Table of Contents

Part 1 Collapse; Chapter 1 The Succession of Emperors; Chapter 2; Chapter 3 The Persians; Part 2 Recovery; Chapter 4 Strong Emperors; Chapter 5 The Army Reconstituted; Chapter 6 Diocletian; Chapter 7 Coinage and Finance; Chapter 8 State Religion; Part 3 Away From Politics; Chapter 9 Philosophy and Personal Religion; Chapter 10 Heliodorus and the Aethiopica; Epilogue;

About the Author

Michael Grant

Reviews

'A good read, a good introduction and a useful book for anyone even slightly hesitant in their later Roman history.' - JACT Review

'Grants gift has been to make the basic trends of classical civilization accessible to general readers while maintaining first-rate standards of scholarship.' - Booklist Chicago