Table of Contents // Preface 7 // Jarmila Bednaríková 9 // Contribution to the Basic Methodological Questions (Ancient States and the States in the Transitional Period between Antiquity and the Middle Ages) // Lukáš Rubala 39 // Classification and Use ofEpigraphic Sources as a Source of Information when Examining Characteristic Features of Athenian “Imperialism” in the 5th Century BC // Jana Malaníková 53 // Plebiscita until 287 BC in Livy’s History // Jirí Bartunek 63 // Et tu, Gracche. Methodology of the Study of the “Roman Revolution” and the Role of tribuni plebis in the Crisis and Transformation of the Late Republic // Markéta Melounová 77 // “Political Murders” and Enemies of the State: The Crime of Lčse-Majesté and Legitimacy under the Principáte // Tereza Antošovská 105 // Roman Literature as a Historical Source // for the Study of Childhood // Pavel Dadák 115 All Food Sails to Rome // Miroslav Morcinek 127 Environmental Problems in Ancient Literature // Tomáš Štepánek 139 Transformation of Cities under the Rule of the Ostrogoths // Silvie Šimordová 149 Chronicles in Late Antiquity // Adéla Krížová 157 On Origins of the Franks // Marek Meško 169 // An Overview of Byzantine Sources about the Pechenegs (llth and 12th centuries) // Marek Meško 181 // Nomads and Byzantium. Problematic aspects of maintaining diplomatic relations with the Pechenegs