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Tables of Contents for Late Antiquity
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of maps
xiii
List of text-figures
xiv
Preface
xvii
PART I CHRONOLOGICAL OVERVIEW
The western empire, 425-76
1
32
Peter Heather
The era of Aetius, 425-54
5
13
The fall of the western empire
18
12
Conclusion
30
3
The eastern empire: Theodosius to Anastasius
33
30
A. D. Lee
Theodosius II
34
8
The successors of Theodosius
42
10
Anastasius
52
11
Justin I and Justinian
63
23
Averil Cameron
Justin I (518-27)
63
2
Justinian's early years (527-32)
65
7
St Sophia, the `reconquest' and the middle years (c. 532-54)
72
7
Religious policy: the Three Chapters and the Fifth Oecumenical Council
79
3
The last decade (c. 554-65)
82
4
The successors of Justinian
86
26
Michael Whitby
Justin II
86
8
Tiberius
94
5
Maurice
99
9
Conclusion
108
4
The western kingdoms
112
23
Roger Collins
Gaul: Visigothic kingdom, 418-507
112
2
The Burgundian kingdom, 412-534
114
2
Frankish Gaul, 481-596
116
5
Spain: the Suevic kingdoms, 425-584
121
1
Visigothic Spain, 456-601
122
2
Vandal Africa, 429-533
124
2
Ostrogothic Italy, 493-535
126
4
Italy: the Lombards, 568-90
130
2
The British Isles: Anglo-Saxon, Irish and Pictish kingdoms, 410-597
132
3
PART II GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS
Emperor and court
135
29
Michael McCormick
The physical context of power
136
6
The emperor
142
3
The court: the human element
145
11
Court and ceremony
156
4
Court and culture
160
4
Government and administration
164
43
Sam Barnish
A. D. Lee
Michael Whitby
Sources
165
5
The structures of government
170
11
Administration in operation
181
12
Administrative change
193
10
From Rome to Byzantium
203
4
Administration and politics in the cities of the fifth to the mid seventh century: 425-640
207
31
J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz
East and west: common trends
207
3
The cities of the east
210
19
Administration and politics in the west
229
7
Conclusion
236
2
Roman Law
238
22
Detlef Liebs
Introduction: law in the late Roman empire
238
2
The jurisdiction
240
2
Sources of law and law making
242
2
Codification
244
9
Law schools
253
2
Legal literature
255
3
Continuity, vulgarization, classicism
258
2
Law in the western kingdoms between the fifth and the seventh century
260
28
T. M. Charles-Edwards
Law and ethnic identity
262
1
Edicts and judgements
263
6
Lawbooks and codes
269
2
The evolution of Frankish written law
271
7
From north-west Europe to the Mediterranean
278
4
Barbarian and Roman law
282
2
Burgundian and Gothic law
284
4
The army, c. 420-602
288
27
Michael Whitby
Troops: categories, conditions of service, numbers
288
5
Navies
293
2
Western collapse
295
5
The eastern army: men and resources
300
8
Eastern survival
308
7
PART III EAST AND WEST: ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
Land, labour and settlement
315
31
Bryan Ward-Perkins
The issues and the evidence
315
5
Population; the spread of settlement; demographic decline?
320
7
Rural settlement (villages, farmsteads and villas)
327
8
Rural fortifications
335
1
The pattern of land ownership; the status of peasants
336
10
Specialized production and exchange
346
46
Bryan Ward-Perkins
Difficulties and evidence
346
4
The general picture
350
11
The extent of the change
361
1
Beyond the frontiers of the empire
362
1
Regional and local variation
363
2
`Prosperity' and `sophistication'
365
4
The distribution of goods and wealth within the late antique economy: the role of overseas commerce
369
8
State and aristocratic distribution; the effects of taxation on the economy
377
4
Causes of economic decline: a general consideration
381
2
War, disruption and economic decline
383
3
Climate, the environment and the economy
386
2
Population change and economic change
388
2
Economic decline: some conclusions
390
2
The family in the late Roman world
392
24
Andrea Giardina
Christianity and laws on the family
392
7
Law and society
399
8
Negations of the family
407
4
West and east
411
5
Family and friendship in the west
416
21
Ian N. Wood
State, lordship and community in the west (c. A.D. 400-600)
437
32
Peter Heather
The community of the realm
437
18
Peers and lords: local communities
455
14
Armies and society in the later Roman world
469
28
Michael Whitby
Military power and authority
470
5
The maintenance of order
475
5
Local and central
480
5
Soldier and civilian
485
12
PART IV THE PROVINCES AND THE NON-ROMAN WORLD
The north-western provinces
497
28
Ian N. Wood
Italy, A.D. 425-605
525
27
Mark Humphries
Italian interests and the end of the western empire (425-76)
526
3
Odoacer and Theoderic (476-526)
529
4
The end of the Ostrogothic kingdom (526-68)
533
2
Forging the Lombard kingdom (568-605)
535
3
Italy transformed: the ruling elite
538
2
The church and the papacy
540
4
Settlement and society
544
4
Italian identities in late antiquity
548
2
Conclusion
550
2
Vandal and Byzantine Africa
552
18
Averil Cameron
The Vandal conquest and Vandal rule (A.D. 429-534)
553
6
The Byzantine conquest and Byzantine rule
559
11
Asia Minor and Cyprus
570
18
Charlotte Roueche
Sources
570
1
The political geography
571
4
The historical framework
575
2
The cities
577
6
City and countryside
583
2
The end of the civic era
585
3
Syria, Palestine and Mesopotamia
588
24
Hugh Kennedy
Egypt
612
26
James G. Keenan
The Sasanid monarchy
638
24
Ze'ev Rubin
Romans and Sasanids
638
6
Royal legitimation
644
3
Sasanid kings and the Zoroastrian priests
647
4
Kings and nobles
651
3
Taxation and military organization
654
5
Sasanid collapse
659
3
Armenia in the fifth and sixth century
662
16
R. W. Thomson
The Arabs
678
23
Lawrence I. Conrad
Introduction: the question of sources
678
1
The Arabs in late antiquity
679
3
Arabian religious traditions
682
4
Economic life in Arabia
686
3
Imperium and imperial politics
689
6
Mecca, Muhammad and the rise of Islam
695
6
The Balkans and Greece, 420-602
701
30
Michael Whitby
Introduction
701
3
The Huns
704
8
From the Huns to the Avars
712
9
From Roman to post-Roman
721
10
PART V RELIGION AND CULTURE
The organization of the church
731
14
Stuart George Hall
Bishops and patriarchs
731
5
Councils and clergy
736
5
Finance
741
1
Teaching
742
3
Monasticism
745
36
Philip Rousseau
Andrew W. Mellon
Holy Men
781
30
Peter Brown
The definition and enforcement of orthodoxy
811
24
Pauline Allen
The Councils of Ephesus I and II
811
3
The Council of Chalcedon
814
1
Aftermath of Chalcedon
815
1
Zeno and Basiliscus
816
2
Anastasius I
818
2
Justin I and Justinian
820
8
Justinian's successors
828
7
Philosophy and philosophical schools
835
20
Anne Sheppard
Introduction
835
2
Philosophy in Athens
837
6
Philosophy in Alexandria
843
9
Philosophy elsewhere in the empire
852
3
Education in the Roman empire
855
29
late Robert Browning
The visual arts
884
34
Robin Cormack
Artistic evidence and its interpretation
886
8
Church and art in the fifth century
894
8
`The age of Justinian'
902
10
Church, monks and art at the end of the sixth century
912
6
Building and architecture
918
54
Marlia Mundell Mango
Introduction
918
6
Secular architecture
924
31
Religious architecture
955
16
Conclusion
971
1
Conclusion
972
10
Chronological table
982
5
BIBLIOGRAPHY
987
115
Abbreviations
987
3
Frequently cited works
990
109
Chronological overview (chapters 1-5)
994
10
Government and institutions (chapters 6-11)
1004
24
East and west: economy and society (chapters 12-17)
1028
18
The provinces and the non-Roman world (chapters 18-23)
1046
34
Religion and culture (chapters 24-31)
1080
19
Conclusion
1099
3
Index
1102