How Rome fell : death of a superpower / Adrian Goldsworthy.
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TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009.Description: x, 531 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780300137194 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0300137192 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- DG 311 .G565 2009
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| DG 311 .G5 2000 The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire / | DG 311 .G56 1880 V.2 The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire / | DG 311 .G56 1960 The decline and fall of the Roman Empire. | DG 311 .G565 2009 How Rome fell : death of a superpower / | DG 311 .G75 The fall of the Roman Empire : a reappraisal / | DG 311 .J6 1964 V.2 The later Roman Empire, 284-602; a social economic and administrative survey | DG 311 .J6 1964V.1 The later Roman Empire, 284-602; a social economic and administrative survey |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-465) and index.
Pt. 1. Crisis? The third century. The kingdom of gold -- The secret of empire -- Imperial women -- King of kings -- Barbarians -- The queen and the 'necessary' emperor -- Crisis -- Pt. 2. Recovery? The fourth century. The four--Diocletian and the tetrarchy -- The Christian -- Rivals -- Enemies -- The pagan -- Goths -- East and west -- Pt. 3. Fall? The fifth and sixth centuries. Barbarians and Romans : generals and rebels -- The sister and the eternal city -- The Hun -- Sunset on an outpost of empire -- Emperors, kings and warlords -- West and east -- Rise and fall.
The author discusses how the Roman Empire--an empire without a serious rival--rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state.
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