The fall of the Roman Empire : a new history of Rome and the Barbarians
"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: Rome generated its own nemesis. Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors it called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling the Empire that had dominated their lives for so long." "In The Fall of the Roman Empire, he explores the extraordinary success story that was the Roman Empire and uses a new understanding of its continued strength and enduring limitations to show how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled it apart." "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."--Jacket
History
1 online resource (xvi, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
9780199978618, 9780199741182, 0199978611, 0199741182
806039879
pt. 1. Pax Romana
pt. 2. Crisis
pt. 3. Fall
Originally published: Macmillan, 2005
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