Ruling the Later Roman Empire

Abstract

Acknowledgments Prologue: First Thoughts Part I. The Bureaucrat's Tale Introduction: John Lydus: A Man and His Book 1. All the Prefect's Men 2. The Competition for Spoils Part II. Rulers and Ruled Introduction: Passages from the Principate to Late Antiquity 3. Standing in Line 4. Purchasing Power 5. Autocracy and Bureaucracy Epilogue: Last Judgments Notes Bibliography Index