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Rohrbacher, David, 1969-

The historians of late antiquity / David Rohrbacher. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. - 1 online resource (viii, 324 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-306) and index.

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Ammianus Marcellinus; Aurelius Victor; Eutropius; Festus; Eunapius; Olympiodorus; Priscus; Rufinus; Socrates; Sozomen; Theodoret; Orosius; Historiography; Government; The Roman past; Religion; Barbarians; The emperor Julian (the Apostate); The emperor Theodosius I (the Great); Bibliography; Index.

The fourth and fifth centuries AD were an era of religious conflict and political change. This volume offers an accessible survey of the varied lives and works of the contemporary historians whose responses reflected these turbulent times.


English.

ISBN: 0585447942 (electronic bk.) 9780585447940 (electronic bk.) (hbk.) (hbk.) (pbk.) (pbk.)

LCCN:

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 0415204585 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
200-599

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Historians--Rome--Biography.
Historiography--Rome.
Emperors--Biography--History and criticism.--Rome
Historiens--Rome--Biographies.
Empereurs--Biographies--Histoire et critique.--Rome
HISTORY--Ancient--General.
Emperors--Biography.
Historians.
Historiography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rome--History--Historiography.--Empire, 284-476
Rome--History--Historiography.--Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries
Rome--Histoire--Historiographie.--284-476 (Bas-Empire)
Rome--Histoire--Historiographie.--3e-6e siècles (Grandes Invasions)
Rome (Empire)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: DG206.A2 / R64 2002eb

Dewey Class. No.: 930.5