Failure of Empire
Subtitle: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780520233324
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; BCE to c 500 CE; General; Valentinian; Emperor of Rome,; History - General History; I,; History: World; Ancient Rome; History; Ancient - General; Europe - Greece; History / Ancient / General; Valens; ca. 328-378; Byzantine Empire; Valens, 364-378; 321-375; Emperor of the East,; Valens,
First sentence: On the afternoon of June 26, 363, the emperor Julian was pierced through the side with a spear in combat.