What attracts you to Late Rome?

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Btw, could somebody recommend a real good scientific monography about the Late Roman Army? More about structure, ranking, tactics and not contemporary history. Also a collective volume of articles would be welcome. English or german doesn't matter.

I have read lately the new book of Yann Le Bohec: Das römische Heer in der Späten Kaiserzeit - 2010 (The roman army in the late empire), but it was a bit superficial. Well, perhaps the sources are really that lousy.

I'm currently copy-editing a book by Ilkka Syvanne, "A Military History of Late Rome 284 to 361", the first in a series of five on the Late Roman Empire. Although I'm not sure that I agree with everything claimed in the book, it does give a very detailed account of events and attempts to trace the evolution of the army.

I'm assuming it will be out later this year, but don't know the date yet.

(Once it's finished I'll be resuming work on my own book on Ricimer et al.)