History of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. 2

From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian

J. B. Bury

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Jahr: 2013
• ISBN:
  9780486143392
• Thema: History
• Thema: Roman Ancient History

Generally acknowledged to be Professor Bury’s masterpiece, this panoramic and painstakingly accurate reconstruction of the Western and Byzantine Roman empire covers the period from 395 A.D., the death of Theodosius I, to 565 A.D., the death of Justinian. Quoting contemporary documents in full or in great extent, the author describes and analyzes the forces and cross-currents that controlled Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, the Persian and Teutonic regions; the rise of Byzantine power, territorial expansion, conflict of church and state, legislative and diplomatic changes; and scores of similar topics.
Detailed coverage of such important figures as Belisarius, Justinian, Procopius, Alaric, Attila, and many others is given as well as a complete contemporary account of a visit to Attila’s court. The Vandal empire, the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Lombards, etc., are given extensive treatment. Professor Bury investigates the literary, cultural, and religious history of the period in great detail and relates it to the organization and development of the Eastern and Western empires and the diffusion of Byzantine culture into Italy.
“An important and valuable contribution to our knowledge of a period the history of which has been too much neglected.” — Classical Review.

INDEX

I.

ENGLISH (AND LATIN)

Abandanes, ii. 105

Abaritana, 255

Abasgians, 43; ii. 114 sqq., 313

Abdeli, ii. 5

Abgar of Edessa, ii. 12, 109

Ablabius, ii. 223

Aborras, r., 93, 94

Abram, viceroy of Yemen, ii. 326

Abram, father of Nonnosus, ii. 326

Abundantius, 117, 118

Abydos, ii. 355

Abyssinians, trade of, ii. 318, 321; Christian missionaries in, 322; relations to Himyarites, 322 sqq.; embassies of Justinian to, 325, 326

Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople, quarrel with Basiliscus, 391, 403; excommunicated by Rome, 404; name erased from diptychs, ii. 373

Acacius, governor of Fourth Armenia, ii. 92, 345

Acacius, bear-keeper, ii. 27

Acatiri, 284, 285

Accentual rules, in prose, ii. 430; in verse, 432

Acherontia, ii. 244, 246, 260, 271

Achilles Tatius, date of, ii. 434

Acqualagna, ii. 196, 263, 289

Acris, 449

Actresses, ii. 28, 29

Adaeratio, 49, 53, cp. 253

Adamantius, 417, 418 sqq.

Ad Aquas, ii. 132

Addac, 203

Addaeus, ii. 356

Ad Decimum, battle of, ii. 132 sqq.

Addua, r., battle of, 424

Adige, r., ii. 262

Adiutor, 32

Adlectio, to the Senate, 19

Ad Matricem, 269

Adolius, ii. 107

Ad Padum, ii. 263

Adscriptitii, 48

Adulis, ii. 322, 325

Adultery, ii. 410 sq.

Aedesius, reports on murder of Hypatia, 219

Aedesius, philosopher, 375

Aegidius, 331, 333, 346

Aemilia, province, ii. 200, 201; devastated, 203

Aeneas of Gaza, ii. 430

Aerikon, tax, ii. 350

Aesculapius, cult of, 373

Aesis, ii. 289

Aetheria, abbess, ii. 318

Aetherius, ii. 69, 353

Aetius, hostage with the Goths, 180; appeal of Britain to, 201; supports John the tyrant, 223; makes terms with Placidia, 224; family, and character, 241; defends Gaul, 242 sq.; mag. equit., 242; mag. utr. mil., deposed, 248; first consulship, ib.; vanquishes Boniface, ib.; mag. utr. mil. again, ib.; Patrician, ib.; activity in Gaul, 249 sq.; second consulship, 250; dislike of Placidia for, 243, 250; celebrated by Merobaudes, 251; third consulship, 256; repels Huns in Gaul, 292 sqq.; 295; murdered, 299; importance of his death, 300

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