De La Fuente David Hernandez, Heredero Ana De Francisco, Prieto Susana Torres (eds.). New Perspectives on Late Antiquity in the Eastern Roman Empire

Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014. — 486 p.The present volume presents some of the latest research trends in the study of Late Antiquity in the Eastern Roman Empire from a multi-disciplinary perspective, encompassing not only social, economic and political history, but also philology, philosophy and legal history. The volume focuses on the interaction between the periphery and the core of the Eastern Empire and the relations between Eastern Romans and Barbarians in different geographical areas, during the approximate millennium that elapsed between the Fall of Rome and the Fall of Constantinople, with special attention paid to the earlier period. By introducing the reader to some innovative and ground-breaking new theories, the contributors to the present volume, an attractive combination of leading scholars in their respective fields and young researchers with innovative ideas, offer a fresh and thought-provoking examination of Byzantium during Late Antiquity and beyond.David Hernandez de la Fuente has a PhD in Classical Studies and Sociology, and a BA in Classical Philology, Hispanic Philology and Law. His main fields of research are literature and society in Late Antiquity and Greek religion. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Ancient History of UNED, Madrid, and Visiting Lecturer at Potsdam University.
Ana de Francisco Heredero received her MA in Ancient History and Sciences of Antiquity from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is a Predoctoral Fellow at the Department of Ancient History at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, currently working on her PhD dissertation on Cyrenaica during Late Antiquity.
Susana Torres Prieto has a PhD in Slavonic Philology and a BA in Indo-European Studies, and is a specialist on Medieval Russian literature and culture. She has served as Assistant Professor at the Universidad Complutense, Invited Visiting Professor at Arizona State University and Associate Professor at the Universidad San Damaso, Madrid.