12-29-2018, 04:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-29-2018, 05:00 PM by Michael Kerr.)
It has been a while since I read the book but from memory two of his points with lots of notes and appendices were the massive rise in the bureaucracy from the time of Caracalla about 300 including freedmen and slaves,in comparison to 3rd century onwards where he puts the figure conservatively at between 30,000 to 35,000, probably starting the increase around the time of Diocletian. He also mentioned that in the later empire many soldiers had moved and were billeted into cities and suburbs (when not fighting wars) and may have lost some of their military efficiancy and he mentions a lot of different little laws from Codex Theodosius Book 7 covering billetting of soldiers, officers extorting citizens to pay for the wood for their baths and punishment and demotions of soldiers who have been absent from duty for more than a year has a whole Appendix at end of book on sources to reinforce his point. Unfortunately I can't find book at moment as we are doing some renovating. Of course these are only from memory but his book is pretty thorough with lots of evidence. 
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Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
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