TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goldsworthy,Adrian Keith
TI  - How Rome fell: death of a superpower 
SN  - 9780300137194 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - DG 311 .G565 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - Empire, 284-476
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -