In 400 the mighty Roman Empire was almost as large as it had ever been; within three centuries, advances by Germanic peoples in western Europe, Slavs in eastern
Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a commo
In "East and West in the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century" scholars examine from different angles to which degree the empire was still unified and whether it
In 400 the mighty Roman Empire was almost as large as it had ever been; within three centuries, advances by Germanic peoples in western Europe, Slavs in eastern
Emperor Theodosius (379-95) was the last Roman emperor to rule a unified empire of East and West and his reign represents a turning point in the policies and fo