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The Restoration of Rome : Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders.
In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as ""Augustulus, "" was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe, its terri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In 476 AD, the last of Rome's emperors, known as ""Augustulus, "" was deposed by a barbarian general, the son of one of Attila the Hun's henchmen. With the imperial vestments dispatched to Constantinople, the curtain fell on the Roman empire in Western Europe, its territories divided among successor kingdoms constructed around barbarian military manpower. But, if the Roman Empire was dead, Romans across much of the old empire still lived, holding on to their lands, their values, and their institutions. The conquering barbarians, responding toRome's continuing psychological dominance and the pra. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (789 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780199368532 0199368538 |