Book contents
- The Falls of Rome
- The Falls of Rome
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works
- Abbreviations for Imperial Offices in Late Antiquity
- 1 Approaches to the Fate of the Late Antique City
- 2 The Constantinian Compromise
- 3 Responses to the Sack of Rome in 410
- 4 Rome after the 455 Vandal Occupation
- 5 Why Gibbon Was Wrong
- 6 The Fall of Ostrogothic Rome and the Justinianic Reconstruction
- 7 The Demise of the Senate
- Tables
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - The Constantinian Compromise
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2021
Book contents
- The Falls of Rome
- The Falls of Rome
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works
- Abbreviations for Imperial Offices in Late Antiquity
- 1 Approaches to the Fate of the Late Antique City
- 2 The Constantinian Compromise
- 3 Responses to the Sack of Rome in 410
- 4 Rome after the 455 Vandal Occupation
- 5 Why Gibbon Was Wrong
- 6 The Fall of Ostrogothic Rome and the Justinianic Reconstruction
- 7 The Demise of the Senate
- Tables
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This focus on the senators and the clergy is important because, in my view, too much of the discussion of Rome in late antiquity has focused on either the catastrophic impact of barbarian invasions or the baleful influence of weak emperors and strident generals. Although I am not the first to recognize the vital role played by senatorial aristocrats nor to show the limited influence of the bishops in Rome, new information about the city in late antiquity, new scholarly work on its history, and a new appreciation of the role of the bishops of the city require a new perspective on the very old topic of the “Fall of Rome.”
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- The Falls of RomeCrises, Resilience, and Resurgence in Late Antiquity, pp. 36 - 95Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021