Emperor, Prefects, & Kings
Subtitle: The Roman West, 395-565
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780807820711
Subjects: History; Political structure & processes; Political Process - General; Political History; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; Rome; Folklore & Mythology; 284-476; 476-1268; Italy; Politics and government
First sentence: Before any detailed examination of the administrative structure of the western Empire in the fifth century can be undertaken, it is vital that the nature of the sources should be appreciated: without that background, it is impossible to determine the precise questions it is prudent to ask of the documents which have survived from the period, or what type of answers to expect from them, and an unnecessarily confused picture could emerge.