Education
He was educated as an undergraduate in classics and law at the University of Sydney in Australia, and earned a doctorate at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome
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“A thoughtful and sophisticated account of a notoriously complicated and controversial period.”—R. I. Moore, Times Literary Supplement History remembers Attila, the leader of the Huns, as the Romans perceived him: a savage barbarian brutally inflicting terror on whoever crossed his path. Following Attila and the Huns from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the court of Constantinople, Christopher Kelly portrays Attila in a compelling new light, uncovering an unlikely marriage proposal, a long-standing relationship with a treacherous Roman general, and a thwarted assassination plot. We see Attila as both a master warrior and an astute strategist whose rule was threatening but whose sudden loss of power was even more so. The End of Empire is an original exploration of the clash between empire and barbarity in the ancient world, full of contemporary resonance. 40 b/w illustrations and 3 maps
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The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome by Christopher Kelly (2010-06-14)
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Ruling the Later Roman Empire (Revealing Antiquity)
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In this highly original work, Christopher Kelly paints a remarkable picture of running a superstate. He portrays a complex system of government openly regulated by networks of personal influence and the payment of money. Focusing on the Roman Empire after Constantine's conversion to Christianity, Kelly illuminates a period of increasingly centralized rule through an ever more extensive and intrusive bureaucracy. The book opens with a view of its times through the eyes of a high-ranking official in sixth-century Constantinople, John Lydus. His On the Magistracies of the Roman State, the only memoir of its kind to come down to us, gives an impassioned and revealing account of his career and the system in which he worked. Kelly draws a wealth of insight from this singular memoir and goes on to trace the operation of power and influence, exposing how these might be successfully deployed or skillfully diverted by those wishing either to avoid government regulation or to subvert it for their own ends. Ruling the Later Roman Empire presents a fascinating procession of officials, emperors, and local power brokers, winners and losers, mapping their experiences, their conflicting loyalties, their successes, and their failures. This important book elegantly recaptures the experience of both rulers and ruled under a sophisticated and highly successful system of government.
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The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome
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Ruling the Later Roman Empire (Revealing Antiquity) by Christopher Kelly (2006-09-01)
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Christopher Kelly
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Kelly"s first major work was Ruling the Later Roman Empire (2006). Kelly is a reader in ancient history and fellow and director of classical studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. From 2006 to 2008, he held a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship.
Kelly was editor of the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society and Cambridge Classical Journal from 2000 to 2006.
He serves on the editorial committee of the Journal of Roman Studies. Kelly contributed to The Cambridge Ancient History and to Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World, edited by G.W. Bowersock, Peter Brown, and Oleg Grabar.
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Ruling the Later Roman Empire (Revealing Antiquity)
( In this highly original work, Christopher Kelly paints ...)
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The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome
( “A thoughtful and sophisticated account of a notoriousl...)
- The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome by Christopher Kelly (2010-06-14)
- The End of Empire: Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome
- Ruling the Later Roman Empire (Revealing Antiquity) by Christopher Kelly (2006-09-01)
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Ruling the Later Roman Empire (Revealing Antiquity)
Politics
In The End of Empire (2009), characterized as a "semi-popular work", he took a revisionist view of Attila the Hun as a "thoughtful and effective political and military leader."
He is an occasional reviewer for publications such as London Review of, Literary Review, and History Today.
