A very interesting and nicely written book about the various attempts (deliberate or accidental) of the Roman Empire by imperial pretenders and barbarian popes including all the messy politics and the subsequent fall out. Enough details to know what is going on, but not bog the reader down with irr...
bookshelves: autumn-2015, published-2005, ancient-history, nonfiction, roman-civilisation, history, dip-in-now-and-again Read from April 18 to September 08, 2015 Narrated by: Allan RobertsonLength: 21 hrs and 42 minsDescription: The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of...
Interesting and well written history of the Roman Empire and it's interactions with the barbarians. Includes dramatis personae, timelines and a glossary, which are extremely helpful.
The fall of the (Western) Roman Empire is a Rorschach test for historians. They project their concerns with the current state of society (the more so if they live in a country that can make a claim to empire itself) back in time and turn the fall of Rome into a morality tale, offering us an Awful Wa...
My homeboy Judkins reminds me that this is supposed to be a cool book.
This is hands down one of the best written, most entertaining and easily digested books I have ever read regarding the fall of the Roman Empire. Mr. Heather gives a reader enough back story regarding Rome and its neighbors to understand the strategic situation before he then outlines his theory of ...
Once again Peter Heath has written an extraordinarily complex and nuanced account of Europe in the first millennium AD, a period when the modern foundations of European society were established. He focuses on migration and its role in transforming the Mediterranean-centered world of Late Antiquity i...
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