Placeholder text

Go to cart

The Fall of Rome

By Bryan Ward-Perkins

Product Image: The Fall of Rome

The Fall of Rome

By Bryan Ward-Perkins

0 - Default Title
Description
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 how and why successive generations have understood this period differently, and why the story in still so significant today.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2006-09-07
Publication Date:
2006-07-13
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0192807285
ISBN13:
9780192807281
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
268 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out