{"product_id":"failure-of-empire-valens-and-the-roman-state-in-the-fourth-century-a-d-volume-34-paperback","title":"Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D. Volume 34 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNoel Lenski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFailure of Empire \u003c\/i\u003eis the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not, however, entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator, a committed defender of the frontiers, and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn lively style and rich detail, Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material, from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources, in a study that illuminates the social, cultural, religious, economic, administrative, and military complexities of Valens's realm. \u003ci\u003eFailure of Empire \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be a hard act to follow.--W. H. C. Frend, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Ecclesiastical History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Splendid book . . . Lenski offers an extraordinarily suggestive description . . . information is presented without fanfare, but with style and much good sense.\"--Clifford Ando, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this energetically reasoned and learned book, Noel Lenski links the imperial biography to the administrative, military, and religious history of the late Roman State...The result is a thought-provoking and enduring contribution to what we know about late antiquity: a book to be welcomed.\"--Sabine MacCormack, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shadows of Poetry: Vergil in the Mind of Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eFailure of Empire \u003c\/i\u003eis exceptionally well organized: one gets the sense of a guiding intellect behind every paragraph...Lenski brings coherence to a reign that has long seemed to lack anything of the sort.\"--Hal Drake, author of \u003ci\u003eConstantine and the Bishops: The Politics of Intolerance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoel Lenski \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 470\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468091834621,"sku":"9780520283893","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NW0xaGpKQlhHQ3VQL2JDcmo4UXV1Zz09.webp?v=1777285333","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/failure-of-empire-valens-and-the-roman-state-in-the-fourth-century-a-d-volume-34-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}