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

Name: Fall of the Roman Empire A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
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ISBN: 9780195325416

ISBN-10: 0195325419

ISBN-13: 9780195325416

Edition: 2007

Authors: Peter Heather

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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…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/11/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 9.17" wide x 6.35" long x 1.56" tall
Weight: 1.892



List of Maps


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Pax Romana



Romans



Barbarians



The Limits of Empire



Crisis



War on the Danube



The City of God



Out of Africa



Attila the Hun



Fall of Empires



The Fall of the Hunnic Empire



End of Empire



The Fall of Rome


Dramatis Personae


Timeline


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index