Western aristocracies and imperial court, A.D. 364-425

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Western aristocracies and imperial court, A.D. 364-425

by John Matthews

(Clarendon paperbacks)

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1990, c1975

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Reprint. Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1975

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The central theme of this book is the relationship between the `public' and `private' lives of the men who were involved in the politics of the western Roman Empire in the later fourth and early fifth centuries. A postscript updates the book with regard to the last fifteen years of related scholarly research.

Table of Contents

  • The governing classes
  • the ascendany of Ausonius
  • the accession of Theodosius
  • Christianity and the court - Constantinople
  • the provincial upper classes - evangelism and heresy
  • the usurpation of Maximus
  • Christianity and the court - Milan
  • Theodosius and the West
  • the regime of Stilicho
  • Alaric, Rome, Ravenna
  • Gaul and Spain (406-418)
  • "Ordo Renascendi" - Gaul, Italy
  • East and West
  • Olympiodorus and Rome.

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