The Later Roman Empire, 284-602: A Social, Economic, and Administrative Survey. 2 Vol. Set (Volume 1 and 2) (Paperback)

~ A. H. M. Jones (Author) "THE reigns of Trajan, Hadrian, Pius and Marcus were, according to our historical tradition, the golden age of the empire..." (more)
Key Phrases: magistri praesentales, palatine civil servants, curial charges, Notitia Dignitatum, Asia Minor, Theodosian Code (more...)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1546 pages
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (June 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801832853
• ISBN-13: 978-0801832857
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 3.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #857,701 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Exhaustive and Informative", January 24, 2002

By	Johannes Platonicus (South Bend, Indiana) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

A.H.M. Jones' exhaustive and resourceful two-volume work on the "Later Roman Empire," is a definite recommendation for anyone seeking a deeper perspective of the times, although for informal reading it is not suggested. Over three hundred years are covered elaborately in twelve-hundred pages, and also the appendix itself is roughly five-hundred pages, though much of it will not be intelligible to general readers, since much of the information in it is preserved in the original Latin. Jones' work is a fountain head of research material, broken into two parts: the first is a basic overview of the religious, political, and military conditions of the empire; and the second part, which is more bulky and detailed, is an overview of the social, economic, and administrative aspects of the empire. With this, and J.B. Bury's two-volume work on the "Later Roman Empire," one may boast of holding two of the greater achievements in scholarship on this particular area of study.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A titanic source of reference, June 29, 2001

By	"marcuswalker" (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews

This mammoth work guides the reader through all aspects of the later Roman Empire showering facts and sources upon him. It is better, perhaps, as a source of reference than as bedtime reading, for its sheer size and density of fact would exhaust all but the most avid and concentrated historians of the period.

The most useful aspect of it must be the incredibly detailed source references, which comprise the fourth volume of his work. This enables those who have not the time or energy to wade through the entire book to use it as the definitive piece of reference for the period.