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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook:
Late Antiquity
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Contents
Late Antiquity
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Military Revolution and
Government
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The End of the
Roman Empire in the West
- Ammianus Marcellinus (330-395 CE): The Battle of
Adrianopole, 378 CE [At this Site]
- Ammianus Marcellinus (c.330-395 CE): History, XIV.16:
The Luxury of the Rich in Rome, c. 400 CE [At this Site]
- Procopius of Caesarea (c.500-after 562 CE): Alaric's Sack of
Rome, 410 CE, History of the Wars [written c. 550 CE], III.ii.7-39 [At this
Site]
- Procopius of Caesarea (c.500-after 562 CE): Gaiseric
& The Vandal Conquest of North Africa, 406 - 477 CE, History of the Wars [written c. 550 CE], Book III, chapters iii-vii [At this Site]
- Rutilius Numantius: On His Return, I.xi.47, The
Greatness of Rome in the Days of Ruin, 413CE [At this Site]
- Jordanes (fl.c.550 CE): History of the Goths Chap. 38: The Battle of Chalôns, 451 CE [At this Site]
The Defeat of Attila.
- 2ND Edward Gibbon: On the Fall of the Roman
Empire [At this Site][added 7/2/98 to Rome page]
- 2ND Bruce Bartlett: How Excessive Government Killed
Ancient Rome, Cato Institute Journal 14: 2, Fall 1994 [At Cato.org]
An example of ancient history being seen through distinctly modern eyes! [Be wary of all
such "explanations" which do not consider the survival of the Eastern Empire.]
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Late Ancient Philosophy
- Roman Stoicism
- Neoplatonism
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Roman Mystery Religions
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End of Paganism
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Julian ("the Apostate") (b.332-r.361-d.363): Letter to
Arsacius, c. 360 [At Then Again]
- Symmachus (c.340-c.402): Relation 3,
384 CE [At Calgary]
Symmachus was the most prominent opponent of Christianity at his time. Here is his request
to the Christian Emperors to restore the altar of victory to the Senate.
- Ambrose of Milan (c.339-4 April 397): Response to
Symmachus [ep. 17 and 18] [at Calgary]
- Zosimus: Historia
Nova [At Then Again]
Theodosius II (r.375-95) bans the pagan rites and sacrifices.
- 2ND James O'Donnell: The Demise of Paganism, Traditio 35 (1977):45-88 [At UPenn]
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Modern
Perspectives on the End of Antiquity
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NOTES:
Dates of accession of material added since July 1998 can be seen in the New Additions page.. The date of inception was
4/8/1998.
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