Mitchell S.A. History of the Later Roman Empire, AD 284-641

2nd ed. — Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. — 567 p. — (Blackwell History of the Ancient World). — ISBN: 978-1-118-31242-1 (pbk.).This book is concerned with the final three and a half centuries of classical antiquity. This lengthy period in the history of the ancient world was characterized by profound transformations in its character, and led to the emergence in the west of medieval European civilization, and, in the east, of a world dominated by a new religion, Islam.List of Illustrations
List of Maps
List of Diagrams
List of Abbreviations
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second EditionAn Introduction to Late Roman History
The Nature of the Evidence
The Roman Empire from Diocletian to Alaric
The Roman Empire of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries
The Roman State
The Barbarian Kingdoms
From Pagan to Christian
Conversion to Christianity and the Politics of Religious Identity
The Political Economy of the Later Roman Empire
Society and Economy in the Mediterranean and the Near East
The Challenges of the Later Sixth Century
The Final Reckoning of the Eastern Empire
The Fall of the Roman EmpireBibliography
Chronological List of Emperors and Other Rulers
Index