War in Late Antiquity: A Social History A.D. Lee War in Late Antiquity is the first book to focus on the social impact of warfare and the Roman army from the third to the early seventh century AD. Drawing on the rich and varied source materials for the period, Doug Lee investigates how the prominence of the army and of military affairs in late antiquity affected the broader political, economic, and social life of the Roman empire. From the third century onward, the Roman empire was exposed to much more serious military threats than it had faced for centuries. This social history explores the implications of these changed circumstances for a wide range of aspects of Roman life, and assesses the experience of war by both combatants and non-combatants. Lee also examines the interplay between the military and the religious upheavals of the period, with special reference to the Christianization of the Roman army and its role in implementing religious policy. Approaching familiar subjects from new perspectives, War in Late Antiquity offers novel insights into many facets of the late Roman history. Doug Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Nottingham, and the author of Information and Frontiers: Late Roman Foreign Relations (1993) and Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook (2000).