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The falls of Rome : crises, resilience, and resurgence in late antiquity
Title
The falls of Rome : crises, resilience, and resurgence in late antiquity / Michele Renee Salzman, University of California, Riverside.
ISBN
9781107111424
1107111420
9781316275924
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2021]
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
xv, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
"To paraphrase Huxley, this book is about what generations of men and women experienced and then did in the wake of the great political and military crises that overtook the city of Rome in late antiquity, a period that spans from the late third through the early seventh centuries. Rome was still the largest city in the western Mediterranean and an imperial capital, with a resident aristocracy and prestigious institutions that had enabled Romans to rule an empire since the third century BC"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 14, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-430) and index.
Contents
Approaches to the fate of the late antique city
The Constantinian compromise
Responses to the sack of Rome in 410
Rome after the 455 Vandal occupation
Why Gibbon was wrong
The fall of Ostrogothic Rome and the Justinianic reconstruction
The demise of the Senate.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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