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From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Rubbed, spine slightly damaged, rough cut, slight staining due to age on endpapers, annotation on mock title, occasional annotations in text, otherwise very good. / Berieben, R�cken leicht besch�gt, unebener Schnitt, leichte Altersanschmutzung auf Vors�en, Anmerkung auf Schmutztitel, vereinzelte Anstreichungen im Text, sonst sehr gut. - Contents: Book 1: The Tenacity of Paganism -- 1. The Pagan aristocracy and the confusion of parties -- 2. The last conflicts of paganism with the Christian Empire -- 3. S. Augustine and Orosius on the capture of Rome -- 4. Some causes of the vitality of the later Paganism -- Book 2: Sketches of Western society from Symmachus to Sidonius -- 1. The Indictment of Heathen and Christian moralists -- 2. The Society of Q. Aurelius Symmachus -- 3. The Society of Aquitaine in the time of Ausonius -- 4. The Society of Apollinaris Sidonius -- Book 3: The Failure of Administration, and the run of the middle class, as revealed by the Theodosian code -- 1. The Disorganisation of the public service -- 2. The Decay of the middle class and the aggrandisement of the Aristocracy -- Book 4: The Barbarians and the Future of the Empire -- 1. The General Character of the invasions -- 2. Roman Feeling about the Invasions and the Future of the Empire -- 3. Relations of Romans with the Invaders -- Book 5: Characteristics of Roman Education and Culture in the fifth century.