Hartwin Brandt
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Reprint 2012
Description
"As a statesman a genius of the first order" was Theodor Mommsen's verdict in 1886 on Diocletian, the Dalmatian whose career took him from a released slave to Emperor. Diocletian stabilised the Imperium after it had been thrown into turmoil in the imperial crisis of the period of military anarchy. After his abdication in 305, he retired to the magnificent palace of Spalato (Split, Croatia) built for his old age. Although his arrangements for the succession,...
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
The process of transformation which saw the Byzantine Empire and the world of the Early Middle Ages develop from the Late Antique Imperium Romanum led to changes in all areas of life. The central topic of this volume of international contributions is the question of how the historiography of the period confronted these changes.
Zu den interessantesten und aufschlussreichsten Themen der historischen Forschung gehört der Transformationsprozess, in...