The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 14: Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, A.D. 425-600

The Cambridge Ancient History, 2nd edition #19

by Averil Cameron (Editor), Brian Ward-Perkins (Editor), Michael Whitby (Editor)

With Volume 14 The Cambridge Ancient History concludes its story. This latest volume embraces the wide range of approaches and scholarship which have in recent decades transformed our view of Late Antiquity. In particular, traditional political and social history has been enormously enhanced by integrating the rich evidence of Christian writing, and the constantly expanding results of archaeological research.

A picture emerges of a period of considerable military and political disruption, but also of vibrant intellectual and cultural activity. The volume begins with a series of narrative chapters. These are followed by sections on government and institutions, economy and society, and religion and culture. A section on the provinces and the non-Roman world marks the rise of new and distinct political and cultural entities. This volume, and the CAH, ends in around AD 600, before the Arab conquests shattered for ever what remained of the unity of the Roman world.

Genres: History, Ancient History, Nonfiction

1185 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Dame Averil Millicent Cameron, Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History at the University of Oxford.