A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II, 408-450.(Book review)

The Historian | June 22, 2008| | Copyright

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, ...

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