Rome's Gothic Wars

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Maps......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Prologue: Before the gates of rome......Page 15
‘Scythians’ and Goths......Page 28
The Black Sea Raids......Page 32
Aurelian and a Problematic Source......Page 34
Explaining the Third-Century Invasions......Page 35
Roman Citizenship and Roman Identity......Page 37
Warfare and the Rhetoric of Imperial Victory......Page 39
From Parthians to Persians on the Eastern Frontier......Page 41
Usurpation, Civil War and Barbarian Invasions......Page 42
The Accession of Diocletian......Page 44
Diocletian and the Goths......Page 45
2 The roman empire and barbarian society......Page 48
Barbarians and the Roman Army......Page 49
Imperial Policy Towards Barbarian Kings......Page 51
New Barbarian Confederacies......Page 53
The Dacian Frontier and the Rise of the Goths......Page 54
3 The search for gothic origins......Page 57
The Northern Renaissance and the Germanic Past......Page 58
Romanticism and the Rise of Modern Historical Scholarship......Page 59
Herder, the Volk, and Philology......Page 60
Pre-war and Post-war Scholarship......Page 61
The Problem of Jordanes......Page 63
Jordanes and Cassiodorus......Page 64
\'Ethnogenesis\'......Page 66
Historical Method and Jordanes\' Gothic History......Page 68
Barbarian Identity: Graeco-Roman Ethnography......Page 70
A Distorting Mirror: Interpretatio romana......Page 71
Archaeology, Identity, Ethnicity......Page 74
The Goths and the Santana-de-Mures/Cernjachov Culture......Page 76
Gothic Migration in the Archaeological Evidence......Page 77
Migration v. Diffusion Theories......Page 78
How the Santana-de-Mures/Cernjachov Culture Became Gothic......Page 81
What Made a Goth a Goth and How Can We Tell?......Page 82
4 Imperial Politics and the Rise of Gothic Power......Page 85
Diocletian\'s  New Roman Empire......Page 90
The Tetrarchs and the Northern Frontiers......Page 92
The Breakdown of the Tetrarchy......Page 94
Constantine and Licinius......Page 95
Constantine\'s Gothic War......Page 97
The Peace of 332......Page 98
The Peace and the Gothic Economy......Page 100
Gothic Society and Archaeological Evidence......Page 101
Agricultural Life......Page 103
Long-distance Trade......Page 105
The Elite Population......Page 106
The World of the Dead......Page 108
Funerary Ritual and What it Tells Us......Page 110
Why the Santana-de-Mures/Cernjachov Culture is Gothic......Page 112
5 Goths and Romans, 332-376......Page 114
Constantine\'s Death and Its Aftermath......Page 115
Our Most Important Source: Ammianus Marcellinus......Page 117
Constantius on the Danube......Page 119
Ulfila and Gothic Christianity......Page 121
The Gothic Bible......Page 123
Tervingi, Greuthungi and Other Goths......Page 125
Valentinian and Valens......Page 126
The Usurpation of Procopius and the Breakdown of the Gothic Peace......Page 128
Valens\' Three Gothic Campaigns......Page 129
The Terms of the Peace......Page 130
The Story of Saba......Page 132
Other Gothic Martyrs and the Motives for Persecution......Page 134
6 The battle of adrianople......Page 137
Huns, Alans and Goths......Page 138
The Defeats of Ermanaric and Athanaric......Page 140
The Chronology of Gothic Defeats......Page 141
Tervingian Petition and Imperial Response......Page 142
The Crossing of the Danube......Page 144
Alatheus and Saphrax......Page 145
A Treacherous Banquet......Page 146
The Gothic Rebellion......Page 147
The Rebellion Spreads......Page 149
The Imperial Response......Page 151
Valens Prepares for War......Page 152
The Battle of Adrianople......Page 153
7 Theodosius and the Goths......Page 158
Julius and the Asian Massacre......Page 159
The Accession of Theodosius......Page 161
Theodosius\' Gothic Campaigns......Page 164
The Peace of 382......Page 166
8 Alaric and the Sack of Rome......Page 168
Gothic Officers in the Roman Army......Page 170
The Importance of Alaric......Page 171
The Usurpation of Magnus Maximus and Problems in the Balkans......Page 172
An Important Source: The Poet Claudian......Page 174
Alaric\'s Early Career......Page 175
The Usurpation of Eugenius......Page 176
Stilicho......Page 177
Alaric\'s Revolt......Page 178
Stilicho and Rufinus......Page 179
Alaric and Eutropius......Page 180
Gainas, Tribigild and the Eastern Court......Page 182
Alaric in Italy......Page 184
Crisis in the Western Empire......Page 185
The First Siege of Rome......Page 187
The Second Siege and the Usurpation of Priscus Attalus......Page 188
The Third Siege and the Sack of Rome......Page 190
1 The Aftermath of Alaric......Page 192
Glossary of Ancient Sources......Page 199
Biographical Glossary......Page 205
Further Reading......Page 219
Notes......Page 223
Index......Page 233