The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume I: A.D. 260-395 & Volume II: A.D. 395-527 & Volume IIIA (A.D. 527-641) & Volume IIIB (A.D. 527-641)

by: Jones, A.H.M. Martindale, J.R. Morris, J.

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This 4 volumes set contains the following titles:

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume I: A.D. 260-395

by: Jones, A.H.M. Martindale, J.R. Morris, J.
ISBN-13: 9780521072335 / 978-0-521-07233-5
ISBN-10: 0521072336 / 0-521-07233-6
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1971
Publication Place: Cambridge
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 1152
Book Condition: Very good
Comments: Original Edition, Cambridge 1971 / Ex-Library

This is the first volume of the three-volume Prosopography which provides a complete secular biographical dictionary for the Later Roman Empire from AD 260 to 641. It begins with the capture of Valerian by the Persians in 260 and ends at the death of Theodosius I in 395. Like its predecessors, this volume has collected the surviving evidence about the personnel of the empire, about members of the senates of Rome and Constantinople and their families, and about members of senatorial families still surviving and holding public office in the western lands (Gaul and Spain) no longer under Roman rule. The work also includes non-Romans who entered imperial service or who in other ways figure in imperial history, among them many foreign rulers. The project is intended as a tool for research workers in the whole field of late Empire studies, and will be an indispensible work of reference for years to come.

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume II: A.D. 395-527

by: Martindale, J.R.
ISBN-13: 9780521201599 / 978-0-521-20159-9
ISBN-10: 0521201594 / 0-521-20159-4
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1980
Publication Place: Cambridge
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 1342
Book Condition: Very good
Comments: Original Edition, Cambridge 1980 / Ex-Library

This is the second volume of the three-volume Prosopography which provides a complete secular biographical dictionary for the Later Roman Empire from AD 260 to 641. This volume begins with the death of Theodosius I in 395 and ends at the start of the reign of Justinian in 527. Like its predecessors, this volume has collected the surviving evidence about the personnel of the empire, about members of the senates of Rome and Constantinople and their families, about members of senatorial families still surviving and holding public office in the western lands (Gaul and Spain) no longer under Roman rule. The work also includes non-Romans who entered imperial service or who in other ways figure in imperial history, among them many foreign rulers. The project is intended as a tool for research workers in the whole field of late Empire studies, and will be an indispensible work of reference for years to come.

The publication of PLRE II marks an epoch in the study of the Later Empire. To make it possible a large team of scholars has read and excerpted authors. (?) J.R. Martingale has been the anchor-man. He composed the first draft of every entry in this monumental work, and was also responsible for their final form. His selfless devotion demands the highest recognition. PLRE II follows the pattern devised by A.H.M. Jones for volume I. An enormous mass of information is set out clearly, concisely, and accurately. The volume includes all office-holders, military and civilian, known from the geographical area of the Roman empire between A.D. 395 and 527. At the end there are lists of the holders of different offices, and stemmata of families. These tables, together with the fact that all office-holders of the period are included in the same book, make each volume of PLRE into a self-sufficient work of reference. (?) The editors have seen the major task of prosopography to be ?the presentation of primary sources in convenient form? (?) PLRE II is likely to prove even more valuable than PLRE I. it covers years of tremendous changeL in the West the collapse of the Empire and the establishment of barbarian kingdoms in its provinces, in the East the transformation of the ?Diocletianic? into the ?Justinianic? form of empire (?). PLRE II is particularly informative about changes in the structure of the governing class. For instance it illustrates the growing divergence between East and West. The prosopography confirms and refines the contrast, noted by A.H.M. Jones, between the aristocratic praetorian prefects of Italy and Gaul and the more professionally qualified prefects of ?Oriens? (?) Prosopography displays the effects of the division of the empire on the imperial army. The lists 9f ?praepositi? and ?tribuni?, of ?protectors?, and of ?duces? and ?commits rei militaris? show that the armies of the Eastern Empire (?) came to be officered by citizens of the Empire, or at least by men with Greek or Latin names. The contrast with the abundance of German names in the West could not be greater. (?) Ancient historians must be grateful to J.R. Martindale and his colleagues.? (J.H.W.G. LIEBESCHUETZ in The Classical Review (New Series), 1981 (pp.256-58)

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume IIIA (A.D. 527-641) & Volume IIIB (A.D. 527-641)

by: Martindale, J.R.
ISBN-13: 9781107119352 / 978-1-107-11935-2
ISBN-10: 1107119359 / 1-107-11935-9
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1992
Publication Place: Cambridge
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: New
Comments: 2 Vols. Set. / 2 Part Hardback Set / Part of Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire

This is the final volume of the three-volume Prosopography which provides a complete secular biographical dictionary for the Later Roman Empire from AD 260 to 641. This volume begins at the start of the reign of Justinian in 527 and ends at the death of Heraclius in 641. Like its predecessors, this volume has collected the surviving evidence about the personnel of the empire, about members of the senates of Rome and Constantinople and their families, about members of senatorial families still surviving and holding public office in the western lands (Gaul and Spain) no longer under Roman rule. The work also includes non-Romans who entered imperial service or who in other ways figure in imperial history, among them many foreign rulers. The project is intended as a tool for research workers in the whole field of late Empire studies, and will be an indispensible work of reference for years to come.

Table of Contents
List of sources, including collections and periodicals with abbreviations
List of modern works with abbreviations
Symbols and conventions
Note to the reader
The Prosopography
Fragmentary names
Anonymi
Fasti
Stemmata
Monograms
Index to fasti
Index to office-holders of non-Roman nations
Index to stemmata
 

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume I: A.D. 260-395 & Volume II: A.D. 395-527 & Volume IIIA (A.D. 527-641) & Volume IIIB (A.D. 527-641)

by: Jones, A.H.M. Martindale, J.R. Morris, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780521072335 / 9780521201599 / 9781107119352
• ISBN-03: 0521072336 / 0521201594 / 1107119359
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1971

Price: 695,00 EURO

1 copy in stock