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revealing antiquity 15 • (cid:127) G. W. Bowersock, General Editor CHRISTOPHER KELLY Ruling the Later Roman Empire THE BELKNAP PRESS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge,Massachusetts,andLondon,England 2004 Copyright©2004bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Themaponp.73isreproducedwithpermissionfromA.H.M.Jones, TheLaterRomanEmpire284–602:ASocial,Economic,and AdministrativeSurvey(Oxford:BasilBlackwell,1964),MapVI(easternhalf). LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Kelly,Christopher,1964– RulingthelaterRomanEmpire / ChristopherKelly. p. cm.—(Revealingantiquity ; 15) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN0-674-01564-9(alk.paper) 1.Rome—Politicsandgovernment—284–476. 2.ByzantineEmpire—Politicsandgovernment—To527. 3.Rome—Officialsandemployees. 4.ByzantineEmpire—Officialsandemployees. 5.Elite(Socialsciences)—Rome. 6.Elite(Socialsciences)—ByzantineEmpire. I.Title. II.Series DG83.5.K45 2004 937′.09—dc22 2004047664 For Keith Hopkins (1934–2004) Teacher and Friend Contents Acknowledgments ix Prologue:FirstThoughts 1 Part I. The Bureaucrat’s Tale Introduction:JohnLydus:AManandHisBook 11 1 AllthePrefect’sMen 18 2 TheCompetitionforSpoils 64 Part II. Rulers and Ruled Introduction:PassagesfromthePrincipatetoLateAntiquity 107 3 StandinginLine 114 4 PurchasingPower 138 5 AutocracyandBureaucracy 186 Epilogue:LastJudgments 232 Notes 247 Bibliography 301 Index 327 Acknowledgments This book owes a great deal to Keith Hopkins, John Matthews, Glen Bowersock, Dick Whittaker, and Peter Brown. Their splendid combi- nationofcheerfulencouragement,eleganthospitality,andimpressive criticalacumeniswellknown,butnolessapleasuretoconfirmhere.I have also benefited from discussions on a number of points with val- ued friends and colleagues. I particularly wish to mention Richard Lim, Averil Cameron, Takashi Minamikawa, Jaâ Elsner, Neil McLynn, Jill Harries, Kate Cooper, Peter Garnsey, Rosalind Thomas, Jeremy Tanner, Rosamond McKitterick, Joyce Reynolds, Philip Rousseau, AtsukoGotoh,GillianClark,ElaineFantham,GillianShepherd,Justin Goddard, Elizabeth Speller, Peter Stacey, Caroline Vout, and Michael Williams. Warm thanks are also due to my editor Peg Fulton for pa- tientlyseeingthisprojectthroughtoitsconclusion.
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