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Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.
Noel Lenski
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Paperback. Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. This book presents the biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (AD 364-78). Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 476 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (A.D. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his ... Read more
Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (A.D. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520283893
SKU
V9780520283893
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About Noel Lenski
Noel Lenski is Associate Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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