The Later Roman Empire, 284-602: A Social, Economic and Administrative Survey. Vol. I

Pp. I-XV, 1-522 VOLUME I. Note on weights, measuring and currency. PART I: Narrative THE PRINCIPATE—the Antonines; the Severi; the anarchy. DIOCLETIAN—politics; the administration; the army; finance; the classes; the Christians. CONSTANTINE—usurpation; conversion; ; Constantinople; the Caesars; the Arian controversy; Christians, Pagans and Jews; the emperor and the church; the army; the administration, comites and senators; finance; baptism. THE HOUSE OF CONSTANTINE — wars, politics and religion, 337-53; wars, politics and religion, 353-61; Julian Caesar; Julian Augustus; the army; the administration; finance; the senate of Constantinople; the aristocracy; Julian's achievement. FROM JOVIAN TO THEODOSIUS — Valentinian and Valens; the sources; Gratian and Theodosius I. THE HOUSE OF THEODOSIUS — the sources; ; the emperors and their ministers; the barbarians in the West; the Huns and the Persians; barbarian and Roman numbers; the foederati; the Eastern Roxnan army; finance; religious affairs. THE EASTERN EMPIRE FROM MARCIAN TO ANASTASIUS — Marcian; Leo; Zeno; Anastasius. THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE AND THE BARBARIAN KINGDOMS — the sources; the last emperors; Odoacer and Theoderic; the land settlement; the Ostrogothic kingdom; the Visigothic kingdom; the Vandals, Burgundians and Franks; Arianisrn; the German kingdorns. JUSTIN I and JUSTINIAN —Justin I; the wars; legal and administrative reforms; finance; religion; the wars; administration and finance; religion; the balance sheet of the reign. THE SUCCESSORS OF JUSTINIAN — Justin II; Tiberius; Maurice; the collapse. PART II: DESCRIPTIVE THE GOVERNMENT — the emperors; the senate; the consistory; powers behind the throne; formation of policy; pressure groups. THE ADMINISTRATION — the comitatus; dioceses and provinces; tenure of offices; choice of officers; suffragium; salaries and extortion; centralisation; efficiency. FINANCE — the res privata; the sacrae largitiones; the currency; the praetorian prefecture; the incidence of taxation. JUSTICE —the law; the courts; praescriptio fori; delays and expenses; the judges; lawyers; civil and criminal justice.