Late Roman Italy: Imperium to Regnum

Jeroen Wijnendaele

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Late Roman Italy

Imperium to Regnum

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Published/Copyright: 2023

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This research volume reassesses one of the most fundamental transformations in Late Antiquity, centered on a pivotal region: the transition from ‘Empire’ to ‘Kingdom’ in Italy c. 250-500. During the first quarter of the first millennium, Italy was still the heart of the Roman Empire; the only political superstructure ever managing to encompass the entire Mediterranean world and its European hinterland. Yet during the second quarter of this millennium, Italy underwent dramatic evolutions from demotion to a provincialized region (c. 285-395), to a new imperial hub kept afloat by cannibalizing other provinces’ resources (c. 395-476), to an autonomous regnum governed by non-Roman rulers as part of an Eastern Roman ‘Commonwealth’ (c. 475-535).

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgements
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List of Contributors
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Introduction: Italy and Its Place in the Roman Empire of Late Antiquity
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Jeroen W. P. Wijnendaele

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Part I: Political Developments
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1. Italy from the Crisis of the Third Century to the Tetrarchy
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Umberto Roberto

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2. New Paths to Power: The Bipartite Division of Italy and Its Realignment of Society and Economy in the Fourth Century
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Noel Lenski

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3. Court, Crisis and Response: Italy from Gratian to Valentinian III
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Mark Humphries

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4. The Final Western Emperors, Odoacer and Late Roman Italy’s Resilience
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Jeroen W. P. Wijnendaele

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Part II: Institutions
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5. Administering Late Roman Italy: Geographical Changes and the Appearance of Governors
111
Daniëlle Slootjes

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6. How the West Was Run: Local Government in Late Roman Italy
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Stuart McCunn

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7. Armed Forces in Late Roman Italy
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Philip Rance

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Part III: Society, Economy and Environment
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8. Elite Women and Gender-Based Violence in Late Roman Italy
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Ulriika Vihervalli and Victoria Leonard

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9. Land of the Free? Considering Smallholders and Economic Agency in Late Antique Italy
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Niels P. Arends

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10. The Human Landscape and Palaeoecology of Late Roman Italy
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Edward M. Schoolman

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11. Cities and Urban Life in Late Roman Italy: Transformations of the Old, Impositions of the New
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Neil Christie

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Part IV: Religion
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12. From Local Authority to Episcopal Power: The Changing Roles of Roman and Italian Bishops
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Bronwen Neil

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13. Violence and Episcopal Elections in Late Antique Rome, ad 300–500
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Samuel Cohen

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14. Religious Minorities in Late Roman Italy: Jewish City-Dwellers and Their Non-Jewish Neighbours
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Jessica van ’t Westeinde

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Part V: Culture
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15. Christian Sarcophagi in Late Roman Italy: Culture and Connection
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Miriam A. Hay

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16. Late Roman Italy in Latin Panegyric: From the Panegyrici Latini to Ennodius
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Adrastos Omissi

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17. Stepping Out of the Shadows: Italy in Late Antique Historiography
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Peter Van Nuffelen

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Epilogue: Late Roman Italy – Paths Explored and Paths to Explore
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Giusto Traina

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Index
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9781399518048

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520

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399518048

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Late Roman Italy

Overview

About this book

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction: Italy and Its Place in the Roman Empire of Late Antiquity

1. Italy from the Crisis of the Third Century to the Tetrarchy

2. New Paths to Power: The Bipartite Division of Italy and Its Realignment of Society and Economy in the Fourth Century

3. Court, Crisis and Response: Italy from Gratian to Valentinian III

4. The Final Western Emperors, Odoacer and Late Roman Italy’s Resilience

5. Administering Late Roman Italy: Geographical Changes and the Appearance of Governors

6. How the West Was Run: Local Government in Late Roman Italy

7. Armed Forces in Late Roman Italy

8. Elite Women and Gender-Based Violence in Late Roman Italy

9. Land of the Free? Considering Smallholders and Economic Agency in Late Antique Italy

10. The Human Landscape and Palaeoecology of Late Roman Italy

11. Cities and Urban Life in Late Roman Italy: Transformations of the Old, Impositions of the New

12. From Local Authority to Episcopal Power: The Changing Roles of Roman and Italian Bishops

13. Violence and Episcopal Elections in Late Antique Rome, ad 300–500

14. Religious Minorities in Late Roman Italy: Jewish City-Dwellers and Their Non-Jewish Neighbours

15. Christian Sarcophagi in Late Roman Italy: Culture and Connection

16. Late Roman Italy in Latin Panegyric: From the Panegyrici Latini to Ennodius

17. Stepping Out of the Shadows: Italy in Late Antique Historiography

Epilogue: Late Roman Italy – Paths Explored and Paths to Explore

Index

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