History of the Empire, Volume II: Books 5-8 [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Herodian

A chronicle of Rome in crisis.

The History of Herodian (born ca. AD 178-179) covers a period of the Roman empire from the death of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 180) to the accession of Gordian III (238), half a century of turbulence, in which we can see the onset of the revolution which, in the words of Gibbon, "will ever be remembered, and is still felt by the nations of the earth." In these years, a succession of frontier...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674995015
• ISBN13: 9780674995017
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.5" x 6.7"