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How Rome fell : death of a superpower /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.