McCormick
7. Government and administration Sam Barnish, A. D. Lee and Michael Whitby
8. Administration and politics in the cities of the fifth to mid-seventh centuries
425–640 J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz
9. Roman law Detlef Liebs
10. Law in the Western Kingdoms between the fifth and the seventh centuries T. M. Charles-Edwards
11. The army, c. 420–602 Michael Whitby
Part III. East and West
Economy and Society
12. Land, labour and settlement Bryan Ward-Perkins
13. Specialised production and exchange Bryan Ward-Perkins
14. The family in the late Roman world Andrea Giardina
15. Family and friendship in the West Ian Wood
16. State, lordship and community in the West (c. AD 400–600) Peter Heather
17. Armies and society in the later Roman world Michael Whitby
Part IV. The Provinces and the Non-Roman World
18. The north-western provinces Ian N. Wood
19. Italy, AD 425–605 Mark Humphries
20. Vandals and Byzantine Africa Averil Cameron
21a. Asia Minor and Cyprus Charlotte Roueché
21b. Syria, Palestine and Mesopotamia Hugh Kennedy
21c. Egypt James G. Keenan
22a. The Sasanid monarchy Ze'ev Rubin
22b. Armenia in the fifth and sixth centuries R. W. Thomson
22c. The Arabs Lawrence I. Conrad
23. The Balkans and Greece, 420–602 Michael Whitby
Part V. Religions and Culture
24. The organization of the Church S. G. Hall
25. Monasticism Philip Rousseau
26 Holy men Peter Brown
27. The definition and enforcement of orthodoxy Pauline Allen
28. Philosophy and philosophical schools Anne Sheppard
29. Education in the Roman Empire Robert Browning
30. The visual arts Robin Cormack
31. Building and architecture Marlia Mundell Mango
Conclusion.

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