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The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 12: The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337

By Averil Cameron , Alan Bowman , Peter Garnsey

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0521301998, 9780521301992
Open Library ID
OL7736138M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23325378 bytes)
Edition
2nd Revised & enlarged
Pages
982\921
Topic
History
Time added
2012-09-22 18:08:57
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

This volume covers the history of the Roman Empire from the accession of Septimius Severus in AD 193 to the death of Constantine in AD 337. This period was one of the most critical in the history of the Mediterranean world. It begins with the establishment of the Severan dynasty as a result of civil war. From AD 235 this period of relative stability was followed by half a century of short reigns of short-lived emperors and a number of military attacks on the eastern and northern frontiers of the empire. This was followed by the First Tetrarchy (AD 284-305), a period of collegial rule in which Diocletian, with his colleague Maximian and two junior Caesars (Constantius and Galerius), restabilised the empire. The period ends with the reign of the first Christian emperor, Constantine, who defeated Licinius and established a dynasty which lasted for thirty-five years.

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