Aspar and the struggle for the eastern Roman Empire (A.D. 421-471)

1. Verfasser: Bleeker, Ronald A. , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Umfang/Format: 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Imperium Romanum
Oströmisches Reich
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Preface
  • Map
  • List of illustrations
  • Genealogies (Theodosius I, Aspar, Leo I)
  • I. Why does Aspar matter?
  • II. "Barbarians" and "heretics"
  • III. Aspar's antecedents
  • IV. Ardaburius the Elder & Aspar: wars in Persia and Italy (421-25)
  • V. Aspar in Africa: the war with the Vandals (431-435)
  • VI. Aspar and Attila: the wars with the Huns (440-450)
  • VII. Aspar and the choice of Marcian (450-457)
  • VIII. Aspar and the choice of Leo (457)
  • IX. Aspar's struggle with Leo begins (457-465)
  • X. The rise of Zeno (465-467)
  • XI. Leo's African gamble (467-468)
  • XII. Aspar's apogee (469-471)
  • XIII. Aftermath (471-491)
  • XIV. Conclusions.