|
|
Article: A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II, 408-450.(Book review)
- Article from:
- The Historian
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II, 408-450. By Fergus Millar. (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2006. Pp. xxvi, 279. $49.95.)
As early as the third century, the Greek-speaking eastern half of the Roman Empire began to separate itself administratively from the Latin-speaking western lands. Diocletian legitimized that tendency with his constitutional reforms, and, by the death of Theodosius I [395], the principle of separate eastern and western Roman regimes was firmly entrenched. From that point on, according to Fergus Millar, the two regimes acted more often as "twin empires" than as a single Roman state.
In A ...