De Rebus Bellicis (On the Things of Wars)
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De Rebus Bellicis (On the Things of Wars)Secondary Title
Papers presented to Professor E. A. ThompsonDescription
The anonymous illustrated pamphlet De Rebus Bellicis, which survived in the late ninth century Codex Spirensis, consists of a series of suggestions for reforming the Roman Empire. It was written after the reign of Constantine, which ended with his death on May 22, 337, but before the battle of Adrianople (378 A.D.) between an army of the Eastern Roman Emperor Valens and Gothic rebels. The papers were given at a small seminar held at the Institute of Archaeology of London University in 1973. The papers are reproduced in Part One in the form in which they were given though in certain cases authors have carried out some revision in the light of discussion at the seminar. Part Two presents a newly revised text and an independent translation.Category
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