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CLCV 3010

The Later Roman Empire

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

The study of major developments - administrative, ecclesiastical, cultural and societal - of the later Roman Empire.

2026

Topics

  • Background and Review
  • FROM ANARCHY TO MONARCHY Elton, Intro
  • EARLY FOURTH CENTURY Elton
  • MID FOURTH CENTURY Elton
  • LATE FOURTH CENTURY Elton
  • EARLY FIFTH CENTURY Elton
  • MID FIFTH CENTURY Elton
  • LATE FIFTH CENTURY Elton
  • CIVIL AND MILITARY ADMINISTRATION
  • SASANIAN EMPIRE
  • EARLY SIXTH CENTURY Elton
  • MID SIXTH CENTURY
  • LATE SIXTH CENTURY Elton
  • ARAB CONQUESTS
  • “BYZANTIUM”
  • Conclusion

Readings

  • Hugh Elton, The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity: A Political and Military History (Cambridge, 2018) $45 Ammianus Marcellinus, The Later Roman Empire (Penguin) $25

Prerequisites & course information

Also listed as HIST 3010 . Precludes additional credit for CLCV 3002 and HIST 3002. Prerequisite(s): a 2000-level CLCV course. Lecture three hours a week.

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