This book is a narrative history of a dozen years of turmoil that
begins with Rome's millennium celebrations of 248 CE and ends with
the capture of the emperor Valerian by the Persians in 260. It was
a period of almost unremitting disaster for Rome, involving a
series of civil wars, several major invasions by Goths and
Persians, economic crisis, and an empire-wide pandemic, the 'plague
of Cyprian'. There was sustained persecution of the Christians. A
central theme of the book is that this was a period of moral and
spiritual crisis in which the traditional state religion suffered
greatly in prestige, paving the way for the eventual triumph of
Christianity. The sensational recent discovery of extensive
fragments of the lost Scythica of Dexippus sheds much new light on
the Gothic Wars of the period. The author has used this new
evidence in combination with in-depth investigations in the field
to develop a revised account of events surrounding the great Battle
of Abritus where the army of the emperor Decius was annihilated by
Cniva's Goths. The reigns of the emperors Gallus, Aemilian and
Valerian are treated in detail, and new ideas are presented
regarding mysterious characters of the age such as Silbannacus and
Sponsian.This period is pivotal for understanding the transition
between Classical civilisation and the period known as Late
Antiquity.
General
| Imprint: |
Pen & Sword Military
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2022 |
| Authors: |
Paul N Pearson
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
320 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-09097-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-399-09097-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781399090971 |
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