332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
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The fourth and fifth centuries AD were an era of religious conflict, political change and military conflict. The responses of contemporary historians to these turbulent times reflect their diverse backgrounds - Christian and pagan, writing in both Greek and Latin, documenting church and state. This volume is the first to offer an accessible survey of the lives and works of these varied figures.... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Ammianus Marcellinus; Chapter 2 Aurelius Victor; Chapter 3 Eutropius; Chapter 4 Festus; Chapter 5 Eunapius; Chapter 6 Olympiodorus; Chapter 7 Priscus; Chapter 8 Rufinus; Chapter 9 Socrates; Chapter 10 Sozomen; Chapter 11 Theodoret; Chapter 12 Orosius; Chapter 13 Historiography; Chapter 14 Government; Chapter 15 The Roman Past; Chapter 16 Religion; Chapter 17 Barbarians; Chapter 18 The Emperor Julian (The Apostate); Chapter 19 The Emperor Theodosius I (The Great);
Biography
David Rohrbacher is Assistant Professor of Classics at New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida.
'This useful and well-executed volume will be an aid for those teaching on the late Roman empire, and for researchers of earlier Roman or medieval history.' - Scholia Reviews
'A carefully researched and very accessible work of scholarship.' - Arctos
