How Rome fell : death of a superpower /

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Main Author: Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2009.

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Call Number: DG311 .G65 2009

Table of Contents:
  • The big question
  • 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
  • Recovery? : the Fourth century. The Four : Diocletian and the Tetrarchy ; The Christian ; Rivals ; Enemies ; The Pagan ; Goths ; East and West
  • 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
  • A simple answer
  • An even simpler moral.