The fall of the Roman Empire : a new history of Rome and the Barbarians /

The fall of the Roman Empire : a new history of Rome and the Barbarians /

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Author / Creator:	Heather, P. J. (Peter J.)
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476. Rome -- History -- Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries. Rome (Empire) Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11140456

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ISBN:	9780199978618 0199978611 9780199741182 0199741182 0195159543 9780195159547 9780195325416 0195325419
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Originally published: Macmillan, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-551) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"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 the Empire that had dominated their lives for so long." "In The Fall of the Roman Empire, he explores the extraordinary success story that was the Roman Empire and uses a new understanding of its continued strength and enduring limitations to show how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled it apart." "Peter Heather convincingly argues that the Roman Empire was not on the brink of social or moral collapse. What brought it to an end were the barbarians."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Heather, P.J. (Peter J.). Fall of the Roman Empire. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0195159543

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Summary:	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 others to seek refuge inside the Empire. This prompted two generations of struggle, during which new barbarian coalitions, formed in response to Roman hostility, brought the Roman west to its knees. The Goths first destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Hadrianople in 378, and went on to sack Rome in 410. The Vandals spread devastation in Gaul and Spain, before conquering North Africa, the breadbasket of the Western Empire, in 439. We then meet Attila the Hun, whose reign of terror swept from Constantinople to Paris, but whose death in 453 ironically precipitated a final desperate phase of Roman collapse, culminating in the Vandals' defeat of the massive Byzantine Armada: the west's last chance for survival.Peter Heather convincingly argues that the Roman Empire was not on the brink of social or moral collapse. What brought it to an end were the barbarians.
Item Description:	Originally published: Macmillan, 2005.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-551) and index.
ISBN:	9780199978618 0199978611 9780199741182 0199741182 0195159543 9780195159547 9780195325416 0195325419