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The Cambridge ancient history

I. E. S. Edwards (Editor), C. J. Gadd (Editor), N. G. L. Hammond (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), David M. Lewis (Editor), F. W. Walbank (Editor), A. E. Astin (Editor), J. A. Crook (Editor), A. W. Lintott (Editor), Elizabeth Rawson (Editor), Alan K. Bowman (Editor), Edward Champlin (Editor), Peter Garnsey (Editor), Dominic Rathbone (Editor), Averil Cameron (Editor), Bryan Ward-Perkins (Editor), Michael Whitby (Editor), Edmond Sollberger (Editor), Cambridge University Press
Over the past half century The Cambridge Ancient History has established itself as a definitive work of reference. The original edition was published in twelve text volumes between 1924 and 1939. Publication of the new edition began in 1970. Every volume of the old edition has been totally re-thought and re-written with new text, maps, illustrations and bibliographies. Some volumes have had to be expanded into two or more parts and the series has been extended by two extra volumes (XIII and XIV) to cover events up to AD 600, bringing the total number of volumes in the set to fourteen. Existing plates to the volumes are available separately. *Profusely illustrated with maps, drawings and tables. *Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the history of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East from prehistoric times to AD 600 by an international cast of editors and contributors
Print Book, English, 1970
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1970
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14 volumes in 20 : illustrations, maps (some color), plans ; 24 cm.
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Preface; Part I. Narrative: 1. The Severan dynasty Brian Campbell; 2. Maximinus to Diocletian and the 'crisis' John Drinkwater; 3. Diocletian and the first tetrarchy, 284–305 Alan K. Bowman; 4. The reign of Constantine, 306–337 Averil Cameron; Part II. Government and Administration: 5. The army Brian Campbell; 6. The emperor and his adminstration; 6a. General developments Elio Lo Cascio; 6b. The age of the Severans Elio Lo Cascio; 6c. The government and administration of the empire in the central decades of the third century Elio Lo Cascio; 6d. The new state of Diocletian and Constantine: from the tetrarchy to the reunification of the empire Elio Lo Cascio; 7a. High classical law David Ibbetson; 7b. Epiclassical law David Johnston; Part III. The Provinces: 8. Provinces and frontiers John Wilkes; 9. Developments in provincial and local administrations Jean-Michel Carrié; 10. Egypt from Septimius Severus to the death of Constantine Alan K. Bowman; Part IV. The Economy of the Empire: 11. Coinage and taxation: the state's point of view, 193–337 Mireille Corbier; 12. Coinage, society and economy Mireille Corbier; Part V. The Non-Roman World: 13. The Germanic peoples and Germanic society Malcolm Todd; 14. The Sassanians Richard N. Frye; 15. Armenia and the Eastern Marches Christopher S. Lightfoot; 16. The Arabs and the desert peoples Maurice Sartre; Part VI. Religion, Culture and Society: 17. Late polytheism; 17a. The world-view Garth Fowden; 17b. The individual and the gods Garth Fowden; 17c. Public religion Garth Fowden; 18a. Christianity, AD 70–192 Mark Edwards; 18B. Third-century Christianity Graeme Clarke; 23. Art and architecture, 193–337 Janet Huskinson; Appendices to chapter 8; Stemmata; Chronology.
Some volumes are 2nd edition; v. 14 lacks edition statement
Individual chapters have already appeared as fascicles, 1961-1968