| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-223) and index. |
| Contents |
Contents; I. Did Rome Ever Fall?; PART ONE: THE FALL OF ROME; II. The Horrors of War; III. The Road to Defeat; IV. Living under the New Masters; PART TWO: THE END OF A CIVILIZATION; V. The Disappearance of Comfort; VI. Why the Demise of Comfort?; VII. The Death of a Civilization?; VIII. All for the Best in the Best of All Possible Worlds?; Appendix: From Potsherds to People; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Picture List; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y. |
| Summary |
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 Rome's fall, and reinstating the very real horrors of barbarian occupation and the disintegration of the Roman world. He examines. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Germanic Invasions of Rome (Rome : 3rd-6th centuries) |
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Rome -- History -- Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
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Rome (Empire) |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries |
| Subject |
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
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| Chronological Term |
200-599 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ward-Perkins, Bryan. Fall of Rome. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0192807285 9780192807281 (OCoLC)65467590 |
| ISBN |
9780191517204 (electronic book) |
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0191517208 (electronic book) |
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0192807285 (Paper) |
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