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Corpus Christi College.
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In the early third century AD the Roman Empire was a force to be reckoned with, controlling vast territories and wielding enormous political power from Scotland to the Sahara. 400 years later this mighty Empire was falling apart in the face of successive problems that the rulers failed to deal with. In this challenging new volume Michael Whitby tackles the fundamental issues (such as the rise of Christianity) that led to the 'decline and fall' of the Roman Empire, and offers a startling reassessment of the performance of the late Roman army.
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The History of Theophylact Simocatta, the last historian of classical antiquity, is recognized to be the primary source for information about the reign of the emperor Maurice (582-602). Yet the idiosyncracies of Theophylact's style have often deterred serious analysis of this important period. Through close examination of Theophylact's narrative and collation with other evidence, this study sorts through the obscurities, biases, and errors to reveal more fully than ever before the interplay of personalities and events under Maurice. In the process, Whitby highlights the importance of the History as a work worthy of study in its own right, an example of the development of Greek historiography under the influence of Christianity, and a product of the last flowering of classical Greek literature in antiquity.
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historian university professor
Corpus Christi College.
He specialises in late Roman history, early Byzantine history and historiography. He is currently Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham. Whitby read Literae Humaniores at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford.
He then spent three years working as a civil servant in the Scottish Office.
He returned to Oxford to conduct postgraduate study in Byzantine History. Whitby held a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College, Oxford.
In 1987, he joined the Ancient History department at the University of Street Andrews. He became head of department in 1993 and received a personal chair in 1995 as Professor of Ancient History.
He was Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, having joined the Department of Classics and Ancient History in 1996.
He also served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor "Teaching, Learning and Quality" from 2003, and then "Academic Planning and Resources". On 1 September 2010, he became Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham. In 2007, Whitby was awarded a Doctor of Letters (Doctor of Letters ) by the University of Warwick.
(The History of Theophylact Simocatta, the last historian ...)
(In the early third century AD the Roman Empire was a forc...)
(First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
