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The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

Bryan Ward Perkins

What did the fall of Rome cost ordinary people, once you look at the pots, tiles and food a sophisticated economy gave them?

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Author
Bryan Ward Perkins

Why read it

  • You will notice how historians can overlook everyday objects whose quality shaped how well people lived
  • You will see how a sophisticated economy can collapse and take everyday comfort, literacy and great buildings with it
  • You will question the fashion for saying nothing like a crisis or decline happened when the empire ended

Who it is for

  • A history reader curious whether the fall of Rome was a catastrophe
  • A student weighing archaeology against written sources
  • Someone who has heard that Rome never really fell

Contents

  1. THE FALL OF ROME
  2. PREFACE
  3. I. Did Rome Ever Fall?
  4. I DID ROME EVER FALL?
  5. PART ONE THE FALL OF ROME
  6. II THE HORRORS OF WAR
  7. III. The Road to Defeat
  8. III THE ROAD TO DEFEAT
  9. IV LIVING UNDER THE NEW MASTERS
  10. PART TWO THE END OF A CIVILIZATION
  11. V THE DISAPPEARANCE OF COMFORT
  12. VI. Why the Demise of Comfort?
  13. VI WHY THE DEMISE OF COMFORT?
  14. VII THE DEATH OF A CIVILIZATION?
  15. VIII ALL FOR THE BEST IN THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS?
  16. APPENDIX From Potsherds to People
  17. CHRONOLOGY
  18. PICTURE LIST

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