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A.H.M. Jones


Born
in The United Kingdom
March 09, 1904

Died
April 09, 1970

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Arnold Hugh Martin Jones (9 March 1904 – 9 April 1970) — known as A.H.M. Jones — was a prominent 20th century British historian of classical antiquity, particularly of the later Roman Empire.

Jones's best-known work, The Later Roman Empire, 284–602 (1964), is considered the definitive narrative history of late Rome and early Byzantium, beginning with the reign of the Roman tetrarch Diocletian and ending with that of the Byzantine emperor Maurice. One of the most common modern criticisms of this work is its almost total reliance on literary and epigraphic primary sources, a methodology which mirrored Jones's own historiographical training. Archaeological study of the period was in its infancy when Jones wrote, which limited the amount of mate
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The Later Roman Empire 284-...

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Sparta

3.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1967 — 8 editions
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Athenian Democracy

3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1957 — 18 editions
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A History of Ethiopia

3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1969 — 23 editions
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The Roman Economy: Studies ...

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The Prosopography of the La...

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A History of Rome Through t...

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions
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Later Roman Empire, 284-602...

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