Barbarians and Bishops: Army, Church, and State in the Age of Arcadius and Chrysostom

In this illuminating study Liebeschuetz examines two fundamental themes of Late the barbarization of the Roman army and the interrelation of Church and secular government. He discusses Alaric's Goths in the West, who were treated as a federate regiment rather than a migrating tribe; how the civilian authorities at Constantinople maintained control over the largely German army in a conflict that culminated in the Gainas rising; and how the same authorities came into conflict with John Chrysostom, the bishop of Constantinople, and had him deposed.