The Later Roman Empire: AD 284-430

by Averil Cameron

Book Overview

Marked by the shift of power from Rome to Constantinople and the Christianization of the Empire, this pivotal era requires a narrative and interpretative history of its own. Averil Cameron, an authority on later Roman and early Byzantine history and culture, captures the vigor and variety of the fourth century, doing full justice to the enormous explosion of recent scholarship.

After a hundred years of political turmoil, civil war, and invasion,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674511948
• ISBN13: 9780674511941
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Not Deserving of Criticism

Salutations all. I have read this book for a college course at UC Riverside. I admit Cameron's book is difficult to digest, but it is intigueing nonetheless (read the last chapter for a preview of our own civilization's collapse. The book scans the Western Empire: Diocletian, Constantine, Julian, Theodosius, and prominent barbarians. That said, it focuses primarily on the West although signifigant portions are alotted to the city of Constantinople and its military catastrophes up until the dynsty of Theodosius. There are at lesat two chapters covering the West's society & culture and government. There is one chapter set aside for Christianity with some startling evidence of the harsh behavior Christians held towards humanity. Worth reading