The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine (Hardback)
OR try AbeBooks who may have this title (opens in new window).
- Also available in...
- Paperback $40.49
Short Description for The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine It might have been thought that the Roman Empire should have collapsed in the 260s - yet it did not. Pat Southern shows how this was possible by providing a chronological history from the end of the second century to the beginning of the fourth.
Full description- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 01 December 2001
- Format: Hardback 416 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780415239431 ISBN 10: 0415239435
Other books
Full description for The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine
The third century AD in the Roman Empire began and ended with Emperors who are recognised today as being strong and dynamic - Septimius Severus, Diocletian and Constantine. Yet the intervening years have traditionally been seen as a period of crisis. The 260s saw the nadir of Imperial fortunes, with every frontier threatened or overrun, the senior emperor imprisoned by the Persians, and Gaul and Palmyra breaking away from central control. It might have been thought that the empire should have collapsed - yet it did not. Pat Southern shows how this was possible by providing a chronological history of the Empire from the end of the second century to the beginning of the fourth; the emergence and devastating activities of the Germanic tribes and the Persian Empire are analysed, and a conclusion details the economic, military and social aspects of the third century 'crisis'.
