Imperial Rome AD 284 to 363 [electronic resource] : the new empire / Jill Harries.

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This book is about the reinvention of the Roman Empire during the eighty years between the accession of Diocletian and the death of Julian. How had it changed? The emperors were still warriors and expected to take the field. Rome was still the capital, at least symbolically. There was still a Roman...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harries, Jill (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2012]
Series:	Edinburgh history of ancient Rome.
Subjects:	Rome > History > Empire, 284-476. Rome > Civilization.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2012 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:	Imperial Rome AD 284 to 363: The New Empire
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

1. The long third century
2. Four lords of the world, AD 284-311
3. The empire renewed
4. The return of the old gods
5. The victory of Constantine, AD 311-37
6. Towards the sunrise: Constantine Augustus
7. Constructing the Christian emperor
8. The sons of Constantine
9. Warfare and imperial security, AD 337-61
10. Church and empire
11. Images of women
12. Rome and Antioch
13. Julian Augustus
14. The funeral director.