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Late Roman Warlords
Penny Macgeorge
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Description for Late Roman Warlords
hardcover. Reconstructs the lives of some of the men who shaped events in the final controversial years of the Western Roman Empire during the fifth century AD. Ranging from the Balkans and Italy to northern France, this study uses a wide range of historical evidence, folklore, letters, poems, sermons, archaeology, and coins. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 halftones and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 207 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Late Roman Warlords reconstructs the careers of some of the men who shaped (and were shaped by) the last quarter century of the Western Empire. There is a need for a new investigation of these warlords based on primary sources and including recent historical debates and theories. The difficult sources for this period have been analysed (and translated as necessary) to produce a chronological account, and relevant archaeological and numismatic evidence has been utilised. An overview of earlier warlords, including Aetius, is followed by three studies of individual warlords and the regions they dominated. The first covers Dalmatia and ... Read more
Late Roman Warlords reconstructs the careers of some of the men who shaped (and were shaped by) the last quarter century of the Western Empire. There is a need for a new investigation of these warlords based on primary sources and including recent historical debates and theories. The difficult sources for this period have been analysed (and translated as necessary) to produce a chronological account, and relevant archaeological and numismatic evidence has been utilised. An overview of earlier warlords, including Aetius, is followed by three studies of individual warlords and the regions they dominated. The first covers Dalmatia and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Classical Monographs
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199252442
SKU
V9780199252442
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About Penny Macgeorge
Penny MacGeorge teaches History at Carisbrooke High School, the Isle of Wight
Reviews for Late Roman Warlords
a painstaking...sound reworking of the conventional narrative of the period.
Early Medieval Europe
It is likely to be some time before these shadowy warlords receive suc detailed treatment again in English.
Michael Whitby
The author has provided a generally intelligent guide through the tangled web of sources and events for the final decades of the western ... Read more
Early Medieval Europe
It is likely to be some time before these shadowy warlords receive suc detailed treatment again in English.
Michael Whitby
The author has provided a generally intelligent guide through the tangled web of sources and events for the final decades of the western ... Read more