| Description |
1 online resource (x, 531 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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data file |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. 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 -- pt. 2. Recovery? The fourth century. The four--Diocletian and the tetrarchy -- The Christian -- Rivals -- Enemies -- The pagan -- Goths -- East and west -- pt. 3. 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. |
| Summary |
The author discusses how the Roman Empire--an empire without a serious rival--rotted from within, its rulers and institutions putting short-term ambition and personal survival over the wider good of the state. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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Rome -- History, Military -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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| Chronological Term |
30 B.C.-476 A.D |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Military history.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith. How Rome fell. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008933925 |
| ISBN |
9780300155600 (electronic book) |
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0300155603 (electronic book) |
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9780300137194 |
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0300137192 |
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