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001			ocn262432329
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093141.0
008			080725s2009 ctuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2008933925
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780300137194
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780300137194
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020			_a9780300137194 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a0300137192 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)262432329
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050	0	0	_aDG 311 _b.G565 2009
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aGoldsworthy, Adrian Keith.
245	1	0	_aHow Rome fell : _bdeath of a superpower / _cAdrian Goldsworthy.
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c2009.
300			_ax, 531 p. : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 449-465) and index.
505	0		_aPt. 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.
520			_aThe 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.
651		0	_aRome _xHistory _yEmpire, 284-476.
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