428 AD. An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire. (Translated by Allan Cameron). - TRAINA, Giusto,
an ordinary year at the end of the Roman Empire
KORTE INHOUD
'The fifth century is one of the more important centuries for the history of Western Europe and the Middle East, as well as the transformation of the Roman world, and the evidence for it is notoriously varied and complex. For decades scholars of late antiquity would shy away from tackling fifth-century events, with A.H.M. Jones, for example, avowedly sticking with the extensive material from the fourth and sixth centuries. Some of this is due to the inherent difficulties in disentangling the details of the century's chronology, something complicated by the lack of an extant contemporary historical narrative. Nevertheless, scholars are now starting to fix their gaze on this neglected period, with Fergus Millar, for one, having recently drawn our attention to the rich material found in the Theodosian Code and the Acts of the Council of Chalcedon.1 Attila too, always a popular subject among non-academics, continues to harbour interest as a recent book by Chris Kelly demonstrates.2 The book under review here, 428...
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Princeton/Oxford, 2009. XIX,203p. Halfcloth wrps. [New] [Auteur: TRAINA, Giusto,] [Uitgever: Princeton University Press] [Jaar: 2009] [Titel: 428 AD. An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire. (Translated by Allan Cameron).]
