The Roman Empire in Crisis, 248 260

When the Gods Abandoned Rome

Paul N Pearson

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English

Pen and Sword
01 May 2022

History; Classical history & classical civilisation; Military history

This book is a narrative history of a dozen years of turmoil that begins with Rome's millennium celebrations of 248 CE and ends with the capture of the emperor Valerian by the Persians in 260\. It was a period of almost unremitting disaster for Rome, involving a series of civil wars, several major invasions by Goths and Persians, economic crisis, and an empire-wide pandemic, the ?plague of Cyprian'. There was sustained persecution of the Christians. A central theme of the book is that this was a period of moral and spiritual crisis in which the traditional state religion suffered greatly in prestige, paving the way for the eventual triumph of Christianity. The sensational recent discovery of extensive fragments of the lost Scythica of Dexippus sheds much new light on the Gothic Wars of the period. The author has used this new evidence in combination with in-depth investigations in the field to develop a revised account of events surrounding the great Battle of Abritus where the army of the emperor Decius was annihilated by Cniva's Goths. New light is shed on a period which is pivotal for understanding the transition between Classical civilisation and the period known as Late Antiquity.

AUTHOR: Paul N. Pearson is Honorary Professor of Geology at Cardiff University and has a long-held passion for Roman history. He has written numerous peer-reviewed articles and is the author of the highly praised 'Maximinus Thrax: from Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome' (Pen & Sword, 2016). He lives in Somerset.

16 colour illustrations

By: Paul N Pearson
Imprint: Pen and Sword
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399090971
ISBN 10: 1399090976
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Paul N. Pearson is Honorary Professor of Geology at Cardiff University and has a long-held passion for Roman history. He has written numerous peer-reviewed articles and is the author of the highly praised Maximinus Thrax: from Common Soldier to Emperor of Rome (Pen & Sword, 2016). He lives in Somerset.

Reviews for The Roman Empire in Crisis, 248 260: When the Gods Abandoned Rome

"""A clear, brisk writer, Pearson is also quite thorough, taking a holistic attitude to the many facets of a confused, turbulent period.""-- ""NYMAS Review"" ""Simply stated, no personal, community, or academic library Roman History collection can be considered up to date without the inclusion of Paul N. Pearson's The Roman Empire in Crisis, 248-260.""-- ""Midwest Book Review"""