The tragedy of empire : from Constantine to the destruction of Roman Italy /

"The Tragedy of Empire begins in the late fourth century with the reign of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman emperor, and takes readers to the final years of the Western Roman Empire at the end of the sixth century. One hundred years before Julian's rule, Emperor Diocletian had resolved...

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Main Author: Kulikowski, Michael, 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019
Edition:First Harvard University Press edition
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