Part I. The Roman EmpireReversals of fortune: an overview of the Age of Attila / Michael Maas Government and mechanisms of control, east and west / Geoffrey Greatrex Urban and rural economies in the Age of Attila / Peter Sarris Mediterranean cities in the fifth century: elites, christianizing, and the barbarian influx / Kenneth G. Holum Big cities and the dynamics of the Mediterranean during the fifth century / Raymond Van Dam Dynasty and aristocracy in the fifth century / Brian Croke Military developments in the fifth century / Hugh Elton Law and legal culture in the Age of Attila / Caroline Humfress Romanness in the Age of Attila / Jonathan P. Conant Part II. Attila and the world around Rome ; The steppe world and the rise of the Huns / Étienne de la Vaissière Neither conquest nor settlement: Attila's empire and its impact / Christopher Kelly The huns and barbarian Europe / Peter Heather Captivity among the barbarians and its impact on the fate of the Roman Empire / Noel Lenski Migrations, ethnic groups, and state building / Walter Pohl Kingdoms of north Africa / Andy Merrills The reinvention of Iran: the Sasanian Empire and the huns / Richard Payne Part III. Religious and cultural transformation ; Ascetics and monastics in the early fifth century / Susanna Elm Religious doctrine and ecclesiastical change in the time of Leo the Great / Susan Wessel Christian sermons against pagans: the evidence from Augustine's sermons on the new year and on the sack of Rome in 410 / Michele Renee Salzman Mediterranean jews in a christianizing empire / Joseph E. Sanzo and Ra'anan Boustan Ordering intellectual life / Edward Watts Real and imagined geography / Scott Fitzgerald Johnson. |