The Roman Empire ; Romans

Table of Contents: “…The soldier emperors, the Empire in crisis -- 4. A.D. 284-337. Diocletian and Constantine, division of power and Empire.…”


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The beginnings

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Sword and serpent by Marshall, Taylor

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The Emperor Constantine by Pohlsander, Hans A., 1927-

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Early Christianity : a brief history by Lynch, Joseph H., 1943-2008

Table of Contents: “…Jesus -- The Jewish context of the Jesus movement -- The Greek and Roman context of early Christianity -- The Jesus movement in the first century -- Christian diversity in the second and third centuries -- The emergence of a proto-orthodox Christian consensus: bishop, creed, and canon of scripture -- Roman society and the Christians -- Christian intellectuals -- Proto-orthodox Christian communities in the third century -- Diocletian, the great persecution, and the conversion of Constantine -- The Christian empire and the imperial church -- The government of the church -- The Trinitarian controversy -- Jesus, the God/Man -- Worship and piety in the Christian empire -- The ascetic movement -- Fourth- and fifth-century Christian thinkers -- Conversion and Christianization -- The eastern and western churches go their separate ways -- Epilogue: Muhammad and Islam.…”


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The age of the martyrs : or, The first three centuries of the work of the church of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Jenkins, J. D. (John David)

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The emergence of Christianity : classical traditions in contemporary perspective by White, Cynthia

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Federal style patterns 1780-1820 : interior architectural trim and fences : interior doors, doorways, and arches, window and door casings, window sills and aprons, cornices in five... by Smith, Lawrence D., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Terms -- About federal style architecture -- Moldings -- About the drawings -- Ornaments omitted -- Cornices: Type A; Type B; Type C; Cornice Plus; Palace of Diocletian -- Window and door casings -- Windows sills and aprons -- Chair rails -- Baseboards -- Mantels -- Interior doors, doorways, and arches -- Designs for historic and contemporary rooms -- Fences: Piers; Rails; Finials.…”


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The common people of ancient Rome: studies of Roman life and literature. by Abbott, Frank Frost, 1860-1924

Table of Contents: “…Their dedicatory and ephemeral verses -- The origin of the realistic romance among the Romans -- Diocletian's edict municipal life of the Roman -- Some reflections on corporations and trade guilds -- A Roman politician, Gaius Scribonius Curio -- Gauis Matius, a friend of Caesar.…”


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Emperors and biography : studies in the 'Historia Augusta' by Syme, Ronald, 1903-1989

Table of Contents: “…The bogus names -- Ipse ille patriarcha -- Ignotus, the good biographer -- The secondary vitae -- The nomen antoninorum -- the fame of Trajan -- More about Marius Maximus -- The careers of Maximus and Dio -- The reign of Severus Alexander -- Gordianus, Pupienus, Balbinus -- The emperor Maximinus -- Emperors from Illyricum -- From Decius to Diocletian -- Illyricum in the Epitomators -- The emperor Claudius Tacitus -- Literary talent -- Fiction and credulity.…”


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A survey of ancient history : to the death of Constantine by Laistner, M. L. W. (Max Ludwig Wolfram), 1890-1959

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The Romans by Barrow, R. H. (Reginald Haynes), 1893-1984

Table of Contents: “…. -- What the Romans wrote about -- The Roman practical genius -- The Roman attitude to religion and philosophy -- The age of crisis and rescue: Diocletian and Constantine -- Christianity and the Roman Empire -- The Fifth Century -- Roman law.…”


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An economic survey of ancient Rome, by Frank, Tenney, 1876-1939

Table of Contents: “…Roman Egypt to the reign of Diocletian, by A. C. Johnson. Selected bibliography (p. 719-727)--III. …”


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An economic survey of ancient Rome by Frank, Tenney, 1876-1939

Table of Contents: “…Roman Egypt to the reign of Diocletian.--v. 3. Collingwood, R. G. Roman Britain. …”


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Imperial Rome AD 284 to 363 : the new empire by Harries, Jill

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Approaching late antiquity : the transformation from early to late empire

Table of Contents: “…The northern Praefectura Urbi from the Severans to Diocletian / Emanuele Papi -- Transition and change in Diocletian's Egypt: province and empire in the late third century / Colin Adams -- Roman law AD 200-400: from Cosmopolis to Rechtstaat? …”


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A history of the later Roman Empire, AD 284-641 : the transformation of the ancient world by Mitchell, Stephen, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to late Roman history -- The nature of the evidence -- The Roman Empire from Diocletian to Alaric -- The Roman Empire of the fifth and sixth centuries -- The Roman state -- The barbarian kingdoms -- From pagan to Christian -- Conversion to Christianity and the politics of religious identity -- The political economy of the later Roman Empire -- Society and economy in the Mediterranean and the Near East -- The challenges of the later sixth century -- The final reckoning of the Eastern Empire.…”


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Augustus to Constantine : the thrust of the Christian movement into the Roman world by Grant, Robert M. (Robert McQueen), 1917-2014

Table of Contents: “…The Roman empire -- Rome and the Jews -- Christian origins -- Christian organization -- Some Christian controversies -- Rome and the Christians -- The apologetic movement -- The Gnostic crisis -- The Montanist crisis -- Christian organization -- Rome and the Christians -- The problem of growth -- The church at Rome -- The church in Africa -- School and church at Alexandria -- The church at Antioch and elsewhere -- Diocletian and the persecution -- Constantine and the church -- Christian ways of life -- Creedal formulations and eschatology -- Christian worship.…”


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A history of the later Roman empire, AD 284-641 by Mitchell, Stephen, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to late Roman history -- The nature of the evidence -- The Roman Empire from Diocletian to Alaric -- The Roman Empire of the fifth and sixth centuries -- The Roman state -- The barbarian kingdoms -- From pagan to Christian -- Conversion to Christianity and the politics of religious identity -- The political economy of the later Roman Empire -- Society and economy in the Mediterranean and the Near East -- The challenges of the later sixth century -- The final reckoning of the Eastern Empire -- The fall of the Roman Empire.…”


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The decline of the ancient world by Jones, A. H. M. (Arnold Hugh Martin), 1904-1970

Table of Contents: “…The sources -- Background: the principate -- Diocletian -- Constantine -- The house of Constantine -- The house of Valentinian -- The house of Theodosius -- The revival of the East and the fall of the West -- Justinian -- The successors of Justinian -- The Emperor and his advisers -- The administration -- Finance -- Justice -- The Civil Service -- The Army -- The two capitals -- The cities -- The church -- The aristocracy -- The middle and lower classes -- Agriculture -- Trade and industry -- Religion and morals -- Education, culture and art -- Why did the Western empire fall/…”


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