The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Publisher : OUP USA
Total Pages : 605
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ISBN-10 : 9780195325416
ISBN-13 : 0195325419
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fall of the Roman Empire by : Peter Heather

Shows how Europe's barbarians, strengthened by centuries of contact with Rome on many levels, turned into an enemy capable of overturning and dismantling the mighty Empire.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 605
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ISBN-10 : 9780199741182
ISBN-13 : 0199741182
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fall of the Roman Empire by : Peter Heather

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, Heather relates the extraordinary story of how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled the empire apart. He shows first how the Huns overturned the existing strategic balance of power on Rome's European frontiers, to force the Goths and others to seek refuge inside the Empire. This prompted two generations of struggle, during which new barbarian coalitions, formed in response to Roman hostility, brought the Roman west to its knees. The Goths first destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Hadrianople in 378, and went on to sack Rome in 410. The Vandals spread devastation in Gaul and Spain, before conquering North Africa, the breadbasket of the Western Empire, in 439. We then meet Attila the Hun, whose reign of terror swept from Constantinople to Paris, but whose death in 453 ironically precipitated a final desperate phase of Roman collapse, culminating in the Vandals' defeat of the massive Byzantine Armada: the west's last chance for survival. Peter Heather convincingly argues that the Roman Empire was not on the brink of social or moral collapse. What brought it to an end were the barbarians.

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 610
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ISBN-10 : 0195159543
ISBN-13 : 9780195159547
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians by : Peter Heather

The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, Heather relates the extraordinary story of how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled the empire apart. He shows first how the Huns overturned the existing strategic balance of power on Rome's European frontiers, to force the Goths and others to seek refuge inside the Empire. This prompted two generations of struggle, during which new barbarian coalitions, formed in response to Roman hostility, brought the Roman west to its knees. The Goths first destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Hadrianople in 378, and went on to sack Rome in 410. The Vandals spread devastation in Gaul and Spain, before conquering North Africa, the breadbasket of the Western Empire, in 439. We then meet Attila the Hun, whose reign of terror swept from Constantinople to Paris, but whose death in 453 ironically precipitated a final desperate phase of Roman collapse, culminating in the Vandals' defeat of the massive Byzantine Armada: the west's last chance for survival. Peter Heather convincingly argues that the Roman Empire was not on the brink of social or moral collapse. What brought it to an end were the barbarians.

The Fall of Rome

The Fall of Rome
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9780191622366
ISBN-13 : 0191622362
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fall of Rome by : Bryan Ward-Perkins

Why did Rome fall? Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it? The dominant view of this period today is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. Bryan Ward-Perkins encourages every reader to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of the last days of the Roman world, and reminding us of the very real horrors of barbarian occupation. Attacking new sources with relish and making use of a range of contemporary archaeological evidence, he looks at both the wider explanations for the disintegration of the Roman world and also the consequences for the lives of everyday Romans, in a world of economic collapse, marauding barbarians, and the rise of a new religious orthodoxy. He also looks at how and why successive generations have understood this period differently, and why the story is still so significant today.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Publisher : Scribner Paper Fiction
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000001299498
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fall of the Roman Empire by : Michael Grant

Empires and Barbarians

Empires and Barbarians
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 754
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ISBN-10 : 9780199752720
ISBN-13 : 0199752729
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Empires and Barbarians by : Peter Heather

Empires and Barbarians presents a fresh, provocative look at how a recognizable Europe came into being in the first millennium AD. With sharp analytic insight, Peter Heather explores the dynamics of migration and social and economic interaction that changed two vastly different worlds--the undeveloped barbarian world and the sophisticated Roman Empire--into remarkably similar societies and states. The book's vivid narrative begins at the time of Christ, when the Mediterranean circle, newly united under the Romans, hosted a politically sophisticated, economically advanced, and culturally developed civilization--one with philosophy, banking, professional armies, literature, stunning architecture, even garbage collection. The rest of Europe, meanwhile, was home to subsistence farmers living in small groups, dominated largely by Germanic speakers. Although having some iron tools and weapons, these mostly illiterate peoples worked mainly in wood and never built in stone. The farther east one went, the simpler it became: fewer iron tools and ever less productive economies. And yet ten centuries later, from the Atlantic to the Urals, the European world had turned. Slavic speakers had largely superseded Germanic speakers in central and Eastern Europe, literacy was growing, Christianity had spread, and most fundamentally, Mediterranean supremacy was broken. Bringing the whole of first millennium European history together, and challenging current arguments that migration played but a tiny role in this unfolding narrative, Empires and Barbarians views the destruction of the ancient world order in light of modern migration and globalization patterns.

Romans and Barbarians

Romans and Barbarians
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 0299087042
ISBN-13 : 9780299087043
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Romans and Barbarians by : E. A. Thompson

This collection of twelve essays examines the fall of the Roman Empire in the West from the barbarian perspective and experience.

The Ruin of the Roman Empire

The Ruin of the Roman Empire
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 454
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ISBN-10 : 9780060787370
ISBN-13 : 0060787376
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ruin of the Roman Empire by : James J. O'Donnell

Recounts the sixth-century events and circumstances that led to the fall of the Roman Empire.

Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376–568

Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376–568
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 519
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ISBN-10 : 9781107393325
ISBN-13 : 1107393329
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376–568 by : Guy Halsall

This is a major survey of the barbarian migrations and their role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the creation of early medieval Europe, one of the key events in European history. Unlike previous studies it integrates historical and archaeological evidence and discusses Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe and North Africa, demonstrating that the Roman Empire and its neighbours were inextricably linked. A narrative account of the turbulent fifth and early sixth centuries is followed by a description of society and politics during the migration period and an analysis of the mechanisms of settlement and the changes of identity. Guy Halsall reveals that the creation and maintenance of kingdoms and empires was impossible without the active involvement of people in the communities of Europe and North Africa. He concludes that, contrary to most opinions, the fall of the Roman Empire produced the barbarian migrations, not vice versa.

Are We Rome?

Are We Rome?
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Publisher : HMH
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780547527079
ISBN-13 : 0547527071
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Are We Rome? by : Cullen Murphy

What went wrong in imperial Rome, and how we can avoid it: “If you want to understand where America stands in the world today, read this.” —Thomas E. Ricks The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds since the beginning of our republic. Depending on who’s doing the talking, the history of Rome serves as either a triumphal call to action—or a dire warning of imminent collapse. In this “provocative and lively” book, Cullen Murphy points out that today we focus less on the Roman Republic than on the empire that took its place, and reveals a wide array of similarities between the two societies (The New York Times). Looking at the blinkered, insular culture of our capitals; the debilitating effect of bribery in public life; the paradoxical issue of borders; and the weakening of the body politic through various forms of privatization, Murphy persuasively argues that we most resemble Rome in the burgeoning corruption of our government and in our arrogant ignorance of the world outside—two things that must be changed if we are to avoid Rome’s fate. “Are We Rome? is just about a perfect book. . . . I wish every politician would spend an evening with this book.” —James Fallows