دانلود کتاب Aspar and the Struggle for the Eastern Roman Empire, ad 421–71

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Cover\nHalftitle page\nSeries page\nTitle page\nCopyright page\nContents\nIllustrations\nPreface\nGenealogies\nMap\n1 Why Does Aspar Matter?\n2 “Barbarians” and “Heretics”\n Ethnicity: “Romans” and “Barbarians”\n Religion: Orthodoxy and Heresy\n3 Aspar’s Antecedents\n The Alans\n Ardaburius the Elder\n The Revolt of Gainas\n4 Ardaburius the Elder and Aspar: Persia and Italy (421–5)\n Pulcheria and the Role of the Theodosian Empress\n The Persian War (421–2)\n The Expedition to Italy Against the Usurper John (424–5)\n5 Aspar in Africa: The War with the Vandals (431–5)\n Military Politics at the Court of Galla Placidia\n Geiseric—The Vandals (and Alans) Come to Africa\n Aspar Comes to Africa\n Aspar and Geiseric\n6 Aspar and Attila: The Wars with the Huns (440–50)\n The Persian Front\n The Vandal Threat\n The Huns and Attila\n The Strategic Debate of 440\n The Hun Wars of the 440s\n East Roman Politics in the 440s\n7 Aspar and the Choice of Marcian (450–7)\n The Accession of Marcian\n Foreign and Military Policies of Marcian\n Religious Policies of Marcian\n Dynastic Issues of Marcian\n8 Aspar and the Choice of Leo (457)\n Choosing an Emperor\n Crowning an Emperor\n9 Beginnings of the Struggle with Leo (457–65)\n Events at Constantinople\n Events in the Balkans\n Relations with the Western Empire\n10 The Rise of Zeno (465–7)\n Ardaburius the Younger and the Persian Letters\n Zeno and the Isaurians\n11 Leo’s African Gamble (467–8)\n Balkan Prelude\n Ricimer’s Vandal Problem\n The Expedition of Basiliscus Against the Vandals (468)\n12 Aspar’s Apogee and Defeat (469–71)\n The Revolt of Anagastes (469)\n The Plot Against Zeno (469)\n Patricius Caesar (470)\n Final Moves (471)\n13 Aftermath (471–91)\n The Balkans (part I)\n Leo’s Final Years, the Accession of Zeno, and the Reign of Basiliscus (473–6)\n The End of the Western Empire (470–6)\n The Return of Zeno (476)\n The Balkans (part II) (473–88)\n Ariadne Chooses an Emperor (491)\n14 Conclusions\n Beyond the “Child-Emperors”\n The Changing Nature of Aspar’s Power\n Tools of Persuasion\n A Conflict Between Individuals\nBibliography\nIndex