Failure of Empire - Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.d.

Informationen zum Autor Noel Lenski is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado! Boulder. Klappentext This is the first genuinely synthetic study of the Emperor Valens and his complex treign. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (AD 364-78). It offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Maps Introduction Chapter 1. The Pannonian Emperors Chapter 2. The Revolt of Procopius Chapter 3. Valen's First Gothic War Chapter 4. Valens and the Eastern Frontier Chapter 5. Religion under the Valentiniani Chapter 6. Administration and Finance under Valentinian and Valens Chapter 7. The Disaster at Adrianople Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Noel Lenski
• Assisted by: Noel Lenski (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2003
• EAN: 9780520233324
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23332-4
• No. of pages: 470
• Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage; Transformation of the Classica; Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies