Aurelian and the Third CenturyPsychology Press, 2004 - 324 pages Aurelian and the Third Century provides a re-evaluation, in the light of recent scholarship, of the difficulties facing the Roman empire in the AD 260s and 270s, concentrating upon the reign of the Emperor Aurelian and his part in summoning them. With introduction examining the situation in the mid third century, the book is divided into two parts: * Part 1: deals chronologically with the military and political events of the period from 268 to 276 A key supplement to the study of the Roman Empire. |
Contents
Introduction the thirdcentury crisis | 4 |
Restorer of the World | 21 |
A divided empire | 23 |
Aurelian ascendant | 39 |
Zenobia and the east | 57 |
The Palmyrene Wars | 70 |
War in the west the reunification of the empire | 89 |
The end of Aurelian | 101 |
Public works and administration | 143 |
The emperor the senate and the armies | 159 |
The emperor and the divine | 183 |
Conclusion | 203 |
Excursion on sources | 209 |
Problems of chronology | 215 |
Notes | 226 |
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