Western Civilization


Secondary Sources: Lecture on The Later Roman Empire  - Lynn Harry Nelson


The Later Roman Empire

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1.  The Reforms of Diocletian: political
2.  The Reforms of Diocletian: economic
3.  The Reforms of Diocletian: military and social
4.  The Reforms of Constantine
5.  Emerging medieval society

   essay on slaves and serfs

 

A Bust of the Emperor Diocletian Bust of the Emperor Constantine at the Palazzo dei Conservatori at Rome

Diocletian r. 284-305 A.D.

 Constantine r. 306 - 337 A.D.



Essay by Lynn Harry Nelson
Emeritus Professor of Medieval History
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

 
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