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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

Peter Heather

Was the fall of Rome an inevitable decline, or did events on its frontiers bring the empire down within a single century?

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Author
Peter Heather

Why read it

  • You will be able to question the old story that Rome simply decayed and fell
  • You will see how a decision about refugees at a border helped bring down an empire's army
  • You will understand how groups from outside the empire became the military core of the kingdoms that replaced it

Who it is for

  • A history reader tired of the simple decline and fall story
  • Someone thinking about migration and borders through a long historical case
  • A fan of Gladiator or ancient Rome who wants the real record

Contents

  1. THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
  2. PAX ROMANA
  3. ROMANS
  4. BARBARIANS
  5. THE LIMITS OF EMPIRE
  6. CRISIS
  7. WAR ON THE DANUBE
  8. THE CITY OF GOD
  9. OUT OF AFRICA
  10. ATTILA THE HUN
  11. FALL OF EMPIRES
  12. THE FALL OF THE HUNNIC EMPIRE
  13. END OF EMPIRE
  14. THE FALL OF ROME
  15. DRAMATIS PERSONAE
  16. TIMELINE
  17. INTRODUCTION
  18. INTRODUCTION
  19. The Fall of the Roman Empire

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