Rome Resurgent: War and Empire in the Age of Justinian PDF
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S Rome Resurgent Ancient Warfare and Civilization series editors: richard alston robin waterfield In this series, leading historians offer compelling new narratives of the armed conflicts that shaped and reshaped the classical world, from the wars of Archaic Greece to the fall of the Roman Empire and the Arab conquests. Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great’s Empire Robin Waterfield By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire Ian Worthington Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece Robin Waterfield In God’s Path: The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire Robert G. Hoyland Mastering the West: Rome and Carthage at War Dexter Hoyos Rome’s Revolution: Death of the Republic and Birth of the Empire Richard Alston The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Ancient Greece Jennifer T. Roberts Rome Resurgent: War and Empire in the Age of Justinian Peter Heather ROME RESURGENT War and Empire in the Age of Justinian S Peter Heather 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2018 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. CIP data is on file at the Library of Congress ISBN 978– 0– 19– 936274– 5 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed by Edwards Brothers Malloy, United States of America S Contents Maps vii Introduction: Justinian and the Fall of the Roman East 1 1. ‘In This Sign Conquer’ 19 2. The Military- Fiscal Complex 43 3. Regime Change in Constantinople 69 4. The Last Desperate Gamble 97 5. Five Thousand Horse 123 6. Rome and Ravenna 147 7. The Culture of Victory 181 8. ‘Our Brother in God’ 211 9. Insurgents 237 10. The Western Empire of Justinian 269 11. The Fall of the Eastern Empire 303 Timeline 333 Glossary 339 Notes 349 Primary Sources 371 Bibliography 373 Index 383 v S Maps vii The eastern Roman Empire and PICTS the western Successor States C. 525 North JUTES SCOTS Sea DANES ANGLES CELTIC LANDS BRITONSSAXONS SAXONS TH London U KINJGUDTOEMSParisCologneRhiAneL R.A M A NRINNGIIANS LOMBARDS AVARS ATLANTIC OF THE KINGDOM OCEAN FRANKSBUROGFU TNHDEIANS DERIC GEPIDS SLAVS SUEVI THE GOToTuHloIuCse KINLyGonD O M OF THEORRaovmenena Danube R. CBonlsatacnktin oSpleea CORSICA Toledo SARDINIA EAST ROMAN EMPIRE Antioch KINGDOM OF THE VANDALS Athens Damascus AND ALANSCarthage SICILY CYPRUS CRETE Jerusalem A E T U L I Mediterranean Sea G A Alexandria 0 km 500 N 0 miles 500 ile R . Map 1 East Rome and the Western Successor States ad 525 Paris AVARS ATLANTIC KTIHNEG FDROAMN KOSF Geneva LOMBARDS HERULS ANTAE AVARS ALANS GEPIDS BULGARS OCEAN RavennaDALMATIA SLAVS AVARS KINGDOM OF THE SUEVI Marseille THRACE Black Sea LAZICA KINGDOM OF CORSICA Rome MACEDONIA Sinope IBERIA THE VISIGOTHS PREFECTURE OF Thessalonica Constantinople Trebizond ARMENIA Toledo Valence SARDINIA ITALY PREFECTURE OF Cordova BALEARIC ISLANDS Messina ILLYRICUM PREFECTURE OF Carthage SICILY Syracuse Athens ISAURIA AFRICA NE MAURETANIANS MOORS MediTrtipeolir r a n e a nC RESTEe a PRETFHEECC TEYUPARRSTUE SOF Tyre EMWP PIREERSIACNt esiphon Cyrene Alexandria Jerusalem Babylon GHASSANIDS LAKHMIDS EGYPT R BJuysztainnitainne’s ERmepiginre ( a5t2 b7e CgEi)nning of 0 km 400 ed S ARABS e Justinian’s conquests a 0 miles 400 Map 2 The Conquests of Justinian
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