Oxford University Press Barbarians and Bishops: Army, Church, and State in the Age of Arcadius and Chrysostom (Clarendon Paperbacks)

Product Description In this illuminating study Liebeschuetz examines two fundamental themes of Late Antiquity: the barbarization of the Roman army and the interrelation of Church and secular government. He discusses Alaric's Goths in the West, who were treated as a federate regiment rather than a migrating tribe; how the civilian authorities at Constantinople maintained control over the largely German army in a conflict that culminated in the Gainas rising; and how the same authorities came into conflict with John Chrysostom, the bishop of Constantinople, and had him deposed. Review much in Liebeschuetz's painstaking and clever reconstruction will satisfy and delight traditional readers ― Times Literary Supplement About the Author J. H. W. G. Liebeschuetz is at Nottingham University.