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<p>Preface vii</p> <p>List of Maps xv</p> <p>List of Figures xvii</p> <p><b>Part I Building an Empire 1</b></p> <p>1 Introduction: The Roman Republic and its Discontents 3</p> <p>2 The Tragedy of Julius Caesar 19</p> <p>3 Caesar’s Heir 29</p> <p>4 A New Order 37</p> <p>5 Succession, and the Nature of the Imperial Office 57</p> <p>6 The Julio‐Claudian Dynasty: Loyalty and Dissent 67</p> <p>Bibliographical Notes to Part I: Building an Empire 83</p> <p><b>Part II Pax Romana: “A Polite and Powerful Empire” 91</b></p> <p>7 Frontiers and Provinces 93</p> <p>8 From Flavians to Severi 117</p> <p>9 Age of the Antonines 137</p> <p>10 Religious Change and Early Christianity 173</p> <p>Bibliographical Notes to Part II: “A Polite and Powerful Empire” 185</p> <p><b>Part III Rising to the Challenge 197</b></p> <p>11 Into an Age of Iron 199</p> <p>12 Political Change and the Economy 213</p> <p>13 Diocletian and the Tetrarchy 223</p> <p>Bibliographical Notes to Part III: Rising to the Challenge 239</p> <p><b>Part IV A New Empire 245</b></p> <p>14 The Ascendancy of Constantine 247</p> <p>15 Cities of Constantine: Constantinople, Rome, Jerusalem 263</p> <p>16 The House of Constantine 281</p> <p>17 Julian, Hellenism, and Christianity 297</p> <p>18 Christianity and Roman Society 307</p> <p>19 The Late Roman State 321</p> <p>20 Rome and the Barbarian World 333</p> <p>Bibliographical Notes to Part IV: A New Empire 345</p> <p><b>Part V Facing the Future 355</b></p> <p>21 The Fall of Rome 357</p> <p>22 Into a Post‐Roman World 373</p> <p>23 East and West after the Fall of Rome 389</p> <p>24 Royalty at Ravenna 403</p> <p>25 Dialogues with the Past: The Reign of Justinian 417</p> <p>26 Retrospective 437</p> <p>Bibliographical Notes to Part V: Facing the Future 447</p> <p>Abbreviations and Short Titles 457</p> <p>Bibliographical References 459</p> <p>Index 479</p>

<p><b>JOHN MATTHEWS</b> is Professor Emeritus of Classics and History, Yale University, USA. He received his PhD from Oxford University in 1969 and taught Greek and Roman history at Oxford for many years before moving to Yale in 1996. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1990. He is author of many books including <i>Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court, A.D. 364-425, The Roman Empire of Ammianus,??Laying Down the Law: A Study of the Theodosian Code,</i> and <i>Roman Perspectives: Studies in the social, political and cultural history of the First to Fifth Centuries</i>. He is also co-author of the acclaimed <i>Atlas of the Roman World.</i></p>

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