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Published by University of California Press, 2002
ISBN 10: 0520233328ISBN 13: 9780520233324
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Hardcover with dust jacket. Ex-library. Dust jacket is sliced so library markings show. Otherwise, very good. 454 pages. 454 pp.
Published by University of California Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0520233328ISBN 13: 9780520233324
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Published by University of California Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0520233328ISBN 13: 9780520233324
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library with usual markings: catalogue sticker on cover and spine, stamps on page edges. NO DUST JACKET. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding tight, hinges strong. An excellent reading or reference copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.
Published by University of California Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0520233328ISBN 13: 9780520233324
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a. D. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not, however, entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator, a committed defender of the frontiers, and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects. In lively style and rich detail, Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material, from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources, in a study that illuminates the social, cultural, religious, economic, administrative, and military complexities of Valens's realm. Failure of Empire offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands. ; 1.35 x 9.86 x 6.24 Inches; 454 pages.
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ISBN 10: 0520233328ISBN 13: 9780520233324
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Condition: Sehr gut. XIV, 454 p., maps, ill. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Allover very good and clean. - Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.D. 364,-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history s great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not, however, entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator, a committed defender of the frontiers, and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects. In lively style and rich detail, Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material, from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources, in a study that illuminates the social, cultural, religious, economic, administrative, and military complexities of Valens s realm. Failure of Empire offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man that shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands. - Noel Lenski is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. ISBN 9780520233324 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Original cloth with dust jacket.
Published by University of California Press, 2003
ISBN 10: 0520233328ISBN 13: 9780520233324
Seller: Ancient World Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a. D. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not, however, entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator, a committed defender of the frontiers, and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects. In lively style and rich detail, Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material, from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources, in a study that illuminates the social, cultural, religious, economic, administrative, and military complexities of Valens's realm. Failure of Empire offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands. ; 1.35 x 9.86 x 6.24 Inches; 454 pages.
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