{"product_id":"the-later-roman-empire-9780006861720","title":"The Later Roman Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive study which introduces the reader to the vigour and variety of the fourth century AD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter being beset by invasion, civil war and internal difficulties for a century, the Roman Empire that Diocletian inherited in AD 284 desperately needed the organizational drive he brought to the task of putting its administration and defences on a newly secure footing. His successor, Constantine, sustained this consolidation of imperial strength by adopting a vibrant new religion, Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth century AD was a decisive period; its many new challenges and wide cultural diversity are reflected in the pages of its chief historian, Ammianus Marcellinus, and represented by figures as different as Julian the Apostate and St Augustine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only providing a vivid narrative of events, this book also draws on archaeological and artistic evidence to illuminate such central issues as economy, social structure, defence, religion and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Later Roman Empire' is indispensable to students, and a compelling guide for anyone interested in the cultural development of late antiquity, or in the structure, evolution and fate of empires more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Averil Cameron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fontana Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780006861720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAveril Cameron is the former Warden of Keble College Oxford and an authority on late antiquity and Byzantium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fontana Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43093231009907,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":12.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a469ad40-4382-43f4-8dc9-8aa5b7cd07a1.jpg?v=1748525077","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-later-roman-empire-9780006861720","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}