The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 12: The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337, Second edition

• Frontmatter
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• pp. i-xviii

PART I - NARRATIVE

• 1 - The Severan dynasty by Brian Campbell
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• pp. 1-27

• 2 - Maximinus to Diocletian and the ‘crisis’ by John Drinkwater
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• pp. 28-66

• 3 - Diocletian and the first tetrarchy, a.d. 284–305 by Alan K. Bowman
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• pp. 67-89

• 4 - The Reign of Constantine, a.d. 306–337 by Averil Cameron
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• pp. 90-109

PART II - GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

• 5 - The army by Brian Campbell
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• pp. 110-130

6 - The emperor and his administration

• 6a - General developments by Elio Lo Cascio
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• pp. 131-136

• 6b - The age of the Severans by Elio Lo Cascio
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• pp. 137-155

• 6c - The government and administration of the empire in the central decades of the third century by Elio Lo Cascio
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• pp. 156-169

• 6d - The new state of Diocletian and Constantine: from the tetrarchy to the reunification of the empire by Elio Lo Cascio
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• pp. 170-183

• 7a - High classical law by David Ibbetson
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• pp. 184-199

• 7b - Epiclassical law by David Johnston
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• pp. 200-211

PART III - THE PROVINCES

• 8 - Provinces and frontiers by John Wilkes
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• pp. 212-268

• 9 - Developments in provincial and local administration by Jean-Michel Carrié
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• pp. 269-312

• 10 - Egypt from Septimius Severus to the death of Constantine by Alan K. Bowman
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• pp. 313-326

PART IV - THE ECONOMY OF THE EMPIRE

• 11 - Coinage and taxation: the state's point of view, a.d. 193–337 by Mireille Corbier
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• pp. 327-392

• 12 - Coinage, society and economy by Mireille Corbier
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• pp. 393-439

PART V - THE NON-ROMAN WORLD

• 13 - The Germanic peoples and Germanic society by Malcolm Todd
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• pp. 440-460

• 14 - The Sassanians by Richard N. Frye
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• pp. 461-480

• 15 - Armenia and the eastern marches by C. S. Lightfoot
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• pp. 481-497

• 16 - The Arabs and the desert peoples by Maurice Sartre
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• pp. 498-520

PART VI - RELIGION, CULTURE AND SOCIETY

17 - Late polytheism

• 17a - The world-view by Garth Fowden
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• pp. 521-537

• 17b - The individual and the gods by Garth Fowden
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• pp. 538-552

• 17c - Public religion by Garth Fowden
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• pp. 553-572

• 18a - Christianity, a.d. 70–192 by Mark Edwards
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• pp. 573-588

• 18b - Third-century Christianity by Graeme Clarke
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• pp. 589-671

• 19 - Art and architecture, a.d. 193–337 by Janet Huskinson
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• pp. 672-703

Appendices to chapter 8 by John Wilkes

• I - Changes in Roman provincial organization, a.d. 193-337
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• pp. 704-713

• II - Imperial movements, a.d. 193-337
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• pp. 714-723

• III - Frontier deployment, a.d. 193-337
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• pp. 724-767

• Stemmata by Brian Campbell and Simon Corcoran
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• pp. 768-771

• Chronology
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• pp. 772-785

• Bibliography
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• pp. 786-899

• Index
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• pp. 900-965