The fall of Rome : and the end of civilization /

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Author / Creator:Ward-Perkins, Bryan.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (vi, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11156102
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ISBN:9780191517204
0191517208
9781435605749
1435605748
9780192807281
0192807285
9786610762309
6610762309
1280762306
9781280762307
0192807285
0192805649
9780192805645
Notes:Originally published: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-223) and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Ward-Perkins, Bryan. Fall of Rome. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0192807285 9780192807281