Rome, the end of an empire. From Caracalla to Theodoric. 212 - End of the 5th century.
Belin| N° d'inventaire | 22244 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 688 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782701164977 |
In 212, Emperor Caracalla granted Roman citizenship by edict to all free inhabitants of the Empire. This measure crowned a centuries-long evolution towards an empire that was both politically unified and culturally universal. In 527, the Roman elites realized that the Gothic kingdoms had finished killing the Western Empire. The handover to the Byzantine Empire took place in the 5th century, which ended when Emperor Justinian attempted to reconstitute a universal imperial unity, on foundations that had become profoundly different from those that had founded the Roman Empire. The long period from 212 to 527 thus saw impressive transformations: the end of a society of orders, the fusion of barbarian and provincial populations, the political deconstruction of the Roman Empire, and the spread of Christianity. Late Antiquity is today the subject of lively debates among historians who seek to revive the notion of the decline of civilization.
In 212, Emperor Caracalla granted Roman citizenship by edict to all free inhabitants of the Empire. This measure crowned a centuries-long evolution towards an empire that was both politically unified and culturally universal. In 527, the Roman elites realized that the Gothic kingdoms had finished killing the Western Empire. The handover to the Byzantine Empire took place in the 5th century, which ended when Emperor Justinian attempted to reconstitute a universal imperial unity, on foundations that had become profoundly different from those that had founded the Roman Empire. The long period from 212 to 527 thus saw impressive transformations: the end of a society of orders, the fusion of barbarian and provincial populations, the political deconstruction of the Roman Empire, and the spread of Christianity. Late Antiquity is today the subject of lively debates among historians who seek to revive the notion of the decline of civilization.