Western Aristocracies and Imperial Court, A.D. 364-425

Abbreviations vii
Preface xi
I. The Governing Classes: (I) Symmachus and the Senatorial Class 1
1.'Otium'
2. Office
II. The Governing Classes: (2) Valentinian I and the Imperial Court 32
III. The Ascendancy of Ausonius 56
IV. The Accession of Theodosius 88
V. Christianity and the Court: (I) Constantinople 101
1. The Emperor in the East
2. Ecclesiastical Politics
3. Piety and Patronage
VI. Provincial Upper Classes: Evangelism and Heresy 146
VII. The Usurpation of Maximus 173
VIII. Christianity and the Court: (2) Milan 183
1. The Supporters of Ambrose
2. 'Causa Religionis': Ambrose and Symmachus
3. Augustine
IX. Theodosius and the West 223
1. The Suppression of Maximus
2. Eugenius
X. The Regime of Stilicho 253
1. Court and Senate
2. The Failure of Stilicho
XI. Alaric, Rome, Ravenna 284
XII. Gaul and Spain (406–418) 307
XIII. 'Ordo Renascendi': (1) Gaul 329
XIV. 'Ordo Renascendi': (2) Italy 352
XV. East and West: Olympiodorus and Rome 377
Note on Sources 389
Bibliography 394
Index 411