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The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337
Edited By Alan Bowma
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Description for The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337
hardcover. Authoritative history of the Roman Empire during a critical period in Mediterranean history. Editor(s): Bowman, Alan; Cameron, Averil; Garnsey, Peter; Adcock, F. E.; Charlesworth, M.P.; Matthews, John. Series: Cambridge Ancient History. Num Pages: 983 pages, 12 b/w illus. 9 maps 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1602.
This volume covers the history of the Roman Empire from the accession of Septimius Severus in AD 193 to the death of Constantine in AD 337. This period was one of the most critical in the history of the Mediterranean world. It begins with the establishment of the Severan dynasty as a result of civil war. From AD 235 this period of relative stability was followed by half a century of short reigns of short-lived emperors and a number of military attacks on the eastern and northern frontiers of the empire. This was followed by the First Tetrarchy (AD 284–305), ... Read more
This volume covers the history of the Roman Empire from the accession of Septimius Severus in AD 193 to the death of Constantine in AD 337. This period was one of the most critical in the history of the Mediterranean world. It begins with the establishment of the Severan dynasty as a result of civil war. From AD 235 this period of relative stability was followed by half a century of short reigns of short-lived emperors and a number of military attacks on the eastern and northern frontiers of the empire. This was followed by the First Tetrarchy (AD 284–305), ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
965
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Ancient History
Number of Pages
983
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521301992
SKU
V9780521301992
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About Edited By Alan Bowma
Alan Bowman is Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is author of Life and Letters on the Roman Frontier (2nd edition) (Routledge, 1998) and The Cambridge Ancient History Volume XI (editor) (0521263352). Averil Cameron is Warden of Keble College, Oxford. Her published works include The Later ... Read more
Reviews for The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337
"This series is a basic 'must' for all public and private libraries, in the community or in universities. It will be the standard general work for serious academic students and scholars for the next generation."
Religious Studies Review "This volume, as with the rest of the set, will provide a historiographical reference for the next half century thereby justifying the ... Read more
Religious Studies Review "This volume, as with the rest of the set, will provide a historiographical reference for the next half century thereby justifying the ... Read more