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...

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Main Author: Heather, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2005.
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505 0 |a Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE PAX ROMANA; 1. ROMANS; 2. BARBARIANS; 3. THE LIMITS OF EMPIRE; PART TWO CRISIS; 4. WAR ON THE DANUBE; 5. THE CITY OF GOD; 6. OUT OF AFRICA; 7. ATTILA THE HUN; PART THREE FALL OF EMPIRES; 8. THE FALL OF THE HUNNIC EMPIRE; 9. END OF EMPIRE; 10. THE FALL OF ROME; DRAMATIS PERSONAE; TIMELINE; GLOSSARY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. 
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