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Part I. Chronological Overview: 1. The Western Empire, 425-476 PeterHeather; 2. The Eastern Empire: Theodosius to Anastasius A. D. Lee; 3. JustinI and and Justinian Averil Cameron; 4. The successors of Justinian MichaelWhitby; 5. The Western Kingdoms Roger Collins; Part II. Government andInstitutions: 6. Emperor and court M. McCormick; 7. Government andadministration Sam Barnish, A. D. Lee and Michael Whitby; 8. Administrationand politics in the cities of the fifth to mid-seventh centuries: 425-640 J.H. W. G. Liebeschuetz; 9. Roman law Detlef Liebs; 10. Law in the WesternKingdoms between the fifth and the seventh centuries T. M. Charles-Edwards;11. The army, c. 420-602 Michael Whitby; Part III. East and West: Economy andSociety: 12. Land, labour and settlement Bryan Ward-Perkins; 13. Specialisedproduction and exchange Bryan Ward-Perkins; 14. The family in the late Romanworld Andrea Giardina; 15. Family and friendship in the West Ian Wood; 16.State, lordship and community in the West (c. AD 400-600) Peter Heather; 17.Armies and society in the later Roman world Michael Whitby; Part IV. TheProvinces and the Non-Roman World: 18. The north-western provinces Ian N.Wood; 19. Italy, AD 425-605 Mark Humphries; 20. Vandals and Byzantine AfricaAveril Cameron; 21a. Asia Minor and Cyprus Charlotte Roueche; 21b. Syria,Palestine and Mesopotamia Hugh Kennedy; 21c. Egypt James G. Keenan; 22a. TheSasanid monarchy Ze'ev Rubin; 22b. Armenia in the fifth and sixth centuriesR. W. Thomson; 22c. The Arabs Lawrence I. Conrad; 23. The Balkans and Greece,420-602 Michael Whitby; Part V. Religions and Culture: 24. The organizationof the Church S. G. Hall; 25. Monasticism Philip Rousseau; 26 Holy men PeterBrown; 27. The definition and enforcement of orthodoxy Pauline Allen; 28.Philosophy and philosophical schools Anne Sheppard; 29. Education in theRoman Empire Robert Browning; 30. The visual arts Robin Cormack; 31. Buildingand architecture Marlia Mundell Mango; Conclusion.