Barbarians within the Gates of Rome

Informationen zum Autor THOMAS S. BURNS is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History, Emory University. He is the author of A History of the Ostrogoths, The Ostrogoths: Kingship and Society, and (with Bernhard H. Overbeck) Rome and the Germans as Seen in Coinage. Klappentext By the close of these five decades, the Western Empire-hence Western Civilization-had changed forever. Zusammenfassung At the death of the Emperor Valentinian I in 375, Rome had behind it centuries of dealing with barbarian people along its frontiers. This book shows that the Roman policy toward the barbarians was evolutionary rather than revolutionary, even though crisis upon crisis befell Rome during this period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. Valentinian, Valens, and the Battle of Adrianople 2. Theodosius in Action 3. Concluding the Gothic Wars 4. Barbarians and Civil War 5. Stilicho's Transalpine Recruitment Areas 6, Four Generals 7. Alaric and Stilicho: Working Together 8. The Sack of Rome 9. The Settlement of 418: Constantine, Constantius, Athaulf, Wallia, and Rome Conclusion Emperors and Principal Usurpers Chronological Outline Notes Bibliography Index

Klappentext
By the close of these five decades, the Western Empire-hence Western Civilization-had changed forever.

Zusammenfassung
At the death of the Emperor Valentinian I in 375, Rome had behind it centuries of dealing with barbarian people along its frontiers. This book shows that the Roman policy toward the barbarians was evolutionary rather than revolutionary, even though crisis upon crisis befell Rome during this period.

Inhalt
Preface
Introduction
1. Valentinian, Valens, and the Battle of Adrianople
2. Theodosius in Action
3. Concluding the Gothic Wars
4. Barbarians and Civil War
5. Stilicho's Transalpine Recruitment Areas
6, Four Generals
7. Alaric and Stilicho: Working Together
8. The Sack of Rome
9. The Settlement of 418: Constantine, Constantius, Athaulf, Wallia, and Rome
Conclusion
Emperors and Principal Usurpers
Chronological Outline
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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