Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vi
Introduction: A Roman Game of Thrones viii
List of Emperors and Kings xviii
List of Maps xix
List of Illustrations xxi
Chapter 1 Under Pressure: The Roman Empire of the Fifth Century 1
Chapter 2 The Romanized 'Barbarians': Isauria and the Origins of Zeno 18
Chapter 3 Enemies in the State: The Gothic 'Nations' of the Theoderici 33
Chapter 4 Puppet on a String? The Reign of Leo I 41
Chapter 5 The Pressure Grows: Huns, Vandals and Assassins 57
Chapter 6 The Puppet Becomes the Butcher: The End of Aspar 79
Chapter 7 A Father Succeeding his Son: The Making of Flavins Zeno Augustus 98
Chapter 8 A Brief Imperial Interlude: The Usurpation of Basiliscus 109
Chapter 9 Beholden to All: The Price of Zeno's Restoration 125
Chapter 10 All Quiet on the Eastern Front? 141
Chapter 11 Zeno, the Christological Crisis and Imperial Religious Policy 162
Chapter 12 A Long Time Coming: The Revolt of Illus 190
Chapter 13 Zeno, Theoderic and the End of the Western Roman Empire 203
Chapter 14 Demonic Possession, Vivisepulture and a Woman Scorned: The Death of Zeno and the Succession 224
Conclusions: The Paradoxes of Zeno Augustus 235
Appendix: The 'Fatal Throw' - Zeno's Game of Tαβγη 241
Endnotes 243
Bibliography 293
Index 347
