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03068aam a2200469 i 4500 001 4E4C15BC6EBE11ECB7BFFA2454ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220106010016 008 210805s2021 mauaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021024250 020 $a 0674659627 020 $a 9780674659629 035 $a (OCoLC)1251502362 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 938 $2 23 100 1 $a Stephenson, Paul, $e author. 245 10 $a New Rome : $b the empire in the east / $c Paul Stephenson. 246 30 $a Empire in the east 250 $a First Harvard University Press edition. 264 1 $a Cambridge, MA : $b The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xii, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Part 1. Life in the later Roman world: Life at the end of the 'Lead Age' -- Family and faith -- An empire of cities -- Culture, communications, commerce -- Constantinople, the new Rome -- Part 2. Power and politics: The Theodosian Age, AD 395-451 -- Soldiers and civilians, AD 451-527 -- The Age of Justinian, AD 527-602 -- The Heraclians, AD 602-c. 700 -- Part 3: The end of antiquity: The end of ancient civilisation -- Apocalypse and the end of antiquity -- Emperors of New Rome. 520 $a "In New Rome, Paul Stephenson looks beyond traditional texts and well-known artifacts to offer a novel, scientifically-minded interpretation of antiquity's end. It turns out that the descent of Rome is inscribed not only in parchments but also in ice cores and DNA. From these and other sources, we learn that pollution and pandemics influenced the fate of Constantinople and the Eastern Roman Empire. During its final five centuries, the empire in the east survived devastation by natural disasters, the degradation of the human environment, and pathogens previously unknown to the empire's densely populated, unsanitary cities. Despite the Plague of Justinian, regular "barbarian" invasions, a war with Persia, and the rise of Islam, the empire endured as a political entity. However, Greco-Roman civilization, a world of interconnected cities that had shared a common material culture for a millennium, did not"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Civilization, Greco-Roman. 650 0 $a Romans $z Middle East. 651 0 $a Byzantine Empire $x History $y To 527. 651 0 $a Byzantine Empire $x History $y 527-1081. 651 0 $a Islamic Empire $x History. 651 0 $a Rome $x History. 651 0 $a Middle East $x History $y To 622. 651 0 $a Istanbul (Turkey) $x History $y To 1453. 941 $a 6 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525041946.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010031848.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230207010301.0 952 $l DHPB993 $d 20221229010108.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220401030335.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220106010118.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4E4C15BC6EBE11ECB7BFFA2454ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search