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.
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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: 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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